mr soleimani had a higher profile than mr fakhrizadeh.llel fields. i think their absence as iran heads into 2021 will be quite missed. if this was israel, what is its long—term strategy here? the israeli goal is twofold. i would say it is much more short—term frankly than it is long—term. there are two time periods. the next two months while president trump is still in office. the goal there is when you have a us administration that is as strongly by your side as president trump is, from the israeli point of view, you want to get as many things, as many operations going as possible, and try to degrade as significantly as possible the iranian nuclear programme. you saw that over the summer with the attack, with the bombing at the nuclearfacility, and today with the assassination of mr fakhrizadeh. i think, over the medium—term, shall we say, when preparing for president—electjoe biden to take office, i think the israelis are quite concerned that biden will move to re—enter the nuclear agreement, the jcpoa, and are trying to do their best n

of general qasem soleimani injanuary in terms of impact?ed in different worlds. fakhrizadeh was the leader of the nuclear weapons programme in iran and qasem soleimani was responsible for iranian operations overseas, special operations. qasem soleimani had a higher profile than mohsen fakhrizadeh. they both contributed significantly to their parallel fields. i think their parallel fields. i think their absence as iran heads into 2021 will be quite missed. if this was israel, what is its long—term strategy here? the israeli goal is twofold. i would say it is more short—term than long—term. there are two time periods. the next two months while president trump is still in office. the goal is when you have a us administration that is as strongly by your side as president trump is, from the israeli point of view, you want to get as many things, as many operations going as possible, and try to degrade as significantly as possible the iranian nuclear programme. you saw that over summer with the attack with the bombing at the nuclear facility, and

general qassem soleimani and they thought we can take them both out. and permission was denied and the only legitimate target and qassem soleimani went off and is just an unbelievable story. and that whole initiation because because that has always been a fraught proposition at the cia. and for decades. and to go through confessions where the israelis. and bush signed off on the deal as long as nobody talked about it. in this chapter that i wrote in the book. >> when you exit your interviews with those cia directors what happened and comment. >> but in the end where tom brennan who gets frustrated with me asking repeatedly for commen comment. he finally looked at me and said he died quickly. >> that's more than you got from the others. one thing i wanted to ask what are your thoughts the use of the generals to be head of the cia? and how we think about that and others have thought about that with general patraeus because there is a way that the is our distinct authorizations so what did you learn about that particular mixing of expertise? >> it is a mi

the most significant assassination carried out in iran this year was of qasem soleimani, and that wasy the united states, so there are other possibilities in this field. >> the timing of this is raising eyebrows. iran says it thinks the u.s. knew about this and mike pompeo was just in israel. is there anything connecting these ts. >> it was not just that he was here. it was an important and unusual visit to the israeli prime minister. benjamin netanyahu went to saudi arabia and spoke there. the current saudi arabian leader, mike pompeo representing donald trump's government, and benjamin netanyahu. i know there are concerns about what will happen during this period. normally there is not a period with things like this take place, but there are concerns there could be attacks, so it is unusual, and you do have to look at the unusual nature of this presidency, what is going on in washington during this period as well. >> thank you so much for your reporting. for more on where iran could take this from here, our correspondent joins us in the studio. could you tell us more about why this

leland: we're watching pictures of a funeral and that's an interesting comparison to qasem soleimani. i remember the day after soleimani was killed and there were a lot of folks on the left saying this is reckless and dangerous and killing soleimani could start world war iii and obviously the iranians haven't taken this in iran and i remember a minister saying bad things happen to bad people. is there a chance bluster and talk from iranians is just that, talk, and they're not really going to do anything to respond sm. >> the iranians for sure, i have no doubt that the iranians want to respond. the question is, are they capable of doing it? because for many, many years there was this, you know, myth or maybe myth is too strong of a word, but i think that we were overestimating iranians' capability to respond and as you said we saw this after the assassination of soleimani. the response was firing missiles on u.s. spaces, but they did not burn down the entire region. leland: okay, well, they fired the missiles and some thought they intentionally had the missiles miss. you broke major ne

comes nearly a year after iran's leading commander of the islamic revolutionary guard corps qasem soleimaniow will iran respond. it comes at a very significant, delicate moment with only weeks left in the administration of president donald trump. we already know president—elect joe biden has talked about rejoining the iran nuclear deal that president trump pulled out of in 2018. this move is being seen not just as an effort to strike a blow against iran's nuclear programme. iran emphasises it does not have a nuclear weapons programme. but mohsen fakhrizadeh for years now, particularly by israeli and american intelligence, was regarded as associated with the covert programme. and this kind of assassination, and we don't know yet who carried it out, but this kind of move could possibly complicate the efforts of the new us administration to try to open a new chapter with iran, as difficult as that was going to be without this assassination. let's speak to michael 0'hanlon — senior fellow at the brookings institution. he specialises in defense and foreign policy issues thank you forjoining us.

soleimani went off and he finally did get him.t's just an unbelievable story and also the whole negotiation because assassination quote-unquote has always been a front proposition at the cia. it's been prohibited by executive orders including 12333 for decades. in this case they went through contortions so that the israelis would pull the trigger rather than the americans. bush signed off on the deal as long as nobody ever talked about it, and nobody does talk about it to this day except in part to me for this chapter that i wrote in the book. >> you have a whole page where you excerpt from your interviews where you asked a number of cia directors what happened, and is just no comment, no comment, no comment which i guess guess comes with the territory but it's not a best way to eventually get to know. >> can i just add, for terms very own john brennan who finally gets frustrated with me asking him repeatedly for comment what happened? he finally looked at me and he said, he died quickly, period. that was his comment. >> that's mo

is behind the killing of qassem soleimani.n this particular case, iran speculating and speculates with its favorite adversary, israel, united states and sometimes saudi arabia. or certain internal elements in iran. it looks like a sophisticated take out. what does response look like from iran? the day of one administration and trumps pension for getting into it with iran. >> they have a tough choice to make, there's a will the of calls for revenge. from military officials. head of the arms forces is calling for revenge. the head of the security council is calling for revenge. there was a protest this afternoon who are military group working under the irgc that all u.s. assets in this region have to be targeted over the next 40 days until trump leaves office. and they're saying iran has to do this because if they don't, it will only em bolden the enemy. as you know iran is good at playing the long game. they can wait and choose the moment when they want to exert revenge. if they were going to do this, before donald trump leaves

following the killing of general qassem soleimani. conflict between the u.s. and iran, after years of being that proxy battlefield. so, a lot of concern and, i think, michael, right now, the ball is in iran's court. everyone's waiting to see what they do, next. >> jomana, thanks. jomana karadsheh in istanbul for us. >> vice president of the quincy institute. he joins me, now, from washington. great to have your expertise on this. >> thank you. >> what -- what do the israelis achieve, if, indeed, israel was behind this as the iranians suggest? what would be the point? >> i guess, for the israelis, or certainly for benjamin netanyahu, i think he views this as a win/win. if this assassination sparks iranian retaliation that leads to war, then netanyahu will achieve the war that he's been looking for, for more than ten years. it will sour the atmosphere. it will set back any likelihood of biden administration being able to kick start negotiations with iran which is something netanyahu categorically objects. he does not want to see any negotiations between the u.s.

iran vowed to retaliate after america killed major general qasem soleimani in iraq injanuary.do so. with another senior figure dead, the desire for revenge is strong. i think iran has no option but to respond to this. if it doesn't, i think this will bring a bigger danger of further actions or even conflict in future. iran's recent progress, stockpiling and enriching uranium beyond the limits allowed by the 2015 nuclear deal, may have triggered this attack on the programme's figurehead. it is a stark warning to iran's entire nuclear establishment. but it is also likely to make joe biden's already difficult job, coaxing iran back into negotiations, that much harder. paul adams, bbc news. shahir shahidseles is an iranian foreign policy analyst and an expert on the country's nuclear programme. he gave me his take on the country's reaction so far to the assassination of mohsen fakhrizadeh. rohani is very clear about it, in his analysis, i believe, as a person who has been in the highest security protections for the last several years is very important to take into consideration. h

the culling of sole -- killing of soleimani, potential for world war iii, sending over the 82nd airborneanians did anything. this is a lukewarm war going on between the israelis and the iranians through their proxies for the iranians. the israelis have been hitting iranian bases and proxy bases inside syria for months now blowing up tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of dollars of military hardware, killing some iranians on the ground inside of syria and effectively boo from iran. so -- kristin: yeah. leland: what we watch it, but reasons to think perhaps the iranians will stay put. >>> moving on now to the united states where america's major cities are seeing an almost are unchecked rise in violent crime, local leaders in some of these cities are moving to defund the police or at the very least reform the mis. let's take a look at some of the most dramatic increases. year to date, homicides up 53% in chicago, 38% in philadelphia and houston, 37% in new york, 26% in the city of los angeles. to help us understand the cause of this, former d.c. homicide detective, fox news cont

assets in iraq after the killing of general soleimani. you can compare them.side iran, and this scientist realized iran's nuclear ambitions. he was key to iran's nuclear program, and he had the trust of very, very senior officials in this country which is hard to get. >> it's like deja vu from this time last year when soleimani died. i want to couch the next question by saying nbc has no confirmation that israel is responsible for the assassination, despite state run tv saying it. with that in mind, ken, how likely is it that you think the israeli intelligence agency would share any plans they have or the israeli government would share any plans they had with the u.s. government or cia ahead of an operation like this one? >> reporter: when i asked some of my national sources about this today and whether there could have been a u.s. hand in this, they said historically we don't have the assets in the ground in iran to pull something like this off, but we can't rule out targeting on cig nasignalin. we never got to the bottom of assassinations ten years ago. from

moving the embassy to jerusalem or taking down qassem soleimani or reducing the threat from iran or recognizing for the first time in 40 years that the chinese communist party presented in a normal threat to the security of the american people and frankly jobs and arty american economy. i think that things that the obama administration did put americans into worse place. i think people's jobs and lives were less secure than they had been for these past four years and i hope that a president who comes into office in the middle of january next year will have a much more robust, marketable, more confident national security approach than what they have for those eight years. >> bret: which is the more imminent threat? iran, russia, china? >> those are hard questions to answer and when i think about the challenges that america is presented over the next five or ten years, the chinese communist party is the central threat. they are here. they are influencing the way we think about the world. they have technologies that are very capable. they have stolen intellectual property that's destroyed millions

as you said, the killing of qasem soleimani is a major issue.rump. president trump, a few weeks before the elections went on television saying the first call he will receive would be from the iranians suggesting negotiations. it was not going to happen because it was too humiliating for iran to do that and they couldn't possibly negotiate with someone who killed qasem soleimani. but biden doesn't have that baggage for the iranians and the iranians would like these negotiations to start. the issue is whether president—elect biden would start these negotiations in a few months‘ time or not. but the general feeling is, he might use the pressure of sanctions to extract quite a bit before he agrees to sit down and negotiate with the iranians. see you in istanbul. thanks very much. the transition period between president trump and president—elect joe biden is under way. i‘m joined now by tony fratto, who served as deputy assistant and deputy press secretary to former united states president, george w bush. forgive me for saying, but mr bush, at times,

iran has yet to retaliate for the death of qasem soleimani, killed by a us drone strike in january.n's recent progress in its nuclear programme may have triggered this attack — a stark warning to iran's entire nuclear establishment. but it's also likely to make joe biden‘s difficultjob, coaxing iran back into negotiations, that much harder. paul adams, bbc news. i'm joined now by dennis ross, former us special envoy to the middle east. iran public president says the country will respond in due course. “— country will respond in due course. —— run‘s president lula but that is so dahsa iran's president. that is vague. what president rouhani is someone who would clearly prefer a nonconfrontational approach was not there are those in the revolutionary guard who i think prefer much more of a confrontational approach to the rest of the world because it justifies stricter internal controls on the inside. what is not clear is whether they will do anything at all they will do anything at all the top you are quite right to ask the question when you say they respond in due course, that creates

based on what happened in the killing of qasem soleimani, they obviously retaliated by attacking a u.s in iraq. so that could be on the cards. we just don't know. guy: thank you for the update. really appreciate it. motevalli joining us, covering iran for bloomberg. this is bloomberg. ♪ - i sent your new prescription to the pharmacy. - any idea how much it will cost? - you have a choice. insurance or goodrx. - i have insurance. - insurance is not what it used to be. people struggle to get their prescription covered and prices keep rising. i recommend goodrx. you get free coupons to save on your prescriptions. - [narrator] compare prices to get the best discounts. - goodrx, smart. - [narrator] stop paying too much for your prescriptions. download the free app today. guy: we are wrapping up the session and we are wrapping up the week -- nearly wrapping up the month. we leave that for monday. let's talk about the sessions in your. much of the u.s. is out. -- the sessions in europe. much of the u.s. is out. up .4%. 3.93 is where the stoxx 600 is. awful close to the 400 line. that was a big

the assassination of qassem soleimani in iraq. and, you know, the concern is that country that was the proxy battlefield for the united states and iran, for years, it turned into a bloody confrontation, earlier this year. and their concern is they will be dragged into it, once more, and that iraq will be caught in the midst of it. so, everyone waiting to see what iran's going to do. michael. >> of course. jomana, good to see you. thanks for that. jomana karadsheh, there, in istanbul. >> jon kirby is a cnn and diplomatic analyst and former pentagon and state department spokesman. he joins me, now, from alexandra, virginia. it's good to see you. officials there accusing israel of this killing, of course. but regardless, what do you make of the timing of this killing? >> i think, michael, you have hit on a real key point there. certainly, makes the timing more suspect, in that regard. i mean, look, again, we don't know who -- who's done this. there's been no attribution. certainly, this is an individual that's been on the israelis' m

january 3 will be the anniversary of the killing of qassem soleimani. how embarrassing is it?you put it well. over the last year, four major global figures will have been -- who were ostensibly being protected by iran's security umbrella were quite easily assassinated. and for a country, for a regime like iran, which really prides itself on being a security state, being a police state, this is deeply, deeply humiliating. and this comes at a time when iran has been imprisoning, in a sense, academics and environmentalists on charges of being israeli spies. and they can't protect their top figures from israeli or american assassinations. so i think morale must be very low right now in the islamic republic. and they must be thinking, what else do they know about us? what other means of our communication have they penetrated? >> yeah, good point. of course, not all groups in iran, all factions, have the same calculations. how does this potentially change the dynamic between iran's hardliners and moderates? which have been notoriously fractious. >> well, my view is that over the las

if we look back to general soleimani and his killing back in early january. their revenge at that point was striking a u.s. base. but no americans were actually killed. there were some that have traumatic brain injuries. but nonetheless, there are no american lives lost. are we expecting something different if in fact they're going to seek revenge for killing of fakhrizadeh? >> reporter: well, yasmin, it's a great question, looking at what everybody is saying in iran today, yesterday, the buzzword amongst military leaders, senior politicians is revenge, revenge, revenge. but peel off a layer of that initial bluster and outrage that their mastermind nuclear scientist has been killed, and you hear more pragmatic language. the adviser to the supreme leader, the irgs general and a candidate in the upcoming june elections said that the israelis and the u.s. are trying to goad iran into some sort of provocation of a war. it is exactly what trump and netanyahu want, according to him. iran's president today said that iran is looking for revenge, but he added a caveat

soleimani by a u.s. strike in january, and now fakrizadeh getting killed just ten months later. so the question becomes, how does iran respond? they will certainly feel pressure to respond. this is hugely embarrassing for them. at the same time, they know that joe biden is coming in and wants to re-engage with them, wants to go back into the iranian nuclear deal and wants to a alleviate the sanctions. that's a very tough position for iran and certainly very complicating for incoming president joe biden. >> very difficult situation, indeed, for both sides. appreciate you, alex marquardt in washington. >>> let's talk more about the situation with iran. aaron david miller advised both republican and democratic presidents and was a middle east peace negotiator. he joins me now. thanks for joining us. >> pleasure. >> to answer the question, what does iran do now, iran is blaming israel, as we said. the u.s. has taken this wait and see approach at the minute. former cia director john brennan called this reckless and warned that it could provoke lethal retaliation. he also called to ir

they waited and soleimani went off. so it's just anunbelievable story .he whole, also the whole delicate negotiation because assassination quote unquote is, has always been a front position at the cia. it's been prohibited since 12 triple free for decades. in this case, they went through contortions over the israelis would pull the trigger rather than of the americans. bush signed off on thedeal as long as nobody ever talked about it . nobody does talk about to this day except in part to me for this chapter that i wrote in the book >> you have old page where you excerpt from your interviews where you ask a number of cia directors what happened and there's no comments, no comment which again comes with the territory but it's one of the stories you eventually get to know. >> i just add that in the end , john brennan who finally got frustrated with asking him repeatedly for comment what happened to mcneil, he finally looked atme and said he died quickly .period. >> that's more than you got from any of the others . one thing i wanted to ask, you don't really

force soleimani earlier this year, message to iranis that their most sensitive individuals, personnel issues are not beyond the reach of wstern security services. idllly, it would tel iranian officials they should not undertake a covert nuclear ogram or trrorist activities or maintain a broader relationship with al quaida because doing so would quickly come to then attent western institutions and intelligence organizations and westernd governments woake immediate action, which iran cannot icevent. >> reporter: crof these kinds of killings have an argument that they don't stop iran's nuclear program, in fact they can create an incentive for iron to pursue a nuclear paragraph and assassis can have belong-term negative consequences. what do you think abt those criticisms? >> i think it is questionable as to whether or not his assassination will encourage iran to undertake a nuclear weaponization program. i think in tehran right now anyone they might put in his place is probably wondering at what point he or she would fall under the focus of western institutions who might undertake a simi

good assessment of how that has played out with all the other arms in the appendages that cost him soleimani put in place and all is that how it affects the region. i do think there is certainly more assessment that needs to be done here and i do think that perhaps that is one of the things that the incoming and administration do and i would certainly expect from the biden administration would be a very careful and deliberate look at what the region looks like and what is the common thread assessment here and where are we in terms of the nuclear capabilities and where are we in terms of exporting of terrorism and influence across the region and where are we in just in terms of what is the maximum pressure campaign has done. i think there is been a very fulsome assessment of that as we make decisions and i don't think it's a turn one off, turn the other one on approach but i think we have to look at exactly what the situation is. >> thank you, gerald. one of the key aspects of the current situation in the region is the tension between turkey and the key golf states and that uae particularly i

qasem soleimani commanded the shadowy quds force. tehran has vowed to take revenge.e can strike anywhere. for the past two years, i have been investigating bomb plots and assassinations on european soil. what concerns me, in this city an assassination was conducted. the trail of destruction leads from denmark to the netherlands. we saw my dad lying on the ground covered in his blood. this is the extraordinary story of iran and the mystery murders. my investigation starts here, in the small dutch city of almere, near amsterdam. 0ne quiet morning, five years ago, two hitmen lie in wait. shots ring out, killing their target instantly. the assassins escape in a stolen black bmw, later found abandoned and burned out just a few blocks away. the victim was a middle—aged electrician, but who was he, and why did he have to die? normally, assassinations are one criminal assassinating another criminal, but this time it was an electrician. that is why i kept asking questions. how come? paul vughts is an investigative journalist known for his inside stories on amsterdam's gang vi

we began the year with donald trump ordering the assassination of qassem soleimani, iran's top general have the assassination, a lot of my sources believe by israel, of the top nuclear scientist and the extent to which the united states cooperated with that, provided intelligence, if at all, is unknown but the iranians will assume that happened. we can almost be sure there will be some kind of significant response from iran. and there is a lot of worry on the biden team that donald trump will order some kind of kinetic action against iran in the final days of his presidency which would really complicate biden's wish to get back in the nuclear deal. this move may in fact be a setback for iran's covert attempts to perfect its nuclear weapons program. they say they don't have a weapons program but this scientist, u.s. officials believe, was working on one. and since they left the nuclear deal, their breakout time has reduced from one year to three or four months, u.s. officials believe. but it's incredibly destabilizing and could send things in a very bad direction at a time when joe bide

if you go back 11 months, their most famous military commander, soleimani was also killed by the u.s. attacks on these two major figures in iran, although soleimani was killed in iraq, are very embarrassing, and angering for iran. so how will they respond? they could strike, say, at a u.s. or israeli target in the region. if they were to do so, that, of course, could prompt a response from either the u.s. or israel, or they could just wait. they know that there is a new u.s. president coming into office in january, someone who does want to engage with them. boris? >> yeah, and it's such a sensitive time because these administrations share very, very different perspectives on iran, and so in this transition phase, ultimately, the smallest decision could have enormous consequences moving forward. alex marquardt, thank you for that. >>> let's bring in cnn national security analyst samantha vinegrad. also former senior advisor to the national security advisor in the obama administration. sam, the killing of iran's of nuclear scientist could fuel more tensions between tehran and washington

less than a year after president trump ordered the assassination of a top iranian general, qassem soleimani, here in baghdad, iraq. that resulted in iran targeting u.s. troops with missile strikes. we're currently on a base that's used by u.s. troops in baghdad, and threat level here has not changed. holly williams, cbs news, baghdad. >> yuccas: protesters marched across france today. in paris, authorities fired tear gas after demonstrators threw stones and set cars on fire. they're angry over a proposed security law that would make it illegal to take photos of police. now to rome. wilton gregory was not raised catholic, but today gregory, the archbishop of washington, made church history, becoming the first black american to earn the rank of cardinal. cbs' chris livesay is at the vatican. >> reporter: that's latin for wilton daniel gregory. add a ring and a red hat, and you're looking at history. due to the coronavirus, there were more masks than fanfare, but that didn't take away from the ceremony's profound significance, especially for african americans. how important is it for them to s

but we have seen in recent years, for example, after the killing of major general soleimani in january 2020, that the options are limited. the united states and other governments are fighting hard against iranian hit teams abroad. and the options are limited. i don't think that it's possible for the iranians to attack, to successfully attack israeli embassies, for example, giteau steinberg from the german institute of international and security affairs. really pretty sure your time to france now where protesters protests are being planned all across the country aimed at preventing a law that would limit the filming of on duty police officers. the proposed law came into focus after footage emerged of french police officers beating up in racially abusing a black man. michel is a case shocked france with the president emanuel labeling it an unacceptable attack. protesters say if the new laws passed, it could prevent similar footage from being released to the public, allowing police to get away with misconduct. the government says the laws will only be used to protect officers from docking

unlike the counterstrike at the beginning of the year, after iran's top general soleimani was killed, iran may want to hold become on avenging their top nuclear scientist because the playing field has changed. there is a new administration coming in to the white house, less hawkish on iran. they want to revive the nuclear deal, something iran is desperate to get back on track. and they'll be careful not to push them too far before joe biden takes office as they don't want to risk killing the nuclear deal outright or triggering some sort of reprisal from the u.s. or israel. but relations between washington and tehran are traditionally complicated, opaque, and always unpredictable. >> ali, thank you. for more, i want to bring in nayyera hawk, former white house senior director. she is also a former senior adviser to the state department. and sonem seth is a political adviser. good to see you both. how does the loss of this nuclear scientist change the future of the iranian nuclear program? >> it's unlikely that he was the only person who had any information and insight into the nuclear

we killed baghdadi and soleimani -- restored the effort against the islamic iran.ic of american diplomatic strength conveyed our relationships with our gulf partners, the closest they have ever been. recognizing the golan heights is part of israel. to the chagrin of some in town, he delivered peace through the abraham accords. but we are not finished yet. strength are of also the foundation for america's policy for the chinese communist party. i have spoken about this at great length and followed president reagan in how we think about this challenge. steered ars plus, we course for action. we changed. we ignored all the contrary evidence that showed the regime in beijing is authoritarian, british, and and -- brutish, and antithetical to human freedom. we have said united states relations will not be dictated by exceptions. but by simple and powerful standards expected of any nation . that means what we told our counterparts in china, the ability to have transparency and reciprocity for beijing is what president reagan demanded from moscow. no more stealing of intellectual property and no m

this year following the killing injanuary of iran's most influential military figure general qasem soleimaniities or its ambitions? well, so far, they have not really had that much impact on either. if anything, iran seems to be more successful than the united states in winning influence in iraq. that is still reversible. but they certainly have made major progress using the popular militia forces there. you are watching assad essentially on the edge of completing his control over syria. which is now tied closely to iran. you see iran able to deploy precision—guided systems in yemen. so, these two assassinations have certainly had a political impact, increased tension, but it is not a case where iran has somehow lost military momentum. and you saw also these strikes earlier this year on key saudi facilities, precision strikes. that is the source of about 20% of the world's oil imports going through the gulf. and, ifanything, iran has demonstrated it has far more sophisticated strike capabilities now than it did in 2015. after trying to prevent protesters from entering delhi for two days, ind

on the presidency of donald trump went after qassam soleimani the head of our could sprigg aid in the iranian revolutionary guard but if you are asking the palestinian leadership the palestinian people they would definitely like to see joe biden the definitely would like do not like to see donald trump again in the white house on the presidency for one simple reason the do not trump dean of the century is a way to try to leak with date the palestinian cause and liquidate palestinian rights by giving israel a green light to a nix of about 30 percent of the palestinian west bank and also. liquidating the palestinian leadership in which a number of u.s. officials have indicated lately that the palestinian people deserve a much better leadership from the current palestinian leadership so the region is divided on. as i mentioned to you that something that the republican donors from and others like the palestinians who favor joe biden who has promised to continue funding of the palestinian authority and the uan agency on. that was for the relief of palestinian refugees and he also joe biden

iran vowed to retaliate after america killed major general qasem soleimani in iraq injanuary.r senior figure dead, the desire for revenge is strong. i think iran has no option but to respond to this. if it doesn't, i think this will bring a bigger danger of further actions or even conflict in future. iran's recent progress, stockpiling and enriching uranium beyond the limits allowed by the 2015 nuclear deal, may have triggered this attack on the programme's figurehead. it is a stark warning to iran's entire nuclear establishment. but it is also likely to make joe biden's already difficultjob, coaxing iran back into negotiations, that much harder. paul adams, bbc news. a largely peaceful protest in paris has been marred by what the french interior minister has described as "unacceptable" violence. protesters clashed with police, who fired tear gas at demonstrators, opposing a bill which would restrict the public‘s right to film police officers' faces. the demonstrations come days after footage emerged showing police racially abusing and beating a black music producer. 0ur corre

these latest this latest assassination, which is equally heinous as the want of a general solon soleimani, now shows that the trumpet administration is desperate to poison the well of diplomacy such that the new administration biden's administration in the us won't be able to sit down with we liberate, i want about just in a moment, ken, but just before you linked into it very well there. because as you well know, over the last number of years, the trump, the trump team, you know, his sons in law all valid have been going to the middle east attempting to, to make relations as they say, better and doing deals with a lot of countries. no hours into such muscle of killing on iranian soil, the pentagon has not said anything. why do you think that is? i think they like to maintain plausible deniability. but the fact is that the in the united states government for that has never forgiven iran for the islamic revolution in 1979. and they've been trying to regime change for 40 years, including through wars, terrorism sanctions, lawfare every possible hybrid warfare scheme. you can think of the un

iran has yet to retaliate for the death of qasem soleimani, killed by a us drone strike in january. nuclear programme may have triggered this attack — a stark warning to iran's entire nuclear establishment. but it's also likely to make joe biden's difficultjob, coaxing iran back into negotiations, that much harder. paul adams, bbc news. the uk and france have agreed to double the number of officers patrolling french beaches in a bid to stop migrants crossing the channel to england. the home secretary, priti patel, and her french counterpart, gerald darmanin, said they wanted to make the route, used by more than 8,000 people this year, unviable. simonjones reports. destination dover. despite commitments by both britain and france to stop these dangerous crossings, the attempts have continued. now, britain will give france £28 million, some to pay for extra french officers to patrol the beaches, and their equipment. the home office won't say how many patrols there will be but it is being described as a major uplift. people are putting their lives at risk and sadly we have seen fatalit

iran vowed to retaliate after america killed major general qasem soleimani in iraq injanuary.et to do so. with another senior figure dead, the desire for revenge is strong. i think iran has no option but to respond to this. if it doesn't, i think this will bring a bigger danger of further actions or even conflict in future. iran's recent progress, stockpiling and enriching uranium beyond the limits allowed by the 2015 nuclear deal, may have triggered this attack on the programme's figurehead. it is a stark warning to iran's entire nuclear establishment. but it is also likely to make joe biden's already difficultjob, coaxing iran back into negotiations, that much harder. paul adams, bbc news. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. britain and france have agreed to double the number of police officers patrolling french beaches to stop migrants crossing the channel to england. in a joint statement, the two countries said bolstering patrols along one hundred and fifty kilometres of coastline next month would help prevent dangerous illegal crossings. the eu

iran vowed to retaliate after america killed general major general qasem soleimani in iraq injanuary. with another senior figure dead, the desire for revenge is strong. i think iran has no option but to respond to this. if it doesn't, i think this will bring a bigger danger of further actions or even conflict in future. iran's recent progress, stockpiling and enriching uranium beyond the limits allowed by the 2015 nuclear deal, may have triggered this attack on the programme's figurehead. it is a stark warning to iran's entire nuclear establishment. but it is also likely to make joe biden‘s already difficultjob, coaxing iran back into negotiations, that much harder. paul adams, bbc news. more than 2.5 million vulnerable people in england will be offered free vitamin d this winter. this follows the lead of scotland, which is also providing free supplements to some people. the vitamin helps to keep bones, teeth and muscle healthy — but a new clinical trial has just started looking at whether it can also protect against coronavirus. 0ur science correspondent rebecca morelle reports. a do

iran has yet to retaliate for the death of qasem soleimani, killed by a us drone strike in january.rogress in its nuclear programme may have triggered this attack — a stark warning to iran's entire nuclear establishment. but it's also likely to make joe biden‘s difficultjob — coaxing iran back into negotiations — that much harder. paul adams, bbc news. earlier i spoke to professor matthew bunn, a us nuclear and energy policy analyst, and professor of practice at the harvard kennedy school. i asked him what the current state is of iran's nuclear programme and what its ambitions might be. well, 0nce well, once upon a time, iran had a serious programme to design and any fracture actual nuclear weapons and carry out nuclear weapons and carry out nuclear tests. mohsen fakhrizadeh was ahead that programme. that actual nuclear weapon design programme was endedin weapon design programme was ended in late 2003. but the effo rts ended in late 2003. but the efforts to establish the ability to produce the material continued. those were what was limited primarily by the nuclear deal that donald