it's around within iran. so with the story of let's say a farmer you don't only get to hear about this very intimate and personal story but you get to understand the impact of sanctions on iran's economy sort of the black market exists in iran. inflation. the labor, the challengesthat affect people in farming and labor but also you understand the issues pertaining to the environment . family values and really sort of the rich history that this is keeping so every story unpacks layers and there's been so much thought that has gone through this process. it took fouryears like i said . there was in norma's research i put in the book that really each person opens up a whole wide window into layers of nuance that again, perhaps fulton the west releasee. >> one of those individuals you spoke to, you knew given the fact that you are a part of their world in terms of your background but you're an american citizen. were they reluctant to speak with you or did you feel there was a reluctance to be honest and open with

of iran. de brooke, the chain of, of the tv, you know, any others should decide to be to live for itself and determine its own said the do is lumnick. you don't have a democracy, you don't, it's hard. got a hardy, it's got to be shut j as in they both the wrong as being a sun, like a sun. now now day or 2. second, the stage of the democracy when your home or child need to hit all on the back. so that has been a thousands of years, the civilization behind us and we have been progress if we are given the motto of civilization. the great iran pro, i mean he was putting a category. not all man don't settle on that john yet. so basically even has always been progress even after accepting as long as the same pro christmas. they mixed it with the with the religion. and now you don't, if you don't. so the new you on did iran of this 15th century solos that solar calendar. and i am honored being elected as the president by the nation and being entrusted to it, protecting the legacy to say could legacy.

call person council members like our iran is in good terms with oman. iran doesn't have that to baptize with co weight. they are in good turns one way or another. it's the follow these as well as somehow pushed by the u a. e. and of course somehow rain, but mainly the you either push into solving this, all of these has not been shorter, taking any kind of hostile option in the last one or 2 decades against iran. though there have been often dallas all throughout the past one or 2 century. still in the past the case, according to the confessions made by top us former and person officials like joe by then when he was a wife president hilary clinton. when he was, she was a secretary of state marston dancy, who was the chairman of the joint chief of staff on the obama in 2014. they have all made a lots of confessions that their war militancy was created by mainly sold the re be supported by the radio in order to wear off iranian allies. and in order to demolish iranian allies in the region in syria and in iraq 1st, 2nd, we do know that the m b. s. in front of the cameras. mom, mom declared

into iran. ~ , , into iran. will they be welcomed? _ into iran. will they be welcomed? so - into iran. will they be welcomed? so far - into iran. will they be | welcomed? so far iran into iran. will they be - welcomed? so far iran has established camps to welcome afghan refugees in three provinces along the border. and the messaging has been mixed as to what is going to happen to them afterwards. the interior ministry has said that once things are stable they will send them back and having said that, steak tv quotes officials saying that, oh, these refugees we are wealthy camming them with open arms. the reality is that this is an extremely challenging situation for iran mystically and it already houses 2 million afghan refugees as well as 600,000 passport holders according to the united nations. so it already has a very big afghan community there. there are nearly 5 million afghan refugees that have already displaced before the taliban gained ground and 90% of them have been housed by the islamic regime of iran

of these person go call person council members like our iran is in good terms with oman. iran doesn't have that to baptize with coal. wait, they are in good turns one way or another. it's the follow these as well as somehow pushed by the u a. e. and of course somehow rain, but mainly the you either push into solving this all of these. it's not been shorter taking any kind of hostile option in the last one or 2 decades against iran, though they're been often dallas all throughout the past one or 2 century. still in the past the case, according to the confessions made by top us former and person officials like joe by then when he was a wife president hilary clinton. when he was, she was a secretary of state marston dancy, who was the chairman of the joint chief of staff on the obama in 2014. they have all made a lots of confessions that they're wor, militancy was created by mainly follow the array, be supported by the radio, in order to wear off iranian allies. and in order to demolish uranian allies in the region in syria and in iraq 1st. second, we do know that the m b. s. in front of

and that is what matters most to iran. that should be how we approach negotiations with iran. expect tactical agreements but not a strategic shift. >> thank you. thank you to all three of you. if you have questions, email me at rsatt loff@washingtoninstitute.org or use the q&a function on zuma. i would play off of comments that you, katie, and aron made. monitoring the resurgence of al qaeda inside taliban control. katie, you referred to what you thought were complications with having an over the horizon counterterrorism response. aaron, you referred to the ct infrastructure that has been built up over the last 20 years. here, the question is how much of that structure was itself dependent on the presumption that wheat would be in afghanistan, as we have been over the last 20 years? i asked with a view to expand a bit on that counterterrorism challenges that we could very well face with tablian -controlled afghanistan. katie: the u.s. decision to remove all forces before the tablian took over it was set to pose significant challenges. our ability to conduct ct operations, part

so i'm going to have to give in iran, if iran does not, if you're running machine is not able to deliver economically for people. yeah, and that's a great point. just real quick on the issue of these attack drones. iran has been not only testing the waters but also testing the airspace. it's been able to get some of these drones across the syrian border into israeli aerospace, not very long israel sheets these, these drones down. but is there, do you see an increase in arise ability with these attacks around they used them in saudi arabia, you know, across the border from yemen. it's a saudi arabia. are we going to see more of this? you think? absolutely, this is the, this is the vehicle, this is the kind of the weapon in the future. and a lot of ways, drones can be either really expensive and really sophisticated and do some really amazing things. or they can be pretty cheap and an easily either defeated or militarily ineffective. you know, in terms of not be able to pack a big punch. but drones like this are inexpensive. there's something that can be fabricated off the shelf technology

-- aligned with iran. they were willing to work together in a common anti-american agenda until they felt there was a threat they felt was imposed to iran itself. when the is drum -- islamic state overran northern iraq, there was a perception felt inside of iran that they were coming to iran and not just the holy cities, but iran itself was in threat. that was exacerbated by the attack on july 2017. one day, the islamic state attacked both of these buildings in tehran and also the tomb in tehran. they killed 17 people. there was this perception that the islamic state was coming to take on iran and therefore, they became hostile to them. it is conceivable that is what will happen here as well. so far, we see no indications of that at all. let me close by offering if you lessons that this offers. one is that the persian regime places great clarity on its hostility to the net states. they are prepared to swallow a lot in order to cooperate with those who are hostile to the u.s. i conclude that it is frankly f

iran and iraq. during the last few years, we went to more than $300000000.00 or 8 crossing boulders there between both countries and all the corporation is their commercial trade and exchange during these through these crossings, this bytes karone out despite it covered up with 19 this is an indication that how is the relation between both countries, the stronger also iran has supported the loved ones comes to tricity, export import in a very not simple and honest and ways. iran has helped a lot in developing commercial and economic corporation with iraq to get con, this stablish moment of dash of eyes. so it was one of the most important min, correct in the region. and the presence of a dash i sell has led to losses. that mass of iraq has suffered because of these terrorist groups. that's why popular one will of the iraq is the so poor to the religious leadership is that are pretty small of the different can take resign the components of the iraqi people. use the old car. yeah. very important in so

to completely isolate iran. of course, israel will come back and try to present the case of how dangerous iran is and that there is a lot more enrichment of uranium and that iran is really a menace to the region. but we'll see that i don't think they're completely on the same page about this. young cas nestali bennett says he wants a fresh stop with the u. s. is he going to get it? i think you get it for one very simple reason. at least that will give him some credit from the outset that he's not benjamin. it's right. there's no secret that benjamin and funny are when the democratic party in united states have had a long history of tension. and it's coming talking about a new spirit, a new start, new government in jerusalem that can not necessarily see ida. i similar to what natasha said on issues of extreme importance or whether it's the iranians or even the palestinian issue, which we might talk about. they're definitely not going to agree on all of those big issues or how to confront them. but the fact that m

of these person go call person council members like our iran is in good terms with oman. iran doesn't have that to baptize with coal. wait, they are in good turns one way or another. it's the follow these as well as somehow pushed by the u a. e. and of course somehow rain, but mainly the you either push into solving this. all of these has not been shorter, taking any kind of hostile option in the last one or 2 decades against iran, though they're been often dallas all throughout the past one or 2 century. still in the past the case, according to the confessions made by top us former and person officials like joe by then when he was a wife president hilary clinton. when he was, she was a secretary of state marston dancy, who was the chairman of the joint chief of staff on the obama in 2014. they have all made a lots of confessions that they're wor, militancy was created by mainly follow the array, be supported by so the array of you in order to wear off iranian allies. and in order to demolish iranian allies in the region in syria and in iraq 1st, 2nd, we do know that of the m b. s. in

what's iran strategy with this? so when more on this, this incident, let's bring in former us naval intelligence officer, john jordan, john, great to see you look if anybody knows about these issues, you do. so thanks for coming on. the bottom line here john is really have have traded attacks at sea, you know, numerous times this year alone. and really looking at the timeframe over the last 18 months. israel going after or on, and ships are on targeting israeli win ships. what's the strategy? what's the wrong strategy, though, with this maritime conflict and does are on the use of these, you know, as are called suicide rows represent a dangerous new escalation in warfare or in part in the pond. is iran simply testing the waters? there's 2 parts to this. john, the 1st part is iran. iranian domestic politics. first of all, they just had a new government sworn in. there's lots of different factions inside around that need to be placated. new regime wants to look tough and they want to look like they've even the score f

. -- iran, and gaza. but it's clear that the israeli prime minister goes into this meeting with a number of agenda items that are at odds with biden administration policy. one of those issues is israel's desire to continue expanding settlements, illegal settlements, into the occupied territories. in fact, in an interview earlier this week with the new york times, the israeli prime minister referred to this expansion as "standard political growth." and this is something that certainly will create some friction with joe biden and his policymakers. he is also opposed to the creation of an independent palestinian state, and he was vague about whether or not he would block a proposal by the biden administration to put in place a palestinian consulate in occupied east jerusalem. now, the other big friction point that is expected between these to men is the issue of the iran nuclear agreement, to limit iran's nuclear program. the biden administration has been very clear, that it seeks to revive this nuclear deal

so i'm going to have to give in iran, if iran does not. if you're running machine is not able to deliver economically for people. yeah, and that's a great point just real quick on the issue of these attack drones. iran has been not only testing the waters but also testing the airspace. it's been able to get some of these drones across the syrian border into israeli aerospace, not very long israel sheets the, these drones down. but is there, do you see an increase in arise ability with these attacks and they use them in saudi arabia, you know, across the border from yemen. it's a saudi arabia. are we going to see more of this? you think? absolutely, this is the, this is the vehicle, this is the kind of the weapon of the future in a lot of ways. drones can be either really expensive and really sophisticated to do some really amazing things. or they can be pretty cheap and an easily either defeated or militarily ineffective. you know, in terms of not be able to pack a big punch. but drones like this are inexpensive. there's something that can

the west want not just to control iran nuclear program, also iran activities in the region. iran missile program. these are some of the issues the u.s. delegate have been pressing to get a concession from iran. at this point, those negotiations, which was taking plac in vienna, has been fzen , waiting for the new president to come to the office and also, the new team take on that initiative. laura: do you think president raisi willscalate hostilities with israel? iran is accused of carrying out a drone attack on a tanker. you think that will intensify? >> at this point, many people say there is a shadow war. there is a covert operation by israel within iran. there have been sabotages, assassinations of irani and nuclear scientists and military minds and iranians have been attacking as well. there is a confrontation, but we have to see in the coming months how much mr. raisi listens to the hard-liners in the revolutiony guard to take action. don't forget, the military is not controlled by the president. the military is controlled by the supreme leader. they are listening to h

does want to get back to the iran deal and doesn't want to completely isolate iran. of course, it will come back and try to present a case of how dangerous iran is and that there is a lot more enrichment of uranium and that iran is really a menace to the region. but we'll see that i don't think they're completely on the same page about this. young cas, natalie bennett, says he wants a fresh stop with us. is he going to get it? i think he'll get it for one very simple reason. at least that will give him some credit from the outset that he's not benjamin antonio. right? there's no secret that benjamin and funny are when the democratic party in united states have had a long history of tension. and it's coming talking about a new spirit and new start and new government in jerusalem that can not necessarily see i similar to what natasha said on issues of extreme importance for his or whether it's the iranians or even the palestinian issue, which we might talk about they're definitely not gonna agree on all of those big issues or how to confront them. but the fact that mat

what's iran strategy with this? so in more on this, this incident, let's bring in former us naval intelligence officer john jordan. john, great to see you look if anybody knows about these issues, you do so thanks for coming on. the bottom line here, john israel have have traded attacks at sea, you know, numerous times this year alone and really timeframe over the last 18 months. israel going after or on, and ships around targeting israeli when ships, what's the strategy? what's her on strategy though with this maritime conflict? and does are on use of these, you know, as they're called, suicide drones represent a dangerous new escalation in warfare or in part in the pond. is iran simply testing the waters the 2 parts to this john? the 1st part is iran. iranian domestic politics. first of all, they just had a new government sworn in. there's lots of different factions inside of iran that need to be placated. new regime wants to look tough and they want to look like they've even the score for the incident in the medi

well if it wasn't iran directly, iran has many allies in the region. whether it's in yemen or other places, iran has many. there are many constituencies in countries throughout the region that are sympathetic to the situation that iran is in. they don't like american behavior. they don't like israeli behavior. so even if it wasn't iran directly, iran has many allies and they have for some time, this is an issue that has really been devil of the united states and the europeans that we can't really kind of get a handle on that. how could there be groups that are sympathetic to iran, but there are and they will continue to be unless there is a real diplomatic framework there, bring the iran into it, into the international community, into some sort of dispute, rather dispute resolution mechanism that include both the united states in iran and doesn't have us kind of in this shadow war. thank you so much for your insight. hillary man leverett, former white house national security official. we appreciate your time. thank you. the speaker of denise is frozen,

this is iran, new president and abraham, and officially took control into iran. us net us secretary of state spokesperson that price. so the u. s. will defend america, security interests and that of its partners as well, including israel, but that the u. s. is waiting to see if iran takes a diplomatic approach to addressing the various issues, including the jcp away and that the u. s. is prepared to rejoin that nuclear dale, the jcp, a joint comprehensive plan of action deal if or on and here is to its responsibilities . so with more on s, including, if israel and the us is on a crash course with lebanon and iran, joining me now is former pentagon official, michael maloof. so here we go again. you were here yesterday and i said, i'm sure you're gonna be back and i'm sure to be talking more about this and here we are. first of all, let's, let's, let's start with webinar and start with that development, be instruction webinar. what do you make of that is, is this a dangerous escalation, or is it kind of tit for tat? beyond tit for tat? i think that this is clearly elements within lebanon

of these person go call person council members like our iran is in good terms with oman. iran doesn't have that to baptize with cal weight. they are in good turns one way or another. it's the follow these as well as somehow pushed by the u a. e. and of course somehow rain, but mainly the you either push into solving this. all these has not been short of taking any kind of hostile option in the last one or 2 decades against iran. though there have been often dallas all throughout the past one or 2 centuries. still in the past the case according to the confessions made by top us former and person officials like joe biden, when he was a wife president hilary clinton. when he was, she was a secretary of state marcy and then see what the chairman of the joint chief of staff on the obama in 2014. they have all made a lots of confessions that they're wor, militancy was created by mainly fall, be a be supported by so the array of you in order to wear off iranian allies. and in order to demolish iranian allies in the region in syria and in iraq 1st, 2nd, we do know that of the m b. s. in front

>> you said the border between iran and the soviet union. well, i think one of the first things that has to happen is, for stability, has got to be in iran itself to establish a government that can speak as a government for iran. part of our problem in all these long 444 days has been the inability of anyone seemingly to speak for that nation, to have a government. i think that any country would want to help another if they really showed an intent to have a government that would abide by international law and do what they could to help them in that regard. until such a thing appears apparent there, i don't know that there's anything we can do. the young lady. >> mr. president, if it's your intention to signal the world that this country will respond with swift retribution in cases of international terrorism in the future, why is it your policy not to retaliate rate against iran? >> what good would just revenge do? what form would that take? i don't think revenge is worthy of us. on the other hand, i don't think we act as if this never happen

i will iran deal with that?— they be welcome to? i will iran deal with that? there has been mixed messaging _ deal with that? there has been mixed messaging there. - deal with that? there has been mixed messaging there. they i mixed messaging there. they have set up temporary housing across three provinces on the afghanistan border, and state tv has been quoting officials that are saying they are going to welcome afghans with open arms, but there has been some mixed messaging from the interior ministry and what will happen to these refugees but they will be turned back eventually, and part of that is because there are some real challenges within a run domestically. they already have is 2 million afghan refugees. they've also got more than 600,000 afghan passport holders according to the un, there is already quite a big community there, and they've also got some real domestic problems. iran is in the midst of a fifth wave of the covid—19 pandemic. it's facing that that the very end. soaring record debts and a flailing vaccine programme. more than 500 deaths a

the country in iran and in the world has to really prepare for the next supreme leader. and that it's very likely to be ever humor easy. so he has an enormous challenge in terms of the mundane kept a running, any kind of country. but he also has these enormous aspirational tasks for an entire people to bring them into a new era. israel's defense minister, if any gun says one, they are ready to strike iran in response to a drone attack on an oil tanker off the coast of amount. a week ago, the warning came, as israel urged, the united nation is to take action. 2 people were killed in the attack, the u. s. u k, and other countries backing the israeli assertion that iran was responsible, but its leaders deny being involved for the abil. hamid has more now from west jerusalem. well, certainly it's been a tense week and i think that the political military and intelligence leadership would have been actually listening very carefully to what do you new iranian president had to say? there has been a lot of rhetoric coming out of israel ever since that tanker, which is really mana

and i think we're in for some real escalation on iran part. there, there been some fundamental changes in the international political, economic, and military structure which makes is rarely shipping, in particular, quite vulnerable. still ahead on al jazeera, the scale of devastation is emerging in turkey. the most intense law 5 in recent years. and why a holiday cruises through the historic canals of venice could soon be a thing i i, it's time for the journey. the winter sponsored my cattle airways. hello, good to see you. it has been nonstop rain for parts of western india, for example, some of the states what's been called chart con, for example, look at these storm clouds here just bringing out their moisture. so an example of this over the past 24 hours scooping up a $170.00 millimeters of rain. this is in the indian state of chart guns. now let me show you where the intense rain is falling on monday. see the yellows, the darker the color, the more intense the rain is. as we head toward areas of bangladesh and the west coast of neon mar.

iran's militia groups have engaged in attacks against u.s. forces and facilities in iran. although we seek to de-escalate and avoid conflict with iran and iranian-back militia groups, as the deputy secretary noted, we would take action to respond to attacks against u.s. personnel and facilities in iraq. to that end, the president directed strikes in february and june this year in order to defend and protect u.s. personnel from ongoing attacks to deter further attacks. the president did not rely on the 2002 aumf and directing any of these recent actions. we believe we have sufficient authority to continue the vital counter-isis mission in iraq and syria and address any threats to the u.s. personnel or u.s. that might arise in iraq without the 2002 aumf. if circumstances change and it becomes clear other legal authorities are insufficient to address those threats, the administration would work with the congress to develop an appropriate new domestic authority tailored to addressing that scenario. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. >> thank you. i am honored to be here to

what does it mean for the people of iran? if that - people of iran? if that inexperience, not only is that inexperience, not only is that inexperience, not only easy dinner with the nuclear deal and sanctions, iran's economy is battered, but affected by the pandemic, can he deal anything to do with that multitude of problems? getting sanctions relief _ multitude of problems? getting sanctions relief certainly - sanctions relief certainly helped but that is not the only solution. there is a great deal of corruption and smuggling and ifind it hard of corruption and smuggling and i find it hard to believe, despite his promises, that he will be able to track down because they are very powerful people and institutions which are monopolising the iran currency. i think people are fed up, depressed and a rather cynical about this president. many thanks indeed for your analysis. the greek minister kyriakos mitsotaki say many people face a menacing night. he warned the worst was yet to come with strong westerly winds expected to fan the flames of ryder. in one

what's iran strategy with this? so in more on this, this incident, let's bring in former us naval intelligence officer, john jordan. john, great to see you look if anybody knows about these issues, you do. so thanks for coming on. the bottom line here, john israel have have traded attacks at sea. you know, numerous times this year alone and really looking at the timeframe over the last 18 months. israel going after ronnie and ships around targeting israeli win ships? what's the strategy? what's are on strategy though, with this maritime conflict and design and use of these, you know, as are called suicide. drones represent a dangerous new escalation in warfare or in part in the pond. is iran simply testing the waters the 2 parts to this john? the 1st part is iran. iranian domestic politics. first of all, they just had a new government sworn in. there's lots of different factions inside of iran that need to be placated. new regime wants to look tough and they want to look like they've even the score for the incident

in any case, we know how to convey the message to iran in our own way. now the united states and united kingdom have joined israel in pointing as of yet, and substantiated fingers at iran, blaming her for being behind the tax. the secretary of state entity blinked and has said to quote that he's confident that iran was behind the attack. the united kingdom saying it's highly likely that's around what's behind it, but we have heard that phrase highly likely before and very often means that there is no evidence. we believe this attack was deliberate, targeted and a clear violation of international law by iran u. k. assessments have concluded that is highly likely that iran attack the n v most the street in international waters of amman on 29 july using one or more unmanned aerial vehicles. the radio foreign ministry is denying these claims are twice accusing the countries of false accusation. modes with the yet, the norma, this is not the 1st time the legitimate occupying race in jerusalem has made such false accusations against the blind republic of iran.

he may be one of the most important presidents in iran, modern history because he is likely to be the person next in line to become supreme leader. so he has an enormously difficult and enormously consequential challenge in front of him, which is to bring the country together, essentially to steady the ship internally domestically within the region and even on the international stage, to usher iran into a new era. i have, i wish the current supreme leader i told a i wish him good health and a long life, but in an age of coded and with the supreme leader is increasing age. the country in iran and in the world has to really prepare for the next supreme leader and that it's very likely to be abraham. right. easy. so he has an enormous challenge in terms of the mundane kept a running any kind of country. but he also has these enormous aspirational tasks for an entire people to bring them into a new era. israel defense minister, any gun says one, they're ready to strike iran in response to a drone attack on an oil tanker off the coast of amount a week ago. warning comes as israel urges the

the west want not just to control iran nuclear program, also iran activities in the region. iran missile program. these are some of the issues the u. delegate have been pressing to get a concession from iran. at this point, those negotiations, which was taking plac in vienna, has been fzen , waiting for the new president to come to the office and also, the new team take on that inittive. laura: do you think president raisi willscalate hostilities with israel? iran is accused of carrying out a drone attack on a tanker. you think that will intensify? >> at this point, many people say there is a shadow war. there is a covert operation by israel within iran. there have been sabotages, assassinations of irani and nuclear scientists and military minds and iranians have been attacking as well. there is a confrontation, but we have to see in the coming months how much mr. raisi listens to the hard-liners in the revolutiony guard to take action. don't forget, the military is not controlled by the president. the military is controlled by the supreme leader. they are listening to him,

today, israel says iran is to blame. the vessel is linked to an israeli billionaire and was reportedly hit with a suicide drone. the uss ronald reagan escorted the tanker to a safe lotion. no no country has taken responsibility for the attack. iranian state media says it happened in response to israeli strikes against syria last week. they called on the united kingdom to respond strongly to the incident since one of the people killed was a british national. this comes as iran prepares to swear in a new president president on thursday. the hard line judge will take over as the country's new leader and is considered to be far more hawkish than the current president. israel's new leader used a cabinet meeting today to speak directly to incoming regime in tehran about their actions. >> we expect the international community to clarify to the iranian regime that they made a big mistake. we in any case have our own way to relay the message to iran. >> reporter: we are getting new information this hour, the united kingdom says t

what do you think this means for the people of iran? as you say, if he is that inexperienced, not only is he dealing with the talks over the nuclear deal and the sanctions, iran's economy is battered, it is one of the worst hit countries in the region by the pandemic — can he do anything to try and deal with that multitude of problems? getting sanctions relief would certainly help, but that is not the only solution. there is a great deal of corruption and smuggling and ifind it hard to believe, despite his promises, that he is rally going to be able to crack down that he is really going to be able to crack down because they are very powerful people and institutions which are monopolising iran's hard currency. i think people are fed up, i think they are depressed, and are rather cynical about this new president. let's get some of the day's other news: apple says it will help combat child sexual abuse, by introducing a system to scan for images of exploitation on iphones used in the us. apple said that if a pattern of uploading child ab

k. blamed iran thereon denied it was involved was the last year has seen iran's nuclear facilities attacked, the country's top scientist assassinated and a conservative leg parliament responding by restricting international inspections on the ruins, nuclear facilities. braimer is seen as the chosen candidate of the political establishment. oh, but if he cannot address immediate and pressing issues of the economy and sanctions, he's picked a future and ascendancy could be effected. i said big, i just 0 with 200000000 infections and climbing rapidly, the world's groan of ours diagnosis is getting more bleak. it took a year to reach the 1st $100000000.00 and half of that time to double of a 3rd is driven partly by the delta vary and it also highlighting the gap and vaccination rates between wealthy and poor nations. and that's why the world health organization is urging rich countries to pull plans to administer booster shots. i understand the concern of all government to protect their people from the delta vote and but we can not. and we should not accept countries that have already used most

i'm going across the border into iran. some reports suggesting that the number of people who crossed from numerous into iran is as many as 20000 were also hey reports that the iranians have tried to stop people crossing. and they've been pretty heavy handed in their attempts to do so. okay, james, so that's why i know that you say dozens of provinces. there's lots of other developments elsewhere to yes, let's start here in cobble because you're a member that the taliban a couple of days ago tried to attack the defense ministers home. and they said that they're going to be part of a new campaign targeting key government officials. well, they now have killed dot com men. paul, he is the, was the deputy spokesman to president johnny in the head of the government media office. we believe he was on his way to friday, pres, in a car when he was shot by the taliban. taliban saying that they carry that out. they said it was a punishment for his actions. they said a special merger had the unit was involved in killing him. the e u.

-- in iran --that they continue to provide -- in iran --that they continue to provide arms to these proxies? ms. stroul: continuing to support militias and terrorist organizations is not in their interest, that it somehow undermines russian or chinese security. these are not governments pushing iran to take steps that would restore stability, wind down conflicts, or move towards political proxy. >> there are members carrying around russian and chinese armaments that they have received from the iranians. thank you. ms. stroul: it is another reason why we need to remind our partners that these are not governments that are actually working to do things in their security interest. >> one final question occurs to me to cap off the dialogue. escalation and de-escalation on deterrents. it was not intended to solve all of our outs ending issues with iran, but as a mechanism to discuss and promote the ways that you can affect iranian behavior, other than through the sale of arms to their competitors. during the time the jcpoa was in effect, we did not see the level of attacks in iraq from ir

anyone there once or needs a war with iran? well, that's another story. israel's defense minister benny gunner said the country is preparing to attack iran. god said an oran is only about 10 weeks away from acquiring weapons grade materials necessary for a nuclear weapon. it's unclear what evidence israel has proving this, but gone, said israel is ready to strike iran when we're, if needed, while also call we on the international community to respond to the threat, adding quote, we can't tag around a solely and israeli problem and absolve the rest of the world from this issue gets also maintained around was behind the latest drone attack on an oil tanker off the coast of oman? well, also naming, running and commanders, he said are in charge of around to attack and suicide drone programs. we'll discuss what all of this means coming up. i'm john hoodie. and this is news news news right here on our t america. we have a lot to get to once again as the news cycle never stops and we're covering it all . so let's get to it. the who's.

to completely isolate iran. of course, israel will come back and try to present the case of how dangerous iran is and that there is a lot more enrichment of uranium and that iran is really a menace to the region. but we'll see that i don't think they're completely on the same page about this young cas enough tale. bennett says he wants a fresh thought with the u. s. is he going to get it? i think you get it for one very simple reason. at least that will give him some credit from the outset is that he's not benjamin antonio. right. there's no secret that benjamin and funny are when the democratic party in the united states have had a long history of tension. ben, it's coming talking about a new spirit and new start, new government in jerusalem that can not necessarily see ida. i similar to what natasha said on issues of extreme importance for or whether it's the iranians or even the palestinian issue, which we might talk about. they're definitely not gonna agree on all of those big issues or how to confront them.

a proxy of iran. to what extent is this is this perhaps could be seen as, as iran trying to send a message to israel sue through the mouthpiece of his book. this is clearly a situation where iran and has been coordinated very closely. it's widely the, made them and passionately debated, and lebanon is, has a puppet of iran, can iran order has led to attack israel, or is, has been primarily a lebanese islamist and regional force that is strategically linked to iran, but makes its own decisions. nobody has asked that question definitively, but clearly there is a link about what has mala does what iran does, what the, what is mass, other people in the region, the syrians, they are all grouped together in 11 dynamic. and then this is, this is one of the achievements of the iranian revolution across the region. many people don't like it, many people like it. there's a huge split, ideologically in lebanon. and in the region is it's good to push back against israel and the us and others and right, bring our

iran and with our partners. if really put iran in a position where it had to take were these measures into its own hands and it had to build up its own leverage in the international on the international military scene. and i think we're in for some real escalation on iran part. there's that there's been some fundamental changes in the international political, economic, and military structure which makes is rarely shipping, in particular, quite vulnerable. 2 people have been killed by a gunman at his beloved funeral south of lebanon's capital. it's not immediately clear who is behind the attack on calder. they open fire on a service for a commander of the ship group who was killed a day earlier. and what lebanese mediate say was a personal vendetta. supporters of brazil's president jaya both scenario took to the straits across the country. it was a show of support for his proposal to replace the electronic voting system with the pipe balance for next year's election. one k yanna kia reports from where diginero, t

k. blamed iran thereon denied it was involved was the last year has seen iran's nuclear facilities attacked, the country's top scientist assassinated and a conservative lead parliament responding by restricting international inspections on the roads nuclear facilities. braimer is seen as a chosen candidate of the political establishment. oh, but if he cannot address the immediate and pressing issues of the economy and sanctions, he's picked a future and ascendancy could be effected. i said big. i just, there was more still to come for here and use, including trying to make ends meet with charities and bangladesh are struggling to help communities, effective by cobra. 19 and half of all new cars must be electric in the states by 2030. the us president jo biden's promise for a revolution on american roads. and in sports, karachi makes it a limpid w in the spiritual home of japanese marshal ox. ah, $200000000.00 corona virus infections and climbing rapidly, it took a year to reach the 1st $100000000.00, but total cases have doubled in half. that time the search is being driven partly naturally

let's remind ourselves, iran has denied _ strategy? let's remind ourselves, iran has denied responsibly - strategy? let's remind ourselves, iran has denied responsibly for i strategy? let's remind ourselves, | iran has denied responsibly for the first one and has not commented on the second one. certainly when it comes to the attack on the street to the us, israel, britain have no doubt that iran was behind it but in due course it's possible they will release what intelligence they have relating to that. if iran is behind it the speculation, and this is speculation, is that with a new hard—line president coming into power taking a position in iran that the hard—line are determined to actually scupper any chance of the nuclear deal being revived. it's very sensitive talks taking place for some months now in vienna to try to revive this deal that curves iran's nuclear ambitions in exchange for lifting of sanctions. hardliners in iran never liked this deal particularly and there were plenty who oppose it being revived. so it's one pos

the perceived threat of iran is the main subject. almost 24,000 new covid cases in france. 93 people have lost their lives. there are signs that lockdown in martinique is beginning to work. this is live from paris. thank you very much for being with us. we start with the latest from afghanistan. the u.s. secretary of state says the taliban will allow americans and at risk afghans to lea after the august 31eadline but there have been contradictory words starting with the taliban telling afghans citizens to stop trying to reach kabul airport and stop trying to leave the country. u.s. president joe biden said 24 hours ago there is no need to extend the deadline. the pentagon said it will continue to evacuate people from afghanistan until the u.s. leaves tuesday. there are an estimated 10,000 people right now at kabul airport hoping to get out of afghanistan. let's hear first from the secretary of state of the u.s., antony blinken. >> there is no deadline on our work to help any remaining american citizens to leave along with many afghan

for iran. part of our problem in all of these 444 days has been the inability of anyone seemingly to speak for the nation. to have a government. now i think that any country would want to help another if they really showed a intent to have a government that would abide by international law, and would do what they could to help them in that regard. but until there is such a thing that is apparently i don't know if there's anything we can do. >> young lady. >> mister president. if it is your intention to signal to the world that this country will with spawn with swift retribution in cases of international terrorism in the future, why isn't your policy not to retaliate against iran? >> what's good would just revenge do? what form would that take? i don't think that revenge is worthy of us. on the other hand, i don't think that we act as if this has never happened. i would rather wait until as i say, we complete, i know i have been on one side for too long, but someone said please. >> mister presid

iran has denied any involvement. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams explained what happened. details have been coming out since friday. this incident occurred late on thursday night. both american and israeli officials have talked about the involvement of drones, including what's known as a suicide drone, effectively a drone that flies into its target and is destroyed, but possibly also involving other drones swarming around the target. and this is something the british also seem to have picked up on, there has been an investigation by the british authorities. that appears to have reached some initial conclusions leading the government to say that it is highly likely that iran was involved in the attack on the merchant vessel and indeed that drones were involved. i think it's worth stepping back for a moment and realising this does appear to be the latest in a series of, a pattern of a kind of shadow war between iran and israel. two countries at loggerheads over a number of issues, including iran's nuclear programme, something that israel has taken military measures to try an