we will bring in michael singh, the washington institute, joining us here.up to date on what we know, we are hearing an israeli missile has hit iran, coming from cbs news, our partner, and we are trying to bring as many details to our viewers as we can but in terms of what we know right now, what's your reaction to what seeing tonight?— seeing tonight? well, if in fact these _ seeing tonight? well, if in fact these initial _ seeing tonight? well, if in fact these initial details i seeing tonight? well, if in| fact these initial details are true, it looks like it would be a fairly limited israeli retaliatory strike. and that i think is what we largely expected. the notion that israel was not going to respond to a direct attack on its territory from iran was always far—fetched but i think if, in fact, this is the response, so far it looks like a response thatis far it looks like a response that is meant to both deter but also send a signal that is de—escalatory, by not being too widespread, not being too splashy and israeli officials so far been relatively qui

michael singh is joining us, managing michael singh isjoining us, managing director at the washington instituteyou don't mind, getting some of these details in. explosions being reported on the ground in iran, reports it is an israeli missile strike. if, indeed, we do have final confirmation from israel, which we do not have yet, what would that say to you tonight, hearing that news? i would that say to you tonight, hearing that news?— hearing that news? i think we were expecting, _ hearing that news? i think we were expecting, many - hearing that news? i think we were expecting, many of- hearing that news? i think we were expecting, many of us l hearing that news? i think we - were expecting, many of us were expecting from the israelis was they would retaliate against iran because we saw for the first time in modern history a direct iranian attack on israel. that retaliation would seek to deter iran from any further such strikes on israel. but the israelis may be interested in also sending a signal that they were interested in de—escalation. they were not looking to expand or escalate the conf

the poll i was talking about with saudi arabia was was a washington institute poll, so it was conducted by the americans and that showed a three times jump in support for hamas since october 7th, and i think that the reason is that in the past where we've seen hamas conduct attacks against israelis, it's really been like superficial, they haven't really have been effective, but this time. there was a real like they really showed themselves to be a resistance organization and lot of that is because of the of backing by iran rather than qatar. qatar uh was trying to turn hamas into sort of a pa where they just pay them off and in order for them to never fight the israelis who are constantly pretending uh under the table or in whispers that they might uh be talking of peace but while they talk of peace of course they plan for war and the people are not blind. they know what's up and you know the notion that the americans think that they can subdue the palestinians and their opinion by bruit force and bombs is the miscalculation here because they thought if they could destroy and demolish u

that's actually very interesting, the poll i was talking about with saudi arabia was was a washington institute poll, so it was conducted by the american and that showed a a three times jump in support for hamas since october 7th and i think that the reason is that in the past when we've seen hamas conduct attacks against israelis it's really been like superficial they haven't really uh have been effective but this time there was a real like they really showed themselves to be a resistance organization and lot of that is because of the of backing by iran rather than qatar um qatar uh was trying to turn hamas into sort of a pa where they just pay them off and in order for them to never fight the israelis who are constantly pretending uh under the table or in whispers that they might uh be talk talking of peace but while they talk of peace of course they plan for war and the people are not blind they know what's up and you know the notion that the americans think that they can subdue the palestinians and their opinion by bru force and bombs is the miscalculation here because they thought if they

analysts of the washington institute for the study of war warn that while ukrainian troops are waiting for the promised ammunition from the united states, the russian army trying to destroy the supply lines of the armed forces. experts warn that in the near future the russians will increase their attacks on ukrainian logistics centers and warehouses. western weapons to hit ukrainian transport infrastructure, logistics and military storage facilities. meanwhile, white house homeland security spokesman john kirby said during a briefing thursday that air defenses remain a priority for assistance to ukraine. and the us will contribute to the provision of these capacities. french president emmanuel macron warned about the threat to the existence of the european union. he declared that europe could die. in particular, he said that russia's aggressiveness can contribute to this, and he also warned against europe being a vassal of the united states. an indispensable condition for european security is that russia does not win the war of aggression in ukraine, macron said. we talk more about thi

earlier, i spoke to michael singh, managing director at the washington institute for near—east policyo—israeli think tank. thank you very much forjoining us out once again on bbc news and i am sure you have been looking at and read those warnings from us intelligence with regards to the possibility of an iranian attack. how dangerous do you see this particular moment as being? it is certainly a dangerous moment. the vehicle official who was killed reportedly by israel was probably one of the most high ranking seems slimani. it is a region already unstable. the conflict between the yemen houthis in the red sea so this could just add to and already tense, conflict ridden situation in the region. -- qasem soleimani.- ridden situation in the region. -- qasem soleimani. what kind of support _ -- qasem soleimani. what kind of support might _ -- qasem soleimani. what kind of support might the _ -- qasem soleimani. what kind of support might the us - -- qasem soleimani. what kind of support might the us give . -- qasem soleimani. what kind of support might the us give to | of support might th

earlier, i spoke to michael singh, managing director at the washington institute for near—east policypro—israeli think tank thank you very much forjoining us out once again on bbc news and i am sure you have been looking at and read those warnings from us intelligence with regards to the possibility of an iranian attack. how dangerous do you see this particular moment as being? it is certainly a dangerous moment. the irgc, the islamic revolutionary guard corps official who was killed reportedly by israel was probably the highest ranking irgc official killed since qasem soleimani was killed by the united states. and i think that we have heard from the iranians that they are determined to retaliate against israel. and of course that raises the spectre of a wider confrontation in a region which is already quite unstable due to the conflict in gaza, the conflict between israel and hezbollah on israel's northern border, the conflict in the red sea, due to sort of the yemen houthis and their missile and drone strikes, and so this could just add to and already tense, very conflict—ridden sit

michael singh is a managing director at the washington institute and a former senior director of theational security council. [indiscernible] with a focus on iran and the middle east. michael is on the board of the u.s. institute of peace where i interned. [indiscernible] when i was writing my dissertation he patiently and graciously answered all the questions i sent to him. so thank you. steven simon is a visiting professor at the school of international studies with a distinguished career spanning roles in the clinton administration. he is a recognized author on counterterrorism [indiscernible] with a notable publication such as his latest work. steven is senior fellow at the quincy institute for responsible statecraft. thank you both of you for coming. i will start with an easy question. proxy forces are one of the pillars of iran's so-called forward defense strategy along with missile and nuclear programs they rely on a variety of proxy groups which they call our own nato alliance. michael, if you could briefly discuss them and then i will move on. michael: it is a pleasure to be

that meeting with david mccloskey, director of the programme on arab—israeli relations at the washington institutee you back on bbc news. i want to start with the joint statement come out of the meeting with israel. it is that the us side expressed concerns over rougher and added, quote: what do you make of that? can you help us pass what you think that statement means? == you help us pass what you think that statement means? -- parse. good to be — that statement means? -- parse. good to be with _ that statement means? -- parse. good to be with you _ that statement means? -- parse. good to be with you and - that statement means? -- parse. good to be with you and with - good to be with you and with the bbc again. the us has backed away from the edge when it comes to rafah. israel has agreed to the us idea that needs to be a clear evacuation plan for the 1.4 million palestinians who were in the southern city of rafah, near the egyptian border. there is a straight, they need to be out of harm by that way. the question is how long it will take, that is acceptable to the israeli and american side, that

and later on in the programme, i'll be joined by michael singh, senior fellow at the washington institute policy, a pro—israeli think tank — to discuss more on the situation. the world health organization says several regions in sudan may tip into famine if conflict does not end. more than a year of war between the nation's army and opposition paramilitary forces has forced more than nine million people from their homes. the devastating humanitarian impact is especially acute in the darfur region, where it's been almost impossible for aid organisations to transfer supplies across conflict lines. the paramilitary rapid support forces now control the region, from where most aid workers have withdrawn. the army has blocked land routes from outside the country, saying the measure is aimed at stopping the flow of weapons. and while it has eased the transport of some food and other essential supplies, it's not nearly enough. zam zam is one of sudan's largest displaced persons camps, and the bbc has obtained rare video from there. our correspondent barbara plett usher reports — and a warning: so

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thanks alex alex with tank of from the middle east institute in washington dc. here's a recap of our menus. israel is considering is response to the wave of drones and miss, how's it launched against it by iran and says the conflict is not over. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has matches war cabinet ministers, are set to favor retaliating, but are divided over how and when to strike back. real leaders have urged restraint on all sides and the u. s. is refusing to join any is raining military retaliation against around around we launched more than $300.00 missiles and drones and its 1st direct attack on israel. nearly all were shop town by is route the u. s. u k. jordan, israel's president says, be rainy and attack amounts to a declaration of war. all right, you are up to days coming up next sports life needs a chilean, he's one of the world's best free stop rover of writers uses for talent to inspire others. thank you for that for me in the team. take care the rules we say they're about never giving up every weekend on d. w. cost about why does that because l

thanks alex alex with tank up from the middle east institute in washington dc. here's a recap of our main use. israel is considering its response to the wave of thrones and to me sounds launched against it by iran and says the conflict is not over. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is mad, his war cabinet ministers are said to favor retaliating or divided over how and when to strike back were leaders have urged restraints on all sides and the u. s. is refusing to join any is right. it made a treat retaliation against around, around launched to more than $300000.00 drones in its 1st direct attack on israel. nearly all were shot down by israel, the us u. k. and jordan. israel's president says, the rainy and attacking 9th to a declaration of war. okay, you are up to date coming up next. 4th life needs a chilean who's one of the world's best freestyle roller blighters and uses her talent to inspire other and stuff after a short break. and don't forget despite the more and using information on our website, dw, dot com and you can follow some social media or handle is

he is now the counselor and a distinguished fellow at the washington institute for near east policy. led elgindy has participated in past israeli-palestinian negotiations, and is now the director of the middle east institute's program on palestine and israeli-palestinian affairs. thank you very much. welcome both of you to the "newshour." let's start in new york. the u.s. is vetoing a resolution that would have allowed the state of palestine to join the u.n. as a full member. u.s. allies and fellow permanent members the united kingdom is abstaining. and france is voting in favor. what is your response to those votes? dennis: i am not surprised the biden administration is going to veto it. i think they look at this is not just a symbolic move at this point the palestinians do not look like a state. and so i do not think they are prepared to recognize it as such in a u.n. context. i also think they see this is not necessarily connected to the diplomacy they are engaged in right now. the are trying to reach a saudi normalization deal. i think they are negotiating what that might mean in

nick: dana is the research director and a senior fellow at the washington institute of new reit -- neart policy. she says the shootdown's were successful because of regional coordination that until this weekend was untested. >> what we saw was proof of concept that all of this hard work, the investment incompatible radar, the investment to share classified military information in real time and the confidence building it took to create this regional security architecture, actually works. nick: iran's attack was in response to an israeli airstrike on iran's consulate in damascus that killed several top commanders. >> they got what they wanted with the psychological impact of the world being on edge. nick: this professor at johns hopkins says even though the attacks failed militarily, iran hopes they prevent future israeli attacks. >> iran hopes what happened last week will make everybody, europeans and americans, think we don't want to be there again in a week. that would put pressure on israel and the pressure is the kind of deterrent iran was looking for. it is mainly political rather t

now, as former deputy assistant secretary of defense for the middle east and fellow at the washington institutes is the second hostage video released this week, following hamas' earlier release of that video , an israeli-american dual citizen. what does the release of footage of three hostages in such a short time indicate to you? >> first of all, it tells us what we already know about hamas, which is that it is a terrorist organization. hamas senses that there is tremendous pressure on netanyahu and the israeli government to get to a deal. this weekend, the different hostage release videos, we saw an israeli delegation traveled to cairo, we saw an egyptian delegation traveled to israel, u.s. biden administration officials are saying they are cautiously optimistic that there might be renewed energy by hamas to get to an agreement, and there is just significant pressure. this is hamas terrorizing with propaganda, and these hostages under duress, videos to galvanize the israeli public to continue protesting and increase pressure on netanyahu and his war cabinet to be even more flexible in the ter

nick: dana stroul is the research director and a senior fellow at the washington institute for near east and the former deputy assistant secretary of defense for the middle east. she says the shoot-downs were successful because of regional coordination that, until this weekend, was untested. >> what we saw on saturday night was proof of concept that all of this hard work, the investment in compatible radars, the investments to share classified military information in real time, and the confidence building that it took to create this regional security architecture, actually works. nick: iran's attack on israel was in response to an israeli air strike earlier this month on iran's consulate in damascus, that killed several top commanders. >> they got what they wanted from the psychological and economic impact of the of the whole world being on edge last week. nick: vali nasr is a professor at the johns hopkins school of advanced international studies. he says even though the attacks failed militarily, iran hopes they prevent future israeli attacks. >> iran's hope is that what what happened

international crisis group, and last but not least mike singh who is managing director at the washington institute for near east policy as well as lane-swig senior fellow. so over to you, david, to start the discussion. >> thank you, thank yoy regretful robin wright was set to join us but, unfortunately, is unable to do so today. so i'm stepping in. but i want to just open with a quick comment as robin had intended referencing everyone, drawing peoples attention to the odni, the office of director of national intelligence report that came out last week on iran with the assessment which is quite grim of the scope and maligned nature of iranian behavior throughout the region. their continued commitment to work on et cetera to its nuclear program, and in particular its exploitation of the situation in gaza. for all of these will be topics for our discussion today. my own observation as a diplomat for 38 years at the state department is since 1979, our presidents and our leaders have tried almost every single strategy you could think of in the national security sort of rulebook from containment to eng

earlier i spoke to iran security expert ben on ben tell, i believe, from the washington based research institute foundation for the pet fence of democracies. i asked what these threats from iran could really mean. we've seen the clerical regime in the wrong problem is something similar before. for example, in response to real or perceived threats from israel in 2022 and again in 2024, the regime ended up striking publicly from its own territory. the targets in iraq that ended up being the homes of curtis business and to show you this and civilians alleging that those targets for most of bases in the past is monica public has been increasingly interested and willing enabled to publish the launch missile operations. the more capable they have become, but thus far as history has never directly targeted is really territory publicly from its own territory using these weapons. and so what is the risk of us seeing a full, our regional war now? ok. there's certainly the risk about looking at iranian commentary, particularly within the past 48 hours, while there is talk of quote unquote, a slap against i

the washington post and an independent institute did a huge study of 14 million mail-in ballots in the 2020 election and concluded that maybe 372 of them could have been compromised, out of 14 million. do some people try to vote fraudulently? yes. do some people try to mail in a ballad of a family member who passed away -- the ballot of a family member who passed away? yes. out of 14 million votes, if 370 of them are fraudulent, that is not enough to swing an election and not enough to justify the conspiracy theories. by the way, thank you for being an election worker. you guys do god's work, the everyday work of american democracy. host: when you hear artificial intelligence, what is your largest concern when it comes to elections? guest: your voters need to be really aware of this, your viewers. there is going to be a significant attempt by our adversaries to suppress and disrupt the voting in this country this year using artificial intelligence. what we expect to see, the main form in terms of a suppression, -- in terms of others suppression, will be robo calls. it will be much more

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on ben tyler blue is a senior fellow at the foundation for defense of democracies research institute in washington dc. he focuses on iranian political and security issues. been, i'm good to have you with us. iran has promised what it costs, severe revenge. what exactly could that mean? while it's great to be with you, we've seen the clerical regime in iran promise something similar before. for example, in response to real or perceived threats from israel in 2022 and again in 2024. the regime ended up striking publicly from its own territory. the targets in iraq that ended up being the homes of the kurdish business and kit is killing innocent civilians alleging that those targets where most of bases in the past is monica public has been increasingly interested in willing and able to publish the launch missile operations. the more capable they have become, but thus far in history it has never directly targeted is really territory publicly from its own territory using these weapons. and so what is the risk of us seeing a full, our regional war? now, there is certainly the risk, but looking at iranian

is a fellow, a senior fellow at the foundation for the defense of democracies, a research institute in washington, d. c. thanks so much for joining us. he focuses on iranian political and security issues of them. are we seeing a major regional escalation here? if a ron decides to strike, this would be a serious, serious escalation. a hi greetings, melissa. good to be with you. it depends a great deal on how when and where are these monica republic choose to respond or indeed, if they choose to escalate against these really strike that killed several senior goods force. i already see extraterritorial operations, a military persons in damascus last week. in essence, one of those individuals is really, you can say the connective tissue between the i, r g, c, any ron, the syrian regime in damascus and as well, and lebanon. there's also stories circulating as of yesterday by that that individual may have had a handed, the october 7 come on, a terrorist attack against israel. and none the less than the past when these monex public has responded to perceived or real is really threats. it's done so with

i'm joined now by karolina hird russia analyst at the washington based institute for the study of waria desk at the british mi6 intelligence service, chris steele. the way that china is interacting with russia on the backdrop of the war in ukraine is very different to how iran and north korea are. russia and north korea have built this triple military entente, there has been a capitalisation of military supplies, and they are getting various things out of that as well. it really looks like china is playing... this entente. they have had some interesting diplomatic signalling, it seems china has a band. they have not granted russia's the deep partnership they are seeking. they have their own interests viz a viz markets in europe and the west, as well as in eastern asia and the global geopolitical ambitions. it is a much more nuanced and complicated relationship. we know that they are still supplying russia with dual use components and prolonging the war in ukraine. jae components and prolonging the war in ukraine. , ., 1, components and prolonging the war in ukraine. , ., a, ., ., , uk

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its been hama, been teller, blue is a security analyst at the washington based research institute, the foundation for the defense of democracies. i spoke to him earlier and asked whether this is israel's retaliation for the iranian attack at the weekend. yes, that's the latest and that it continues to be my assessment. i'm also keeping an eye on the ronnie and he did have an interesting spit of things saying that yes indeed, it running the air defenses have been activated. they also alleged that some smaller drones were shot down, but that there was no major damage if it's too soon to tell if this is an offer him or the beginning of a much larger operation or as your previous correspond to mention some kind of political quick pro, quote, to take the focus off iran and to go back to rafa potentially finish the job. these it'd be a mouse, lots of fast moving parts. but again, to reiterate in the high likelihood that this is real. and again, i am inclined to believe those us media sources that were based on those on named us government officials. this is indeed retaliation. uh for that. r

the president and director of the middle east institute in washington also says: iran's response to israel is calculations. has changed neither side is currently interested in a major war. i think that the israelis will not take immediate action because they know that if they do something, iran will also take more drastic action . it is obvious that america does not want a wider war either. but this event will change the regional calculations for israelis and even americans in the long run. iran is the line this time he showed a red that says when the officers. and if my generals are killed or attacked directly , i will respond directly myself. on the second day of public gatherings in different provinces in support of operation true promise, people celebrated and rejoiced by chanting anti-american and anti-zionist slogans while appreciating the armed forces of the islamic republic of iran. special thanks to the children of the irgc, army, security officials, basij, e. revenge is hard to take. i came with this baby, i am very happy. we are very happy and happy about this proud and proud vi