that might tehran at the moment?hamas. probably man to hezbollah and hamas. probably many top iranian _ hezbollah and hamas. probably many top iranian politicians i many top iranian politicians feel unsafe after he was assassinated in iran. the hamas leader. that is one day after the iranian president was inaugurated. he was targeted and killed in tehran. after that, another target by the israelis. and now these supreme judges have been assassinated. a former intelligence minister wants —— so high up the level of iranian intelligence, that all official should be scared for their lives.— all official should be scared for their lives. thank you. to ukraine now. _ the authorities in kyiv say at least three people have been killed in overnight russian strikes. the first blast happened in central kyiv before the air raid siren had sounded, and further explosions then shook the ukrainian capital. russia says it hit a military—industrial site which designs and manufacturers long—range rockets. president zelensky says reside

go to the streets of tehran you see women not covering their head. it is against the law but the government has decided not to put women under pressure. this was a promise that was made and is being observed. it is not implement it in the law with the consent of the leadership. i don't mean the leader, the leadership of the country, the head of parliament, the head of the judiciary and others, national security council. we are moving in the right direction. we have for the first time ethnic minorities, governments in iran, we have the minority member of the cabinet. these are things i am sure the president is proud of and as a person who was responsible for the formation of the cabinet i am very proud. it is not enough. >> a step in the right direction. there are hard-liners in iran who don't like you. you are currently, i don't understand the complete specifics but they've taken you to court or they have filed cases in court to have you dismissed from your current job. is this -- the argument is your children have american citizenship. >> my childre

state media in iran says two seniorjudges have been shot dead in the capital tehran.ing that they were attacked outside the supreme court. anotherjudge and a body guard are said to have been injured. the unidentified attacker is reported to have killed themselves after the shooting. the motive isnt clear, but both of the assassinated judges played an active role in the persecution and killing of government opponents. 0ur bbc persian correspondent, parham ghobadi, told me more about the targets of the attack. these two iranian supreme courtjudges they are notorious for handing out brutal sentences, especially death sentences, to iranian dissidents political activists throughout their careers spanning over three or four decades. one of them — mohammad — was involved in the mass execution of iranian political prisoners in 1988. and he was put under sanction by both the united states and the european union. the other one, ali razini, was also. he has also issued a lot of death sentences for iranian political dissidents and activists over his career. he survived an assassi

hamas' political leader, ismail haniyeh, was assassinated in tehran injuly.ut 3,000 fighters across the border and launched about 5,000 rockets. in all, the armed group and political movement was estimated to have about 30,000 fighters, hidden in hundreds of tunnels across gaza. but after 15 months of war, israel says it is a shadow of its former self. hamas has been decimated. their leadership has been eliminated. their rocket arsenal has been destroyed. their tunnel network has been compromised. their operational capabilities have been shattered. they are no longer the force they once were. certainly, many senior figures have been killed. hamas' political leader, ismail haniyeh, was assassinated in tehran injuly. its main commander in gaza, yahya sinwar, was killed in october. the numbers are hard to verify but israel claimed in september to have killed 17,000 hamas fighters. for all that, the americans believe the group could still come back. each time israel completes its military operations and pulls back, hamas militants regroup and re—emerge, because t

he said in that speech that we will celebrate next time this year in tehran. he was appointed national security adviser in april. pompeo was confirmed as secretary of state on april 26. he went to israel on april 28 and asked netanyahu to put out that she'll about the documents that they had uncovered from iran. trump pulled out of jcpoa on ma. you look at these sequence of events. they, and i have reason from what i hear, what i heard from leaders of other countries that they had convinced trump of two things. one, iran was crumbling. and a sudden withdrawal from jcpoa would be the last mail in iran's coffin. second, that with this document that netanyahu is shown to be an international support for the united states to israel through jcpoa. quote, extreme of wrong assumptions of trump's advisors, not trump himself. i hope this time he takes bold now, he kicked pompeo out because pompeo was seeking an appointment. hook was -- he was secret service support from john bolton on on a bogus charge that iran was trying to kill them, basically has been bogus from the

embassy in tehran in the hands of muslim students. >> emergency meeting called at the state departmenton center, speakerphone set up along the table, each one connected to a different part of the embassy. the lines were left open and what happened in the course of the morning is that one after another of those lines went dead. as the attackers came in and took over different parts of the embassy and dragged these people off to prison. >> tens of thousands of iranians filled the streets of tehran. >> the hostages were taken, obviously, it was a major crisis for me and every american as well. i was to blame for it, in a way, it was up to the president to keep us away from having hostages taken. i gave the ayatollah a warning, if you injure a hostage, we will close every access between iran and the outside world. complete embargo against you and not let any ships or anything go to your ports. if you kill a hostage, i will attack you militarily. >> and expected it to drag on but it did . >> 98th day, nighty night bay, 100 day captivity of american hostages in iran. >> it became national ob

earliest political memories is of the hostages being released, the americans being released from tehrand reagan's enaugust ration. inauguration. and these young women and the other hostages have been held underground for longer than the americans were in tehran. we don't know what they've gone through. we will all be there to try the help them. are these the only hostages we expect in this first phase of the ceasefire, or are there more to come? >> reporter: so the first phase of the ceasefire will last for 42 days. in taillight, 33 hostages -- in total, 33 hostages will be released from hamas captivity during this time. we don't know how many of them are alive and how many dead, but this is the current agreement. they will be exchanged for palestinian prisoners -- [applause] and i want the just reed you an update that we just got in from the if ikf. the red cross has communicated that three israeli hostages were transferred to them, and they are on their way toward the idf if inside the gaza trip. -- strip. they are all alive. just a remarkable moment just one day ahead of the inaugura

it's known war putin and regime in tehran has lost a pup heet. putin is trying to evacuate his bases. the iran regime is pivoting toe support houthis to attack american shipping. they are more vulnerable than ever. president donald trump wants to achieve peace through strength. working with our allies, turkiye and saudi arabia. additionally, we know that he will be restoring the abraham accords which will bring security for israel and stability for the people of syria and lebanon, including the legitimate government of georgia, armenia, and azerbaijan. in conclusion god bless our troops as the global war on terrorism continues, open borders for dictators puts all americans at risk of more 9/11 attacks imminent as warned by the f.b.i. donald trump will reinstitute excisioning laws -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. wilson: peace through strength. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? mr. mcgovern: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute.

was still trapped on the mountains, and attack is shot dead to a rainy and supreme court judges in tehran before killing himself. no group has claimed responsibility for the shooting at the supreme court building. both judges allegedly to posit the mass execution of dissidents in 1988. have under you got a tick tock says april, go docks. the millions of americans on sunday, following a way of supreme court ruling that upheld the law banning the chinese own platform unless it found an american by the justices will that the risk to national security from its own is out place concerns about free speech. the band with many influences small businesses and uses to rely on a short video web in a bind. you're not a real one as the picked up band near as many americans are reacting, especially content creators and those who rely on the app for their livelihood. i'm very upset of sad, angry, many emotions and it's a good effect me tremendously. i mean this is my main platform is tick tock. i have other platforms that i monetize, but nothing monetize quite like to talk and others who don't depend on

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tehran is on its back foot. the two missile attacks were thwarted by regional partners we assembled. israel's response we played a central role in shaping, demolished air defenses and left iran's military sites exposed and vulnerable and sent a clear message of deterrence, while at the same time avoiding a dangerousest came la tore cycle. hezbollah, iran's most shadowy broxsie, eliminated and the tunnels and manufacturing ravaged. in lebanon hezbollah battled forces and retreated north of the letani river as part of the broken peace he agreement. after iran poured decades into propping up machinery, the assad regime has he receded. no one was in position to save him this time. all were bogged down in crisis of their own making which the united states effectively exacerbated. iran lost its supply to hezbollah. many of assad supply regime and weapons including illegal chemical weapons have been destroyed by israel. it's not just what we achieved but also what we prevented. when i traveled across the region in the

this empire of evil in tehran is still spending billions, and i have news for you and the entire universe. they are working day in, day out, even now, rather than. -- rather than soul-searching, looking in the mirror, seeing how they failed and how much damage and havoc and sorrow they created with their barbaric attacks, with their proxies. they are continuing endlessly rushing towards the bomb and of course planning all the time terror attacks world over and in our region. including predominantly the resume -- regime and its organizations, the irgc, as the main focus, and i'm warning the world not to fall into kind of an aura of optimism. but rather be lucid about it. yes, there is an opportunity, a huge opportunity to change the course of the middle east for the better. but there is also a huge risk so long as this regime in iran stays put and continues its efforts, it can stop its efforts, but it still continues its efforts. fareed: but let me ask you then, what would you advocate happening with iran, because right now the united states has already a fairly strong, i mean there are sa

this in tehran is still spending millions i have news for you and the entire universe their working day in day out even now rather than soul-searching, looking in that mere seeing how they failed how much sorrow they create with their barbaric effects with their proxies their continuing endlessly rushing. and of course planning all the time including predominantly the regime and the eye rgc the main focus. i am warning the world not to fall into optimism upbeat lucid about it. yes, there's an opportunity a huge opportunity to change the course of the middle east for the better. there is also huge risks along the regime in iran and putin continues its efforts can stop its efforts but still continues its efforts. >> let me ask you that what we advocate happen with iran? right now the united states as a fairly strong sanctions against iran the united states supported israel with air defenses. do you believe this is the moment to strike around? is this the moment to confront iran with a new nuclear deal but also no support for proxies? >> i will be cautious in what i say because of the sens

after iran spent decades blades of dollars in a propping up the murderous machinery, tehran has retreatedrom syria. none of this i run not in a position to save their bog downd down in crises of theirir own making which the united states effectively exacerbated. iran is losses over land supply route. of the regime weapons factories and weapons including have been destroyed by israel. it's not just what we achieved but also what we prevented. when i travel across the region after the days of october 7 i heard from hundreds regional war was coming. the combination of diplomatic and military action and assistance pervert and strengthen israel help to print that from happening in the weeks after october 7 multiple moments since. allies and partners, particularly in the middle east take note of who they can rely on to stand by their friends and who they cannot. which powers work to defuse crises which stand back and do nothing?hi or make problems worse. theak balance of power in the middle east is shifting dramatically and not in the white hamas and his backers hoped or planned. and yet the re

they can't even protect their leaders in tehran, to be frank about it, much less their nuclear systemss and missiles. what's their choice? what they want to do more than anything else is preserve their regime. they have always thought a nuclear weapon would do that. they believe saddam hussein would still be in power today and so would qaddafi if they had pursued a nuclear weapon successfully. are they now going to pursue that and get there in a mart of months? that remains to be seen. i think our intelligence agencies are watching it like a hawk. i know where prime minister netanyahu is. he wants to eliminate this threat. he sees this as a strategic opportunity, they are defenseless. they are not going to be able to retaliate very much because they have taken down a lot of their rockets and missiles and do more of that with a strike that goes after their nuclear system. i know he is talking to president trump and their advisers here and likely they are working through options, hopefully together. to deal with this threat. i think it's a strategic opportunity and you can force iran to

this empire of evil in tehran is still spending billions and i have news for you and the entire universe, they are working day in and dayni out even now rather than soul searching, looking in the mirror, seeing how they fail and how muchin damage and soul they created with their barbaric attacks with their proxies, they are continuing endlessly towards the bombhi and, of course, planning all the time including predominantly the regime and its organizations, the irgc as the main focus and i'm warning the world not to fall into kind of optimism but rather be lucid about it. there's a huge opportunity to change the course of the middle east for the better, but there is also huge risk so listening as this regime in iran stays put and continues its efforts, it can stop its efforts but still continuous efforts. >> but let me ask you then, what would you advocate happened with iran because right now the united states has a fairly strong -- sanctions against iran, the united states supported israel when it went after iran, air defenses, do you believe this is the moment to strike iran, do you be

in january of 1981 when america was caught up in this -- in the american embassy in tehran wonderingate of our own men and women and when reagan came to the podium and the americans were on their way out of tehran, just felt like a new days. i think for a lot of people who supported this president in his comeback for millions and millions of americans, today, too, feels like a new day. >> dana: this is certainly my earliest political memory was ronald reagan's inauguration and the release of those hostages. karl wanted to weigh in here. >> play off something kaley said. 2020 and the terrible year and imagine how the country would have reacted in joe biden had stood on the side of the capitol and said i want to thank my predecessor for operation warp speed, which has delivered a lifesaving vaccine, will save the lives of untold millions of people and did it in an historic one year. i would hope the former president and i could join together and recommending that the nobel prize for medicine be awarded to the researchers and scientists who have delivered this and i want to thank him fo

this empire of evil in tehran is still spending billions. and i have news for you and the entire universe. they are working day in and day out even now, rather than soul searching, looking in the mirror, seeing how they failed and how much damage and havoc and sorrow they created with their barbaric attacks, with their proxies, they are continuing endlessly, rushing towards the bomb. and of course, planning all the time. terror attacks world over and in our region. and i warning the world not to fall into kind of an aura of optimism, but rather be lucid about it. >> but let me ask you then, what would you advocate happen with iran? because right now the united states has already a fairly strong. i mean, there are sanctions against iran. the united states supported israel when it went after iran's air defenses. do you believe that this is the moment to strike iran? do you believe it's the moment to confront iran with a new nuclear deal, which is, you know, no nuclear program, but also no support for proxies? >> so i would be, of course, cauti

hamas's political leader, ismail haniyeh, was assassinated in tehran injuly. gaza, yahya sinwar, was killed in october. the numbers are hard to verify, but israel claimed in september to have killed 17,000 hamas fighters. for all that, the americans believe the group could still come back. each time israel completes its military operations and pulls back, hamas militants regroup and re—emerge, because there's nothing else to fill the void. indeed, we assess that hamas has recruited almost as many new militants as it has lost. those new recruits may have fewer tunnels to hide in, they may get fewer weapons from a weakened iran, and they may be younger and more inexperienced than the trained fighters they are replacing — but they can still fight. they still have small groups in some different areas who could fight israel for a very long time, because they work like a militia now, not like before 7 october, as a semi—army in gaza. so hamas is weakened. its ability to mount sustained military operations much reduced. but it hasn't been destroyed — something israel

and after haniyeh was killed in tehran by the israelis, he was the outside man for hamas. the political negotiator. then they had to deal with getting messages to sinwar inside gaza. then sinwar was killed accidentally, but it was done by an israeli hit. and then they realized that they had him. and now it's been his brother, his younger brother, mohammed sinwar, who has been the inside man. but there are three different branches of hamas, and that has been what has made this so complicated to close this 100 plus page deal. so it's going to be hard to implement. and the tragedy to the people in gaza, the tragedy to the israelis, to the hostage families, they've lost so many. and as mark was just pointing out, this could have been done in july for certain and it should have been done probably. and there have been protests that the prime minister and hamas did. each side did not make it a priority until they saw that it was in their interest to do so. but we've lost a lot of lives, and right now, ruby and other families are going there advocating for getting the remains of t

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hamas' political leader, ismail haniyeh, was assassinated in tehran in july.mmander in gaza, yahya sinwar, was killed in october. the numbers are hard to verify but israel claimed in september to have killed 17,000 hamas fighters. for all that, the americans believe the group could still come back. each time israel completes its military operations and pulls back, hamas militants regroup and re—emerge, because there's nothing else to fill the void. indeed, we assess that hamas has recruited almost as many new militants as it has lost. those new recruits may have fewer tunnels to hide in, they may get fewer weapons from a weakened iran, and they may be younger and more inexperienced than the trained fighters they are replacing, but they can still fight. they still have small groups in some different areas who could fight israel for a very long time, because they work like a militia now, not like before the 7th of october, as a semi—army in gaza. so hamas is weakened. its ability to mount a sustained military operation is much reduced. but it hasn't been destroy

and those are all in tehran, gaza and lebanon. we will do and who data and some of the killing of g as a base 10 mosley. there we yeah. here soon wire that israel's defense. but as to boasted about grab headlines and not just for how it happened, idea of soldiers eliminated him in southern gaza, but the twist. his death was accidental, confirmed only later or through the dental and dna tests. seeing why it turned out was one of the 3 militants killed in a raid almost exactly a year off to they have mass attack on israel. he was believe to have most of mine that seemed war had spent 22 years and in his really jail before being freed, you know, 2011 prison or exchange he loved have mice and gaza since the death of a smile, honey, and never left the palace student in place since the beginning of the war 10 wires and came with dramatic visuals. the idea of released drone photos of his final moments showing a man who forwards to the bitter end for his support or is it turned him pain to a symbol of defiance and the global reaction. sur

netanyahu's demand to ratchet up the pressure on iran to stop it from acquiring a nuclear weapon, a step tehranould draw in the united states. what president trump says he is keen on is expanding an initiative he took in his first term, the abraham accords, a process of normalisation between israel and arab states. the big prize would be to get saudi arabia tojoin. but here in the kingdom, they say they won't unless there's a path to a palestinian state. and that's something prime minister netanyahu rejects. so president trump says he wants to be a peacemaker. that's not easy here in this region known for its forever wars and peace deals, which don't stick. that was lyse doucet. one of most pressing issues facing the new us president will be the situation in the middle east. as the gaza ceasefire continues to hold for a third day the un says aid convoys going into the territory have been free of looters these have been free of looters. these are the latest pictures from rafah. the un says more than 900 aid trucks entered the territory on monday. hamas has confirmed it will release the next isra

are working on combining national payment system, but but is that who is alive to call us on an in tehran use of job use of good to see this is a mange model. so for both laska, i'm wrong. well, one of the, some of the team points from the rain in the, to the press conference, or of course moran, the president position, fiance, 1st trip to moscow already proved to be fruitful. launching a contract that went through 3 different iranian administrations before finally been signed. of course, the much anticipated comprehensive partnership deal is set to defend cooperation between the 2 nations and all aspects of the, of their bilateral ties on is widely viewed as a counter force to the pressures both countries are facing from the west. so robert gar agreement as a new chapter in iranian russian relations, saying that it opens up a well, sol, opportunities for both sides in various sectors, including our trade transport and course with security. the pac 12 facilitate trade agreements that could help both countries neutralize the western sanctions. one of the key aspects of disagreement is to c

it's reporting that they were attacked outside the supreme court in the capital, tehran.the assault. the attacker is reported to have killed himself after the shooting. south korea's impeached president, yoon suk yeol, has appeared in court attempting to fight a bid by prosecutors to deny him bail after his failed coup. thousands of mr yoon's supporters rallied outside the court and scuffled with police as they chanted support for the suspended leader. he was arrested on wednesday in a dawn raid at his home after he ignored prosecutors summons to appear in court over allegations of insurection. yoon attempted to declare martial law on sixth december last year but it was voted down by lawmakers after a few hours. our correspondent, shaimaa khalil, gave us the background to the case from outside the western district court in seoul. yet more heavy police presence as crowds of yoon suk yeol supporters have gathered in their hundreds. the focal point this time is the seoul western district court. the impeached president has decided to make an appearance himself in the court. h

when his term of office ended and the american hostages were held in tehran for 444 days, were released ronald reagan on january 20th in 1981 ushered in a whole new era in american life. even if you think about today, and if you open "the new york times," there is a long article today but how democratic politicians since jimmy carter have had to defend their own service to america, their own commitment to strength, and they point out exclusively how hillary clinton repeatedly used the word strong and strength when she was trying to capture the white house in 2016. and the legacy of jimmy carter for some is very complicated one. not just as president but in his post presidency also. >> dana: america usually does give a second chance to their presidents in terms of re-election, bret. jimmy carter's case and joe biden's not the case and president-elect trump coming back for a second term. >> bret: as you look at that image of the living presidents, you know, these are moments that only happen every so often as you mentioned, 2018 the last time. and i think one of the things about carter's

iranian militants captured and held 52 american embassy employees hostage in tehran. unable to negotiate their release, carter ordered a rescue mission which ended in disaster. eight american servicemen died when their helicopters collided in the iranian desert. >> americans in iran were mistreated. >> in 1980, voters rejected carter's bid for a second term. and to add insult to injury, on the day he left office, the american hostages in tehran were released to the new reagan administration. carter returned to georgia and through his nonprofit carter center, remained active in efforts to promote peace around the world. his efforts were successful, and he garnered more respect after he left office than while he was in it. despite countless controversial statements in recent years, including calls for the u.s. to legitimize the terror group hamas, which is openly committed to the destruction of israel. he helped convince haitian military dictator raoul cedras to relinquish control of the island nation to elected leader jean-bertrand aristide. he monitored elections in n

inauguration morning 10:00 we were successful and they were all in the airplane at the end of the runway in tehran waiting it take off and i kept anticipating a message that alternative free but he didn't let them take off until five minutes was no longer president. that was the most dramatic time in the overall office for me. >> what can you tell me about the desk you used? president carter: this was given to the president by queen elizabeth. there was a british ice breaker, a sailing ship, that was looked in the ice in the north sea, and all of the crew members perished. later an american ice breaker went up there and found the ship and returned it to england. so this wood was taken out of the ship by the queen and given to america and this particular desk came out of the british ice breaker that was lost. >> you mentioned the panama canal treaty. why was that so important? president carter: it was more difficult for me to get the senate to ratify that than to be elected president. it is the most difficult political challenge i ever had in my life. it was a very controversial issue that was ackn

i ask you today, how many churches are being allowed for construction in tehran?r. none. but today as a christian i am free to go to israel and to express and experience my own spiritual journey as our muslims, as are jews. in no other country on this earth our religious traditions respected, appreciated and protected like they are in israel. and this is why jerusalem can ever be a divided city. it must be a unified city. and it's why that the next president of the united states, if his name is mike huckabee, what do something that president has hinted about and talked about but have never done because they are afraid it's an act of provocation. active provocation is when terrorist groups continue to fire rockets into civilian territory. the united states needs to finally make the definitive statement of who is taking sides with and move its embassy to jerusalem and once and for all declare we know who our peace partner in the middle east is, and it is israel. my many trips there have led me to this conclusion. if i have never believed the bible before, i'd have t

attacks and you see what the world can do to put iran's nuclear program back in a box and ensure tehranar weapon. in 2021, a team of documentary filmmakers traveled around gaza asking children a simple question, what is your dream? many of the kids they interviewed looked to be 5 or 6 years old, about the same age as my own kids. a little girl dreamed of becoming a doctor. why the interviewer asked? to treat people in war, she said. a boy dreamed of becoming a pilot so that he could fly people out of the place where they were so they could see the world, so they could be happy. a girl dreamed of being an engineer so she can help rebuild homes that had been destroyed. a boy said his dream was to see the country under my hands develop into a beautiful place. i know israeli girls and boys have very similar dreams, they dream of no longer saying goodbye to older siblings and parents going to war, of not spending nights in bomb shelters or getting under school bus attacked by terrorists. they dream of returning to homes they fled, of making destroyed communities beautiful again. another path