us that question about what the us, what does it have to gain, i think that applies to lot of us middle east policies which don't seem to make sense from a us national interest standpoint, i agree with this statement which you said that it's about zionism and more precisely doing service to israel, the... syrian president, hafiz al assad had saying whereby he said that there's no such thing as american policy in the middle east, there's israeli policy in the middle east, meaning that us policy in... this region is based on israel's interests and i think that the assassination of sulaimani reflects that very clearly. the architect of that operation by the way wasn't donald trump, donald trump of course gave his approval, but the architect was mike pompeyo, is known for his evangelical tendencies and for his ideological support for the israeli side, and before the assassination of sulaimani, by the way, israel had... carried out similar assassinations against figures on iraqi soil or in iraqi territory, after that we then saw the operation, the assassination of sulaymani and mohandis, so this

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paper, horace and all sort of the punishment of gaza and the london daniel levy, president of the us middle east project, us of political negotiate to under the full he's ready to prime is a algebra. welcome to the program. offer is fridays. were to a certain extent, outraged by what happened during the thursday cabinet meeting. what's the issue here? is it just fall white? and then those are the coalitional objects seem to the timing. when invest ticket to the committee to be set out by the ministry into what went wrong on october 7th as well. the debate within the government, the within the company, they have these the edge and i'd like to be a margin of why because everybody's suppose the ongoing assault and god that which he might do is the, is the main key. it is. the main issue is that the main thing, or the 1st thing that shouldn't be done is to and they will immediately forward to mainly sense, well actually 3 mainly the says fast isn't the depth or the depth the experience we have talking about. and i, i'm afraid a buzz from 2015 is anyway with the vast majority of them. you know, since

well daniel, ladies, president of the us middle east project. he's also a farmer. it's really negotiate that. he's joining us live from london. very good to have you with us. um, i want to ask you, 1st of all we've been talking a lot about the, the content of the ruling itself. i want to ask you about the way in which it was presented, because it seemed as though it was done in a very specific fashion to make it extremely clear to those watching and to those listening for the judges were ruling on as well. indeed, i mean you had said very interestingly, the judges were called the reality on the ground quoted extensively from senior you do. and another officials and bodies as to the devastation has taken place, quoted only very sparingly, from what these are others presented to the court come out and be not a very compelling taste that is rather late, that the judges then spoke all the specific steps that need to be taken, they went through what the phone was on each of the steps before them to narrow the full thing on the court. apparently this consistently was 15 t

we did have the white house spokesman coming out last night saying that a us—middle east envoy had beenescribed as very serious, intensive discussions that the us was hopeful, he said, that a new hostage release deal could be released. of course, the qataris and the egyptians have made proposals in recent weeks that would see some of the remaining more than 100 hostages held in gaza being released in exchange for a ceasefire and for more aid going into gaza. in terms of that aid, how needed is it? we have had lots of fresh warnings from un agencies in recent days about the dire situation. there was one from a group of un special rapporteurs just a day ago they said basically every single person in the gaza strip right now is hungry, that a quarter of the population is actually facing starvation. and other warnings from the world food programme, they are very frustrated because they say people are facing frustration just miles away from where there are trucks that are loaded up with food. the difficulties according to the un agencies is really that there aren't enough entry points into t

we're talking with aaron, david miller, who worked on us middle east policy at the state department for 25 years. he's now a senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace. and he's also author of the much to promise land. america's elusive search for error is really piece. it's aaron, it's great to be with use to look at a book on the much to promise land. and the notion about earth is really piece may sounds like fantasy at this moment. and i just want to start asking you about what looks to me, kind of like a quagmire of sorts right now. and whether or not you see it the same way and whether you see an off ramp. first of all, steve, thanks for having me. it's great to be here with your work, i think is rarely some palestinians, and let's be clear, you've got never in the history these really tell us any com, okay. we entered a phase of terror and violence, the exponential rise of dest bose on october 7, ending the punishing is really restricts and effort, and ground campaign and effort to eradicate destroyed a degree on mice. of this goes beyond anything is really so

well, there's actually been a lot of talk about the us acting as a destabilizing force across the middle east of us has had its tentacles within middle east and policy for many, many years with about 20 years who enough guy was done with that. so who was in the wrong, but obviously the us is a big backup of as well. and the issues in the region really were ramped up following the attack on as well. on october the 7th by hospice militants. and then is well staffing. it's world garza and the system slain, the whole set of issues with the region. i just want to talk you through some of it . of course we've had flights in the red sea canal. this is because the us says, but to see the militants, which is essentially the defective government to me, i mean, i've seen a hacking ships in call go within the red sea. so we've had the strikes in the admin by the us and the u. k. we've had the flu season striking back. they say that they are looking to get focused on what's happening goals and they want is woke to stop. it's booming, campaigning goals, but they say that's why they carry out the strikes. b

the breaking news. 3 american soldiers are killed and dozens wounded in a drone strike on the us middle east and i'll post you as president joe biden says, the pro and radian forces of behind the attack. how this thing is from the suspension of funding by nearly a dozen western countries through the us relief in the works agency that's up to israel, claimed some of the organization stuff were involved in the october the 7th service attack. also, eco was under the influence of foreign powers and betraying its founding principles has become a threat to its members. states adopted in here rational and unacceptable past year by imposing illegals, who feel legitimate in humane and pure responsible sanctions in violation of its own. tx 3 west african countries, nisha valley up aquino fossil announced the withdrawal from the regional block because the, the, the headlines a 3 m must go time this monday morning, monday to speak to scouts. i'll be back with the full use one down for just them to an hours time off to get that the welfare to was a part of the relationship between the economy and politic

know it doesn't olivia's president of the us middle east project, and for me is really negotiated, the joints live now from london at. so daniel, what's your reaction festival to what you've been hearing at from the hague today at the international court of justice. i think it's a quite remarkable not just decision, but also the way it was presented. uh, i think, well, any attempt to on hold international law and to grow to some kind of global justice owes the government of south africa and the legal team that the south africans put in front of the quote. a huge debt of gratitude is now the quote and this was expected and becky, and i'm having followed known as a lawyer, but having followed what, whatever, almost all things did not cool for the media's he's fine. what he did was states very clearly that is ralph minutes. reactions have to be conducted to fulfill these roles defense not to possibly be engaging in genocide in violations of the genocide convention against the palestinians. and the specific measures in terms of the conduct of this operation in terms of what's not allowed i

middle east. thank you very much for giving us that _ to the middle east. irut. i am back with more injust life for us there in beirut. i am back with more in just a life for us there in beirut. i am back with more injust a moment life for us there in beirut. i am back with more in just a moment or two. don't go away. hello there. it's been another very cold day wherever you are, whether you've had sunshine and whether you've had clouds and it looks pretty similar for the next few days, could see a bit more cloud around. generally, it will stay dry thanks to high pressure. and there will be some sunshine around, particularly towards southern and western areas. this area of high pressure has been feeding in quite a bit of cloud to eastern scotland, also eastern parts of england, the odd patch of drizzle at times too. the breeze is still a feature along north sea coast, but not as strong across southern areas as we head through this evening and overnight where we have the clear skies, it's going to be a cold one. central northern western scotland, southern eng

we did have the white house spokesman coming out last night saying that a us middle east envoy had beenaid, that a new hostage release deal could be released. the qataris and the egyptians have made proposals in recent weeks that would see some of the remaining more than 100 hostages held in gaza being released in exchange for a ceasefire and for more aid going into gaza. in exchange for a ceasefire and for more aid going into gaza. in terms ofthe more aid going into gaza. in terms of the aid, — more aid going into gaza. in terms of the aid, how _ more aid going into gaza. in terms of the aid, how needed _ more aid going into gaza. in terms of the aid, how needed is - more aid going into gaza. in terms of the aid, how needed is it? - more aid going into gaza. in terms of the aid, how needed is it? we l of the aid, how needed is it? we have had of the aid, how needed is it? - have had lots of fresh warnings from aid agencies in recent days about the dire situation. there was one from a group of un special rapporteur is a few days ago they said basically a reasonable person in the gaza st

what difference could this make it it gets resolution and asked daniel, the president of the us middle east founded by the council formulations and the former israeli negotiator in multiple, have a listen. cautions that the foundation is being laid and therefore are from the movement and would imagine that getting a deal where the israeli in gaza hostages are released, the cease—fire and getting on top of the humanitarian crisis in the civilians are just been horrendous and you would get an exchange in the release of palestinian, and to get there but just as qatar in egypt at the speed to hamas, americans have to deliver the israeli side and benjamin netanyahu, that could be a major stumbling block but the only way you ratchet down the regional conflagration is to get the cease—fire in gaza. but conflagration is to get the cease-fire in gaza. but the qatari prime minister _ cease-fire in gaza. but the qatari prime minister is _ cease-fire in gaza. but the qatari prime minister is talking - cease-fire in gaza. but the qatari prime minister is talking about i cease-fire in gaza. but the qatar

will respond to up to 3 american soldiers that kills and dozens wounded in a drove stride on a us middle east. and i'll post pony range and forces reportedly behind the inside . disturbing images that had in northern gossip, medics lay out the bodies of the depth as a result of these very strife. on jaws, a city at least at least 23 dead of simeon slammed the suspension of funding, find nearly a dozen western countries to the un release of works agency. that's up to israel claimed some of the organization stuff were involved in the october the 7th service . the psych also eco was under the influence of foreign powers and betraying its founding.

and number three is to push the us out of the middle east. the middle east, in a way that we were not before this latest crisis. we have a much larger maritime component. we have more aircraft on the ground and in the skies, and we have more defence assets deployed in the greater middle east as well. the conflict can be seen as yet another instance of crisis in the middle east, but take a step back and it can also be understood as being within the broader context of a divided world. this goes way beyond being a regional challenge. this is a global challenge. we're talking about a vital artery of global commerce, a critical maritime choke point. if you recognise that iran has supplied the houthi missiles that are targeting our shipping and iran is supplying weapons to russia to use in ukraine... ..you can't really avoid the conclusion that we're in an era of great power confrontation, where blocs are beginning to face off against each other. and in one camp, you have the us—led west, the liberal democracies, of which the uk is inextricably an i

but 1st here's finsen by the us, secretary of state is wrapping up his 4th middle east tour since israel began. we're on gaza nearly 4 months ago as the blinking had 2 messages. the us supports israel, but more must be done to prevent post indian civilian death. we know that is facing an enemy that embeds itself among civilians. who hides in and fires from schools from hospitals. makes this incredibly challenging. but the daily till once it leaves and gaza, particularly on children, is far too high. we want this war to end as soon as possible. there's been far too much loss of life far too much suffering. uh, but it's vital that is real, achieve its very legitimate, attractive of ensuring that october 7th can never happen again as well. it is rarely occupied westbank blinking visit regional powers including caspar jordan, the u. e and saudi arabia. he spoke of working together to build a lasting peace wants the conflict is over, but it's on clear when that will happen, or what role each of these powers would play is really prime minister. benjamin netanyahu has repeatedly warned along mo

us national security advisor jake sullivan has called on countries with influence in the middle eastcal artery at risk, and we continue to reserve the right to take further action, but this needs to be an all—hands—on—deck effort. and frankly, the answer to your question about how long this goes on and how bad it gets comes down notjust to the decisions of the countries in the coalition that took strikes last week, but the broad set of countries, including those with influence in tehran and influence in other capitals in the middle east, making this a priority to indicate that the entire world rejects wholesale the idea that a group like the houthis can basically hijack the world, as they are doing. the qatari prime minister and foreign minister also warned of a dangerous escalation in the region after the us and uk strikes on the houthis. we see like it's the most dangerous escalation right now because it's not affecting only the region, it's affecting the global trade as well. now, we see that there are some retaliations from the us and uk on the houthis, trying to refrain them fro

to discuss the latest, i'm joined live by frank lowenstein — former us envoy for middle east peace. i think one of the comments from secretary blinken strikes you. he said this is a moment of profound tension in the region, the conflict could easily metastasise. what a warning that is. i think we are really concerned about that right now. in fact i think we have already seen regional escalation to the point where this could spin out of control very quickly in yemen, iraq and lebanon. i think that's why antony blinken is going not only to israel but other countries in the region to get everybody on the same page in preventing a regional escalation that nobody wants. he preventing a regional escalation that nobody wants.— preventing a regional escalation that nobody wants. he has quite a to-do list on _ that nobody wants. he has quite a to-do list on this _ that nobody wants. he has quite a to-do list on this tour. _ that nobody wants. he has quite a to-do list on this tour. which - that nobody wants. he has quite a to-do list on this tour. which of i to—do list on this tour. which of

there over 30000 us forces stationed across the middle east, from several 100 in syria to more than 10000 agent guitar and the united arab emirates since october 7th. the us also brought warships that have moved closer to israel and guys of so many us soldiers near so many proxy armies and dozens of tit for tat attacks and counter attacks, but no direct confrontation with around so far. iran says it doesn't control the groups. it's funding the government resistance groups across the region, do not take all to somebody's lovek republic could be wrong that these lemma group probably could be wrong. while it does not welcome the expansion of conflicts in the region. doesn't interfere in decision making by resistance groups that it has to be multi good all the more of a match. but since the as law mac revolution, in 1979, iran has built up its support for those proxies, sending them hundreds of millions of dollars per year. it's 1st big success for the proxy for us happened in 1983 in lebanon when it has below truck bombing at the us army barracks killed more than 200 soldiers. the us withdre

you to use middle east and electronic moves on. it's always fun. it's good to have you in front of you look good. here's with me. thank you. you, what you need to do is we'll be back at the top of the hour with more world news hope to see you then the same with the gilbert dante. soon as i last time on monday, last day. yeah. look, a lot of good go to i think, the invalid on sort of the a the, the, the city is that gonna be extremely challenging for i've had miracles happen. the national stone stage to tell it may be some going to make this going to get bogged so that sounds fine. if you started with that sounds what i'm going to focus on the man i'm following. following much spend may not found, but i saw somebody made a mistake. he really found a building telling me about the point and i do that. they're down to me. yeah. it's made more sense like yeah, or text me. but if you send the thing voltage, but the thing that's everything like, you know, if this happens in the of the company that was used so that there's no visit a lot of kids that i am

a to, to ask you understand national security advisor, marianne, how effective has us interventions in the middle east span have countries benefited from american boots on the ground in the region and elsewhere. also seeing how effective the us intervention in the middle east is really complex and depends on where you are as they're both good and bad things that came out of it. however, in my opinion, not so great stuff includes political instability fights between different religious groups. people getting displays and these extremist groups popping up. it's like something that sometimes intervention destroys the relationship between countries and many in the middle east. end up not being big fans of the us as do you just mentioned earlier and your last segment. and you get the example up the raw for that a lot of instability, tensions between religious groups and these extremist groups getting stronger in libya. u. s. involvement kind of left this power gap and less and letter to ongoing issues may not get a sense where the us got involved when to fight to follow up on then brought the telephone bac

middle east. how do you assess the influence of the us on what's happening in the region now? i mean, i think the u. s. has less credibility both in the middle east and globally, as americans growing up in this land that we really chairs, really value. i mean, i love calling america home it's, it's a wake up moment for us. i think it's making americans question our entire history . it seems that in almost every conflict, american politicians tend to support the occupiers, the colonizers, the murderers. i mean, you look at south africa, america is one of the last nations to continue to support the apartheid regime in south africa that treated of, of black africans as so human in america was supporting the apartheid redeem. and therefore, it's no surprise that it was south africa that came to who is real accountable in the international court of justice. and again, you see the whole world coming and condemning these worth of crimes. and america is the black sheep. america is the one enabling and supporting it, and i think this is going to be, or if explain on our history, you kno

visit to the region was the, the broad a strategy perhaps a damage control as far as us foreign policy in the middle east is concerned? well, it seems that every time uh anthony, blinking goes to the middle least us influence uh, goes down a few notches and us credibility evaporates. because here you have someone, for example, one of his main objectives on this trip appears to have been on to seek to prevent a broader regional escalation of this conflict. while there's an obvious way to do that, and that is to end these really genocide. and because of strep, but rather than addressing that, he came out in full force in support of what he termed israel's right to defend itself. he repeated all the tropes of our human shields and by doing and hospitals and schools and all the rest of it. and saw the essentially to blame everyone, but it is real for the regional escalation. well, knowing full well that the only reason other parties are participating in this conflict is in support of the past indians. and in order to end this genocide and the siege. so again, you know, people look at what he says, they look

failure after failure, what has us policy in the middle east led to? the actions of the anglo-saxons pose a direct threat to international peace. not peacemakers, but warmongers. how now to correct the mistakes of the west. coalition statement by sergei lavrov at the un. keeping up with trump, the former us president announced victory in the primaries in new hampshire, a state of special importance, as the results of the preliminary elections will affect the entire presidential campaign. a find for which we worked day and night in freezing temperatures in icy water. keep it that way, party card. reveal the secret of the death of the pilots in a battle with a german fighter, so that the family knows their fate. his hero is indeed similar, at the beginning of the special operation , to a successful maneuver in the donetsk direction, assault units, artillery, and reconnaissance took part in it, as a result of which fortified positions in the ssu were destroyed. in addition, the command post and helicopters are under attack k-52 alligators attacked enemy a

now it was used in the interests of the us middle east group; according to the houthis, the ship wasng wars all over the planet, we are not saw nothing new from the united states except destruction, however, the united states did not promise anything new, washington is determined to repeat the same actions in the hope of getting some different result, strategic communications coordinator john kirby last week i remember threatening that there would be strikes . forms with the inscription we have no ties with israel, the houthis promise not to touch such people, however, this promise does not apply to those who touch the houthis themselves to the united states and izhi with them, here with the eternal desire to shoot themselves the european union appears on the scene. eu countries agreed in principle to conduct a security operation in the red sea and discussed various options for this mission. considering that the red sea is the shortest route from the indian ocean to europe in the first place, the solution. will present the european mission as its next achievement, just as the sanctio

for decades. iran has funded militant groups targeting the us and its allies across the middle east with more than a 150 attacks on us forces stationed in the region since the start of the war and gaza alone. missiles slide towards the red sea targeting ships and from lebanon into israel, and from a rack into jordan. all fired by groups backed by a rob on their own backs, more than a dozen proxies in lebanon, syria, erac, yemen and gaza. projecting its influence across the region and aiming to drive out american troops, there over $30000.00 us forces stationed across the middle east, from several 100 in syria to more than $10000.00 agent guitar and the united arab emirates. since october 7th, the us also brought warships that have moved closer to israel and guys of so many us soldiers near so many proxy armies and dozens of tit for tat attacks and counter attacks, but no direct confrontation with around so far. iran says it doesn't control the groups, it's funding the resistance groups across the region do not take all to somebody's lubbock republic could be wrong that these lemma group

us bases in the middle east have been attacked more than 160 times by iran—backed militants since thembers of the us congress are applying pressure on president biden to respond. democratic congressman seth moulton sits on the house armed services committee. earlier we asked him what he thinks a strategic response would look like. exactly what it looks like is what the administration is debating right now. but the goals and has to achieve is to send a clear, decisive message to these militia groups and also to their backers that this kind of behaviour is not acceptable and will not be tolerated, but it also has to be politically calculated to ensure that the message of deterrence gets through and what doesn't happen is this response empowers exactly the people who want to go to war. this is particularly relevant with iran. we all know that iran have competing factors —— factions, factions that want to reconcile with the west and actions that want to start a war. we don't want to play into our enemy's hands. joining me to discuss the attack is michael singh, managing director and senio

middle east. it's a high stake trip that antony blinking is doing is for us to the middle east since the october 7th attack. you will visit a many of the u. s. s. allies in the region. he will be in turkey, greece, jordan, katara, united arab emirates. so your radio, of course, is ro and the westbank and also egypt, but was interesting. he and also it considering where you were just talking about that he will not be in lab and on. and it's be, or exactly where is riley officials are saying that the window of opportunity is closing to talk to them right now. and they're all fears, of course that, that they use us as a nation off as a high, a bigger senior figure off. come us and 11, and we'll also abroad and the conflicts failed many issues on the agenda. that's what the spokes person of the state department also said earlier today, one of them will be how can we get more humanitarian a to, to gaza? of course it will talk about the situation of the hostages and the big question also, what will happen on the day after so we can expect that it to be a part of the talks with several of the official said

and the us military presence in the middle east is also not welcomed by george. and that's we have heard from that's what we've heard from the rape runs, how we found during director general of in amman, based at the same time that is $92000.00 for the if you're dealing with the increasing influence and expansion of biases in the area even in the getting closer to a lot of them up in east and both of those that was in the bad need to stop all the ads that was there any very is the as if they even exist vision at that time. yeah, i thought i think things changed and the issue is how you can shape between the all of these men again, but as of yet 3 in jordan, in from the beginning i c n n e n e i came by they might say, yeah, yeah, for a different on the go get it on or something like that, which is the joe daniel invited me. this is not a lot of organ. positive binding has vowed to retaliate for the day, at least twice. quote at a time and an amount of on choosing the on the following via touch shop. curtis is in the president and findings. leadership has come acr

the us top diplomats middle east tool continues on monday with visits that include israel and the occupied westberg. jason camp of donia is the los angeles bureau chief for nbc news radio and joins us now. so blinking says it is essential for is a real to do more to projective civilians and culture more aid for civilians in gaza. is this assigned to the us or changing stance? i really believe that he's there as a show of force and what are you originally said about? he doesn't want the crisis in because of strep to get any bigger. he doesn't want any other groups. he doesn't want any other countries to join in the fight for either side. i think that really is message im going out there and meeting with all these other diplomats and leaders is just a way of saying hey, americans here. and if you, if we have to, we'll flex our muscle. critics are already saying that this is a all show no go of in where it's not going to trigger a significant seas fire or allow a, a to get to the people of, of the gaza strip, or allow the 2 sides to somehow come together and, and call, you know, call it off o

that the us is attacking once again. an independent state in the middle east, without un sanctions, not word. the illegality of what is happening is traditionally masked by the format of a certain coalition, where washington has convened the obedient and trusted. biden is expected to make televised statements until the last moment, but the american president, who has spent at most 1 hour in public over the past 20 days, is limiting himself to a written statement; the head of the pentagon , lloyd austin, is monitoring the progress of the strikes from his hospital bed. to put it mildly, the situation. today, on my instructions, the armed forces the united states, together with great britain, with the support of australia, bahrain, canada and the netherlands, successfully launched strikes on a number of targets. in yemen, used by houthi rebels to threaten freedom of navigation on one of the world's most important waterways. if necessary, i will not hesitate to take further measures to protect our people and the free flow of international trade. to listen to biden, america has entered with

going to say this as someone who is highly skeptical, given watching two decades of the us at war in the middle eastit's failing in ukraine. given how the lack of action has not prevented the houthi strikes, i could go on and on about the failures of not just this, but previous american administrations. the only thing that really would deter the iranians at this point is hitting the iranians themselves hard at home, hitting key facilities, particularly of the islamic revolutionary guard corps. the iranians fear destabilisation inside their country. my problem is, is i don't trust this administration and those involved in it to conduct an operation like this in order to restore deterrence. editor of the long warjournal speaking to me a little earlier. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the serial killer nurse lucy letby has lost the first stage of the process to appeal her convictions. in august, she was found guilty of murdering 7 babies and attempting to kill another six at the countess of chester hospital in 2015 and 2016. she was se

of middle eastern countries, but i can freely side that it will not work this time because of all the tactics are verbs proof they have. they had been used previously. and now the people of middle east and the for you or the west of, or the we all know how united states and western countries have used care in their head once. so we have witnessed it in syria in libya, in yemen, in garza the laser of the lebanese loop is the highest taste we have. the ation gas is, um, it says it was the idea of conduct to the reason i'm finally killed at the top. how much official and davids a legal october settlers cry every day and who have the right to be afraid of asking their government for a war with loving on above. that is a bad choice, and you won't be the 1st to pay the price for this bad choice in northern israel. as of a sudden, we're fighting in southern lebanon to achieve their goals, to cease the aggression in gaza, and to ease the pressure on the resistance movement as it has almost to the law has been for the 2nd time. and this then 72 hours. but this time he was speaking in more details about the law says i'm the that is right. you the come sensation was, has been lot fighters on t

us ship. the less than 5 minutes, the associate level of has accused the washington led to coalition of illegally bombing human, as well as further destabilizing the middle east, leasing us along with the u. k. and some of its other allies have violated and trampled on every conceivable rule. of international law, including a security council resolution that merely called for the protection of commercial shipping. nobody gave anyone the authority to bomb young and what is being done regarding young men is may him, the excuse is coming from washington. i would say, sound pathetic. we spoke to your 10 stone of the hamilton coalition to stop the war . he says that washington is falling back on his military might. as us global influence continues to weigh in the united states, i think realizes that it's still, even though it's not a unit p. busy or world anymore, i think they are beginning to realize that they still have the vast miss ponder is a military might in the world, and i think they planned to use it the in west asia now before the multi polar world becomes a bigger reality than it is now in other words, before they want to strike while they can. and i t

mark logan in the middle east for us. ——mark lowen in the middle east for us.anker which has links to the uk has been put out, a day after it was struck by a houthi missile, off the coast of yemen. the houthis said the marlin luanda was targeted on friday in response to "american—british aggression". the operator of the ship, trafigura, paid tribute to the bravery of the captain and crew and thanked the indian, us and french navies for their help. in a statement it said, "we are pleased to confirm that all crew on board the marlin luanda are safe and the fire in the cargo tank has been fully extinguished. the vessel is now sailing towards a safe harbour. the crew continues to monitor the vessel and cargo closely." this latest incident follows us and uk airstrikes on houthi targets in response to attacks on ships in the red sea region — one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. the uk government says it reserves the right to respond appropriately. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. this is the marlin luanda, carrying russian oil from greece to sin

but mr biden reiterated the white house position that the us is not seeking war with iran. as the middle easts for a us response, some members of congress have called for retaliation against not only iran's proxy forces, but iran itself. others have argued the president does not have the authority for such strikes unless authorized by congress. republican congressman mike turner, who chairs the house intelligence committee, told the bbc the us response was likely to be robust. the provocation is iran. what they are doing and both providing weapons and training and funding for these groups throughout the middle east, they are the source of the instability, i was briefed by the director of national intelligence, our director of the cia met with secretary for nato and he indicated that he understands that this is an attack upon the west and certainly it is effecting commerce, affecting our allies, , our lives, the fact that it was like that we've seen here in the united states. and as they experience in israel. this needs to be responded when they understand that we are not going to continue to

us. we begin in the middle east where us secretary of state antony blinken is making his fourth visit toombardment of gaza on the 7th of october. he's there at a pivotal moment.

us and our troops. laura bloom and filed as a middle east. i'm list best, subbing ofa and the senior fellow at johns hopkins school for advanced international studies in the us. she joins us now. a welcome. i'm so let's start with this u. s. response. what he's not likely to look like. well, i have to say there are 3 reasons why the us military manners are taking a sort of sharp breath and we're much more complicated in the past. first of all, there's the military calculation. as you said, how do you achieve your turn so that all out more. the 2nd problem isn't for an election season in united states, and there's tremendous domestic political pressure, both from the right and on capital hill. congressional leaders were saying that bite in his blood on his hands and from his challenger from president, trump will be his republican challenger. and finally, the 3rd really risky factor here is regional fragility. everything is about to blow on the northern border between israel and syria, with the head board and lab and on. and the last thing ameri

took to the streets, calling for an end to the years of a neo colonial us architecture in the m and and in the rest of the middle east hole, nearer to a rhetoric of us pulling this coalition display the can protect the international shipping lane in belvin meant up in the red sea is completely false. according to the many government, they believe that this is jessica and excuse a pretext being used by d is really and us government. so they can wait another war in the middle east. because the fact of the matter is the only ships, the only shipments that have been targeted in the red sea are belong to the v is really government, no other ships, no other vessels. no other merchant cargo ships have been targeted, had been blocked, had been a targeted by on sort of law by the government, the government except that link to the is really government. and that was one of the messages that was delivered today. but more importantly, it was basically to get many people, uh, uh, you know, declaring that they are ready to defend young men against us or against any western military invasion on you have a to individual partnership f

justice and the hey, i mean, i'm gonna know the contradictory reports on which us spaces have been struck in the middle east while jordan has invited americans that maintained a miniature presence in the country. so it, because it is the us bases that to be illegal. so we are political on list on academic, isabel as items says that washington may be beloved since our knowledge, it's operations. that liberalism, of course, is cafeteria. and they use the very close spot near to the border again, the visual daniel porter because they can mislead the they think they can mislead the. so the international community. but be very simple reason that they live it, that it's happened in georgia, not in syria because according to international law, it's legal for them to have these troops. why are you, i mean, the end, according to international law, the existence of the american troops inside of syria is, is legal. absolutely, it is just the lie there that you just a few, that these factions are not iranian. these are factions that has risen from the heart core of the people's leave. it's just they just want to live t

us bases in the middle east have been attacked more than 160 times by iran—backed militants since thefter the killing of three soldiers, members of the us congress are applying pressure on president biden to respond. earlier we heard from republican congressman don bacon who sits on the house armed services committee. these proxy forces have hit americans 150 times, going back about 100 days. and our response, just to hit proxy forces, it doesn't get the attention of iran. when they see proxy forces get a black eye and latinos, they don't care. —— a black eye and bloodied nose. i'm thinking things like oil terminals where we can maybe shut down the export of their energy or maybe some of their navy targets that are on the coastline stop the main goal is to exact a price on iran. that is the republican view, clearly pressure building there onjoe biden to act. but what about from those inside his own party. earlier we heard from democratic congressman seth moulton, who also sits on the house armed services committee. well, exactly what it looks like, of course, is what the administratio

let's return to our coverage of the events in the middle east now. the usthursday. this comes as the group, backed by iran, pledges to continue targeting ships that they claim are linked to israel. they say it's in protest against the war in gaza. got rare access to a us warship on patrol in the red sea and sent us this report. surveying the seas and ready to strike. back in the relative calm of the mediterranean, these us marines are primed for action in the middle east. they have just returned from the red sea where they were the first responders to houthi attacks on commercial shipping. the crew of the uss bataan warship were on their way home from patrolling the persian gulf when hamas attacked israel on october the 7th and the war began in gaza. they were rapidly diverted towards israel, a show of power and a message to iran and its proxies. i think there is always a risk of miscalculation, but our presence matters, and we serve as a deterrent, prepared to respond and in support of our national security interests or the interests of our allies and part

middle east. is that simple? they're used to given the orders to these regions and these are leaders and they follow suit. they haven't really had anybody you know, defy the us and the british waters when it comes to sort of policy in the middle east. always use the example of the new student in a school where there's a school bully and the school bully. he walks around with picking on every single student, and then finally he needs the students, the student, the all the way in the corner. you don't find it. he tries to pick on him, but then he gets punched in the nose. this is a similar situation to what we have right now because it seems that comes on a lot of my back and don't, you know, they are really ready and they're serious about liberating the house and look forward to the follow up with the officials. their main objective is to, i'm the atrocities and the genocide is taking place in palestine. and according to the, you know, the single song home floor, you know, anytime no way for 3. if, even if it means that they w

because of all the tactics are verbs approved and they have that has been used through weekly, and now that the people of middle east and the for you or the west and or the the, we all know how we knighted states and western countries have used care in their head once. so we have witnessed it in syria, in libya, in yemen, in guys a little the lebanese group who's what has plays with how the 8th and the games is a. he says it was the idea of the recent, in fact and killer pop. how much the visual impairment a legal october settlers cry every day, and who have the right to be afraid of asking their government for a war with lebanon. but that is a bad choice, and you won't be the 1st to pay the price for this bad choice. in northern israel, as of a sudden we're fighting in southern lebanon to achieve their goal is to cease the russian in gaza and to ease the pressure on the resistance movement as it has. the law has been for the 2nd time. and this then 72 hours, but this time he was speaking in more details about the law says i'm the that is right. you. the confrontation was, has the lot fighters on the, they've been,