envoy to the middle east arabs. their request was simple. not that the uae would do something that would be in the interest of collective american security, their request was that uae invest $2 billion in donald trump's new crypto business, in particular his stablecoin vent use. this is the -- venture. this is the president of the united states, going to the uae, and asking a foreign government to invest $2 billion. it is called world liberty financial, and on its website, it says that the majority of the company is owned by donald j. trump. now, this was a pretty exceptional request to make because his crypto business was brand-new. at the time it was a pretty minor player. a $2 million investment like uae would vault world liberty financial into the stratosphere. in fact it did, when they complied with the request, they became the fifth biggest stablecoin overnight. the uae felt it had to comply with the president's request because they had things they wanted from the united states. first, they wanted a continuati

let's start with president trump strip to the middle east. you have expressed said the deal is very close. do you think the administration can get to a deal with iran that does not allow them to enrich? >> i think it is paramount any agreement does not allow them to enrich. we don't want to see a jcpoa 2.0 that was a disaster. iran is the greatest threat to iran is the greatest threat to peace and stability in the middle east. that's why i have fought so vociferously with respect to sanctions against the illicit oil trade between china and iran. we passed the iran energy sanctions act. i have introduced a bill this year we have already marked up. cutting off that oil trade is paramount to cutting off the funding for their nuclear ambitions, ballistic missiles program and the funding of hamas, hezbollah, the houthis. the administration has been aggressively seeking to cut off their funding, impose sanctions, use the ship act and other tools. obviously the president's objective is to ensure that iran does not have a nuclear weapon. and you alwa

country, five of the top ten oil producing countries all in the middle east, saudi arabia for its part equates 15% of the global oil supply such concerns when it comes to how this may well impact supply as well as what a wider conflict might mean particularly when it comes to the passage of oil with a straight of 20% or that of the world's oil goes through so as i say, oil, seeing it continuing to search, on the basis of the optimism following the us-china trade talks as well as the fact that recent data show that inventory of oil in the us were lower than had been expected. on the other hand, stocks in the region trading lower, uncertainty always send stocks down and that is no exception, for example, japan's nick kay the worst performer with 1.3%. we are seeing similar movements coming to us futures, or three markets, the dow jones, s&p five hundred, currency markets here hit as well particularly the australian dollar and the new zealand dollar both of those trades are against uncertainty and prefer safety down around 1% against the greenback. one interesting element is that we

let's ask our own correspondent in the middle east, alexander bilibov, on the line, alexander, hello. and how do they assess the consequences of the attack in tehran, is there an understanding of what further actions the iranian authorities might take? yes, colleagues, hello, well, indeed, the current israeli attack on iran has become for the islamic republic, perhaps, the most tangible, the most painful during the entire iranian-israeli confrontation, and therefore , frankly speaking, there is no point in counting on any restraint from tehran this time. the general staff of the iranian army has already stated that israel, having attacked the islamic republic tonight, crossed all red lines and there are simply no restrictions on a retaliatory strike, a so-called retaliatory strike against israel, this time the iranian army simply has no restrictions, well, the strike turned out to be very, very tangible and painful for iran, for the iranian nuclear program, the program is actually a complex, which was enriching uranium in natanz, the cornerstone of the entire iranian nuclear program w

, i simply remind you that the war in the middle east creates incredible chances for russia to fight in the post-soviet space and in europe, and now these hours are being decided for many countries of europe, not only ukraine, because if russia receives additional oil revenues at its disposal, if oil is now going to increase in price at a crazy, i would say, crazy pace, this will give the russian regime an additional incentive to continue the war, and of course will deprive it of any opportunities to put pressure on it. the trump administration, if this administration has any desire to continue this pressure at all. well, we are already seeing how things are related. israel and iran, the oil market reacted instantly. at first it was 9%, now 13%. brand exceeded $ 78 per barrel. and in fact, this is the biggest jump since march 22, after russia's full-scale invasion of ukraine, and the rise in oil prices is bad news for us. good for the russians, because this is additional serious money for russia for the war, but in addition, in addition to this risk, there is also the risk of switchi

will the conflict in the middle east affect russia's war against ukraine? she asked this question to a member of the verkhovna rada, deputy head of the parliamentary. it will be interesting to see how russia will help iran , whether it will help iran as an ally, perhaps then some russian resources will be redistributed to iran, but time will tell. sergey danilov is on the air with us, deputy director center for middle east studies. sergey, hello, good afternoon, well iran does not have a common border with israel, how can iran respond? what are you waiting for, what response? there are two options: rocket attacks on israeli territory, the second is to strike, as they will say to the allies and those who support israel in the middle east, that is, american bases, primarily in iraq, this is a traditional place where they are already striking, as well as american bases, which is much more important in qatar and in bahrain militarily. destroyed completely, but much weaker now than before the twenty -third year, in syria there is another regime, not assad, as a

let's talk about the situation in the middle east. if the people of iran rose up against a regime there, would you welcome back? well, look, i'm not going to get into what the people of iran should do. i've been really clear, i'm very concerned about the nuclear programme that iran is developing. that's the unanimous position of the g7. the only way around that is a different regime. israel is obviously threatened, and i've been very clear about israel's right to self-defense. this is a conflict which could very well escalates, which would have implications for the region. but how does it resolve itself though, prime minister? obviously... how does it resolve itself? there is talk in the region about people rising up against the regime. people want to know what your instincts are about the long-term solution here to bring a peaceful solution. i'm no supporter of the regime in iran. so if the people rose up against it, you would welcome that? it's not for me as the uk prime minister to start encouraging people in relation to what they

the situation in the middle east is still unfolding. this is a dangerous moment and any further military escalation in the middle east and beyond should be avoided. we are particularly concerned at the escalation in the region. while talks between iran and the united states and iran nuclear program were under way, allow me to make two brief points. first, we call on both sides to immediately de-escalate, show maximum restraint, and avoid retaliation. the international community must be immediately engaged to prevent conflagration, using all diplomatic and dialogue channels. we are closely monitoring the situation and a strong commitment to regional security. greece has the ability to express its strong concern over the iranian nuclear program and cities that iran must any of be allowed to acquire a nuclear weapon. in this context, reaffirm israel's right to protect itself and to assure its security. at the same time we strongly believe that lasting security can only be achieved through diplomacy and a negotiated deal. a diplomatic resol

he was very clear, he said, "i need to leave soon because of events in the middle east." i think the white house was very transparent about that. and i think then the looming question came - was the us going to engage side by side with israel. throughout the course of the day, we had reports from israeli media saying the united states could act shoulder with shoulder with them when it comes to operations in iran. since then, us officials came out very strongly denying that. saying that's not what is going to happen. "we are there and committed to the defence of us troops." and that long standing tenet of us foreign policy as you well know with regards to israel's right to exist and the us defending it in that regard. but going beyond that, at this current stage, is not something that has been communicated by the white house. ok. helen, thank you so much for the very latest on that. as you were seeing, as helena was talking through the very latest details, helicopters taking off from the rocky mountains. president trump expected to arrive in washington shortly. where he ha

this could be a pivotal moment for the middle east. prices rising at one point up around 13% in the session. brent at around $75 a barrel. jp morgan says in the worst-case scenario you could be looking at $130 per barrel. brent up 11, close to 12% over three days of 7.7% in the session. wti gaining 8% at $73 a barrel. u.s. barrels are bid in the safe haven moves, yields are down on the benchmark 10 year at 430 two. go also up and equities are lower. go trading up 1% closing in on record levels for the yellow metal at 3420. the international community has been responding. the u cape has called for de-escalation from both sites. the ids has said that iran has launched 100 drones towards israel. we know from the idf that they used 200 aircraft to target 100 targets in iran. there's plenty this xfinity wifi is booming! booming, booming, booming booming, booming, booming booming, booming, booming next stop, boomtown. -the wifi's boomin'! the wifi is booming like a 10-x-double unicorn ipo. stream me sideways! it's burstin' with wifi! hahahaa

since when has he put forward a series of coherent messages relating to the middle east? let's move on to diplomacy, your area of expertise. when these strikes stop, however they do, if there is an escalation with us involvement, what kind of resolution would you be looking at? the negotiations were temporarily stalled after 60 days, a totally arbitrary deadline put in place by president trump. anybody who has worked with the iranians on this incredibly complex issue knows it takes much longer than that to generate compromises, but those opportunities for compromise may be extinguished by the american determination to support israel's view that iran should be denied its right under the nuclear non-proliferation studio: we will just interrupt sir richard dalton, because it looks like president trump has just got off the plane. let's take a quick listen. reporter: (inaudible) . studio: we clearly have a problem with the sound here. this looks like he was speaking a little earlier on the plane, this looks like a tape replay, effectively, from inside the plane, because just i

we just got out of a war in the middle east. it seemed like elderly people always want to commit young people to go to war. i had my chance in the war. we can't do -- we cannot put our young soldiers in a war unless we absolutely need to. host: otis, who makes that decision, in your opinion, is it the president as commander in chief or is it congress that makes that decision? caller: this is a decision for congress. the president can't commit ground forces for just a little while but congress has to approve the war. he can disguise it as saying it's not a war, it's a strike and maybe get away with it. but ask yourself this question, americans need to ask themselves this question. once we drop the bunker bomb, what happens then? all the chemicals, everything is not going to stay sealed down there now, it's going to leak out. what happens when they decide to to do dirty bombs walking in briefcases and people don't mind they die. don't commit young kids for no reason. host: the democratic caller, his message to president and congre

and tensions in the middle east and global trailed set to dominate. good morning. so geopolitical tensions with the focus on the middle east continue to percolate through these markets. futures across the week with losses across the week. futsi14, off. futures pointing up after closing down by the end of the close on friday. nasdaq, losses of around 1.3%. today higher by .2. the fed on wednesday and that decision being scrutinized. let's look at some of the moves around these traditional safe havens. we've had a bit of selloffs with trade. oil prices, we saw israeli attacks on one gas field in iran. the scrutiny in terms of where iran could go next with the straits of hormuz seen as unlikely but not completely off the table in terms of potential focus for the iranian regime. it doesn't seem to be consensus among our analysts. brent .9 so far on the session. building on yesterday. gold with a haven shift continuing to benefit but a little softer by .2%. let's cross over to asia. abraham is standing by in singapore where a slightly more robust retail sales picture ou

let's talk to our middle east correspondent hugo, who is in jerusalem. give us some context, if you would, about these continuing strikes. it is easy to think that it is falling into a pattern of strikes and counter strikes. where is all of this going right now? yes. we are not seeing any sign of a de-escalation or diplomacy in this conflict continues, and the indications coming from the israel authorities are that this is going to be a prolonged offensive, not days but weeks. we are seeing today these israeli attacks have continued. you mentioned the killing of the replacement top military commander, and this is another indication of the level of penetration, the intelligence that israel has gathered about iran 's top military officials. and iran has continued to respond by firing missiles at israel. we have seen that there were more attacks earlier today here in jerusalem and again we heard loud explosions with those missiles being intercepted by the air defence systems. but this latest attack, you know, they have not been as intense. this could be an

let's continue, now we have an expert on the middle east, president of the center for middle east studies murat sadyk zade on the line, murat, hello, how likely is a full-scale protracted military conflict right now, in your opinion? hello, you know, there probably won't be a protracted conflict, because here we need to understand that the american side, through , i think, a... tv presenter fox, was informed, that trump said that if there is a tough attack from iran on israel, then the americans will certainly join in , in principle all these days and even years, probably, yes, from the moment the situation began, the escalation of the situation in the middle east, it was clear that the americans would not leave israel under any circumstances. yes, now there is a certain cooling between , let's say, israel and the united states of america, but despite this situation, of course... netanyahu understood this, he counted on this in many ways, because he understood, that in many ways to disrupt the negotiations, yes, in principle, what he practically succeeded in doing is possible only in this

depending on if you will be traveling -- not just the middle east. you can get your information there. >> you also said american diplomats in ukraine spent the night in a bunker. can you comment about the protection of american citizens in ukraine? >> we are aware of last night's attack on kyiv, which resulted in multiple casualties including a u.s. citizen. we extend our condolences to the victims and families of all those affected. the president and the recent past has made his thoughts clear about striking civilian areas in that regard. to reiterate, which is the thread through all of the work we do, the department has no higher priority than the safety and security of u.s. citizens abroad and we can confirm the death of a u.s. citizen in ukraine and we stand ready to provide all possible consular assistance and out of respect to the family during this obviously horrible time, we have no further details to offer in that regard. >> a second topic, regarding iran, several of our colleagues were called back. how much does the events the past few days

let's speak to our middle east correspondent hugo bachega in jerusalem. more strikes, talk us through what has been happening. good morning. we had a wave of iranian missiles this morning with a red alert sending in many areas, in jerusalem we had loud explosions of interceptions by the air defence systems. at least five people have been injured in central parts of israel, we cannot name the locations because of restrictions from the israeli authorities but another wave of iranian missiles as iran respond to these israeli air strikes. in iran there has been more attacks and in the last hour we had confirmation by the israeli military, saying they had killed a top military commander, ali shadmani, who was appointed due to the killing of his predecessor in an israeli air strike last week. this shows the penetration of the israeli authorities about the senior iranian officials. it is very clear to get a clear picture of what is happening inside iran because we cannot report from inside the country, but the indications from the israeli authorities are that th

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what happened in the middle east with qatar and uae is history making. never before has a president just made the decision to trade u.s. national security secrets or preferential u.s. policy for cash payments and that's what he has done. what happened in the uae was pretty simple. a company that he owned, we talk about it as if it's owned by his sons, it's not. world liberty financial on the website says that it is 60% owned by donald trump, by the president of the united states. so his son and then not coincidentally, the son of the u.s. middle east envoy -- the trumps could have picked anybody to be their partner in this crypto venture and they chose the son of the middle east convoy just to make it 100% clear that when you're doing business with world liberty financial, you're doing business with the people who make decisions on middle east policy and the trump administration. they chose a week before the president's trip to go to the middle east and announce that the uae was investing $2 billion essentially to launch this cryptocurrency, making it ov

so for iran, it's nuclear program is a way to put itself in a position of power in the middle east. the program is most of the geo political lands and all the way to border cross or on the united states on the west. and israel sees the reign in nuclear program as threatening to its existence. and by the way, israel is believed to possess nuclear weapons as well, but it doesn't acknowledge this. back to iran. here are the countries g nuclear facilities. over the years, there have been many sabotaged attacks. take this nuclear facility in not tons or experts say an explosion in 2020 separate ron's nuclear program. but up to 2 years . iran has blamed isabel for them and is rarely officials have implicitly threatened to attack around nuclear facilities. israel's intelligence agency, most of it is also believe to have targeted range and nationals including a series of assess the nation of high profile nuclear scientists, such as the father of iran's nuclear program in 2020 israel, however, has never officially admitted to it. remember the oil pipeline, we mentioned at the beginning. well

so for iran, it's nuclear program is a way to put itself in a position of power in the middle east. and the program is most of the g of bullet to kill plans and all the way across or on the united states on the west. and israel sees the rain a nuclear program as threatening to its existence. and by the way, israel is believed to possess nuclear weapons as well, but it doesn't acknowledge this. back to iran. here are the countries to nuclear facilities. over the years, there have been many sabotaged attacks. take this nuclear facility in not tons or experts say an explosion in 2020 separate ron's nuclear program. but up to 2 years . iran has blamed israel for the and, and is rarely officials have implicitly threatened to a talk around nuclear facilities. israel's intelligence agency, most of it is also believed to have targeted reading and nationals including a series of assassinations of high profile nuclear scientists, such as the father of iran's nuclear program in 2020 israel, however, has never officially admitted to it. remember the oil pipeline, we mentioned at the beginning.

and that is the reduction of american influence in the middle east. and frankly, a degree of chaos in the region to the extent that and benefits these parties. as to what extent do you think iran really trusts moscow here? because when the rebels and serial were moving on, damascus, he did not lift a finger or to come to the charlotte, sobs defense. so could that be a scenario that we see play out again? or do they think that really if push comes to shove blood them of who is someone that they could ask for help? oh well there, there have been some rumors, some of confirmed rumors of a family members of their gym, fleeing to moscow. the fact of the matter is there's a lot going on behind the scenes that we simply don't know about at the, at the stage. but, but it is, you know, it is striking that the running average him as of now has not asked russia for help your example earlier that you're referring to with us. so it's true that improving it appears to have made a quick decision to let her saw the fall, but he did give him refuge in moscow, which he

shipping rates soar between the middle east and asia- as vessel owners weigh the risk of navigating the strait of hormuz - the route for a fifth of the world's oil and gas. and davos without the mountains. or any western ceos. russia hosts its annual global business forum in st petersburg - to promote an economy that's becoming increasingly isolated. welcome to business today. we start in the us - where the federal reserve will announce its latest decision on interest rates in the next couple of hours. america's central bank is widely expected to leave the cost of borrowing on hold - at between four and a quarter and four and a half percent. it is worried about stubbornly high inflation - which could be pushed higher by president trump's tariffs- or a further surge in the price of energy as the middle east conflict enters a sixth day. that is despite growing signs of weakness in the us economy not to mention demands from president trump for an immediate cut in the cost of borrowing. he was asked about negotiations with iran but instead he renewed his attacks on the fed chairman for bein

we begin in the middle east where there have been fresh strikes and counter-strikes overnight between israel and iran. let's take you through the developments this morning. iran fired two retaliatory waves of missiles overnight towards israel. israeli officials say it least ten people have been killed. more than 200 have been injured. meanwhile, israel launched attacks on the iranian capital tehran. it says it struck targets linked to iran's nuclear programme. residential buildings were also hit. the health ministry says the majority of those killed and injured by israeli strikes are civilians, many women and children. iran's foreign minister has said that the attacks on israel will end when its "aggression stops". iranian media are reporting that police there have arrested two suspects linked to israel's spy agency. our middle east correspondent, hugo bachega, is in bat yam where at least six people were killed. this is the scene here in bat yam. this building was the point of impact of this missile, an entire section of this building collapsed. all morning emergency teams have been

our middle east correspondent lucy williamson reports. three times last night, the sky is lit up over israel and the nation hunkered down. israel's air defences shattering iranian missiles into glowing fragments above the crowds. the price of missing a single one of them was written on this neighbourhood in bat yam. a direct hit to this apartment block. the blast so destructive that 20 buildings around it are due to be pulled down. rescue teams digging for residents trapped in the rubble have reportedly lost contact with some of them. there was smoke everywhere, carty said. i couldn't breathe, the door flew off its hinges. my mother is 76 and was injured in the head and had stitches on both arms. i am trying not to cry. they are still digging for people missing from this apartment block. injured residents climbing over the rubble lining the streets outside. this is a different kind of attack to those israel is used to. its prime minister wanted to attack iran while it is weak but it is still strong enough to inflict real damage. visiting

have them all fall the are the director of the foreign policy program at the middle east counseling global affairs . now iran has launched up to 13 missiles at east row with sirens sounding across many areas or been explosions instead of eve and recent reports of a direct hit on a building in the northern suburb of the city. and no reports of any casualties so far to speak to, nor do i with that she's in the jo damian capital. how much is that? because these right, the government is banned down to 0 from reporting inside israel and the occupied west bank. so knowing what are the latest lines we're hearing about this missile attack on the hood? soleah, tel aviv well assigned me there. are there's little information about where those at miss i was actually struck because of typing restrictions by the military censor. what we do know is that there were a direct impact in the south in phillip eve and also in hertz. and the 10 people were treated by emergency cruise. they were injured as they were trying to head to the shelters, but the locations and the nature of the targets hips, if you will,

let's get the very latest from our middle east correspondent hugo bachega who's in petah tikva. take us where you are in the damage you can see. it was a long night of attacks and a third consecutive tax responding to this israeli campaign that started on friday and we heard loud explosions across the country with air defence system is trying to intercept those missiles i have been fired by iran not all of them were intercepted and hit this building here and as you can see there's a lot of destruction and this 20 story building, the residential area, there is a lot of damage to the nearby buildings and a lot of work under way to clean up the rubble. there is a lot of damage and destruction to cars that were parked here because of falling debris. we were talking to people here and also after a long weekend of attacks and there is a different feeling now because people felt they were protected, there is obviously a very sophisticated air defence system in israel but what the authorities are been saying is that iran has been using different kinds of missiles with large explosive pa

live now to ibrahim jalal, a middle east expert. welcome to bbc news. where do things go next in your assessment? thanks for having me. over the past 72 hours, we have seen an expansion of the scope of targets and the depth of attacks, both in iran and israel, and this increase is now the scope for miscalculation. miscalculation might, at some point, if uncontained, even spill over into nearby countries or countries that are part of the axis, and we have seen signs of coordinated european engagement overnight, launching coordinated attacks by the ig rc into israel. -- irgc. the intensity of these tax have seen really a growth, and if that continues and the targets are ungoverned by any limits, that might be, you know, multifaceted consequences, especially if we see the targeting of nuclear and oil and gas assets in the arab gulf, this might have ramifications also, environmental, economic, security, for the gulf states. it is a scenario that many want to avoid. yeah... the iranian regime wants to see america being dragged into this calculus, and that is

will the conflict in the middle east affect russia's war against ukraine? she asked this question to a member of the verkhovna rada, deputy head of the parliamentary committee on defense. iran is certainly a partner and ally of the russian federation in many respects and still transfers the weapons it has. but the volumes that russia receives from iran are incomparable with the volumes that russia receives from north korea, that is, resources, iran's resources will certainly be redirected to war with israel, and this will reduce the capabilities of the russian federation, but i do not think that this will seriously affect the course of military actions on the territory of ukraine, it will be interesting. it will be interesting to see how russia will help iran, whether it will help iran as an ally, perhaps then some russian resources will be redistributed to the side of iran, but time will tell. sergey danilov is on the air, deputy director of the center for middle east studies. sergey, hello. good afternoon. well, iran does not have common borders with isra

but to this point about the middle east, the middle east -- which is a big place, okay in it's always antagonisms and the wars, but it could be a very big place, okay in you wrote the abraham accords writ large and and these countries that are helping out israel today because none of them want iran. whatever they say, they hate iran, okay? this could be a very big place. we're always hassling through the european union. how about these middle east countries? they have resources. they have brain power, they just don't tap into it. what they need is peace and stability and, you know, if they're working with israel and their benefactor is the united states in a world of economic bounty and trade bounty, i don't know, i just see a lot of potential there. >> no, i think the trump trip was the official changing of the guards, if you will. you look to the future, dubai set the stage. someone in dubai realized they were going to run out of oil and said we have to figure something else out. and they did, right? they built this out of nothing, and all of a sudden saudi arabia wants in on the ac

for generations the middle east has been dealing with the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism. with the attack on israel on october 7 by hamas, reminding us of what's at stake due to the wisdom of the american people, president trumps selection to a second term has offered the world the chance to see an american leader committed to solving many of the world's existential threats with determination. now, as the conflict between israel and iran continues, president trump has been clear that iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. >> statement has been uttered from this many times. the fact that iran could not have nuclear weapon is clear. president trump clearly stated no fewer than a dozen times that iran cannot have nuclear weapon. president trump has made the same pledge, no fewer than 40 times before taken office even as far back as 2011. one of the highest priorities is the safety and security of the american people. to that end, the department of state has established the middle east task force to help coordinate support u.s. citizens, personnel and diplomatic engagement. the ta

while the world watches this tense situation in the middle east middle east changing minute-by-minuteing in the united states. yesterday, a district court ruled that president trump illegally deploy the national guard to los angeles to respond to anti-ice riots. literally hours later, the story changed. if you woke up thinking the district court judge had won the day, you would be wrong. the ninth circuit court of appeals overturned the decision giving president trump a temporary win, allowing him to keep the national guard on the grounds in l.a. we have seen how violent those rights have gotten, and this weekend there are more nationwide protests expected to happen. we've seen a mix of protesters at these rights. they are supposed to be ice focused, but we have seen images showing some waving the palestinian flag, as you see while wearing -- around their necks. with the situation is gliding in israel with iran, concern is that how that might flow over into the protests this we can. you had the judge at a san francisco saying that the actions were illegal. interestingly, i had seen a

because saddam hussein was still in power in the middle east became increasingly unsettled and you saw the rise of various factions and we are talking about the uniforms having travelled several times and i'm sure john is much more the in afghanistan around muscle struck by is even in the gulf war, not that many years ago, the troops here do not have that may protections they really didn't, and yet, get to the later years of iraq and afghanistan he began to see the heavy personal protections and equipments in the heavier elements that armoured vests, the armoured pads that are used to cover their bodies as much as possible, the advanced armoured vehicles because this began in the age of the improvised explosive device in the roadside block. and the tanks that you see there were such a feature of the gulf war as well, when we are talking about helicopters in vietnam, the tanks in the gulf war really played a massive partner. right and those armoured vehicles you see passing right now are actually into her in three fighting vehicles, m2 or and m3, you can see when the main battle

evacuated. countries of the middle east, at american bases in the middle east region, serious security measures are now being taken, what is really happening? the negotiation process between the united states and iran has predictably reached a dead end. donald trump himself, who has repeatedly, by the way, and during his negotiations with putin he spoke about the incredible results of this process, now he only repeats that something happened to the iranians. nothing unexpected happened to the iranians. they were not going to agree to donald trump's conditions from the first day of negotiations with washington, which would exclude the possibility of iran enriching uranium for the possible acquisition of nuclear weapons. especially since iran has come very close to this acquisition, as the minister of defense admitted in congress today . united states under hex. thus, all the efforts of trump's special representative for the negotiations steve widkoff, as well as in all other areas for which this close friend of the american president was responsible, have failed. and now the question is

several flights departing from tashkent to the middle east returned to the airport.ransit flights of foreign airlines that passed through the airspace of uzbekistan after the closure of the skies over iran were forced to land in tashkent. this was reported by the press service of the uzbekistan airports. thus, according to the department, the aircraft that were flying from tashkent to jeddah and dubai returned to the airport. according to the board of the tashkent airport , the departure of one of these flights was postponed until 15 p.m. another flight to dubai was cancelled. the plane did not take off from the united arab emirates to uzbekistan. flights from tashkent to medina and sharjah have also been cancelled. in addition, a skatar airways flight on the siul-doha route made an emergency landing in uzbekistan this morning. in addition, it became known that the kazakh airline aerostan will operate flights to shar malsheikh, dubai, doha, manama and medina, bypassing the airspace of iran and iraq. the company urged passengers to check the status of flights, as chan

news, middle east. leader of the islamic republic ali khamenei called for acknowledged the death of several commanders, including the commander of the iranian islamic revolutionary guard corps hsein-salami. a brigadier general has been appointed interim commander-in-chief. local media also confirm the death of the chief general staff of the iranian armed forces, mohammad bagheri. a new head has been temporarily appointed in his place. scientists working on the islamic republic's nuclear program were killed in an israeli attack. the jewish state said the nuclear physicists were the target of a planned attack. officials have confirmed the deaths of at least six scientists, including the head of iran's atomic energy organization and the president of the islamic university, as well as the head of the department of nuclear engineering at shahid university beshekhti. the death toll is still being clarified, the media claims that it may increase. the new york times published maps of israeli army strikes on ira

the president is laser focused on our strongest ally in the middle east. israel is advertise sis -- systematically dismantling the nuclear program. iran launched a new wave of missiles. smaller than in the last few days across israel. the idf now says people can return to their homes. that was quick. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." president trump has been meeting on and off with his national security council. he is considering what could be one of the most consequential decisions of his presidency so far. the world is asking and reporters here are asking what would it ever take for the u.s. to possibly join israel's offensive in iran? do you do that? do you not do that? the president joined israel, though, to urge all 10 million residents of iran in tehran to evacuate that city. terrifying situation for iranians in that country. yesterday an israeli strike interrupted what we were just watching, iranian state news broadcast. tensions are definitely intensifying between iran and israel. the president is still not ruling anything ou

evacuation of tehran immediately as it's announced he'll leave the g7 early due to the conflict in the middle east. explosions are heard across tehran, as israel says it has full operational control of the skies over the city. and president trump and prime minister starmer formalise a trade deal that will reduce tariffs on uk cars being shipped to the us. welcome to newsday, i'm suranjana tewari. us president donald trump is warning residents of tehran to evacuate the city immediately as the conflict between israel and iran escalates. in a post on truth social, mr trump wrote that iran should have signed an earlier deal - saying that: he made those comments just before the white house announced he would be leaving the g7 summit in canada early because of the conflict in the middle east. our diplomatic correspondent james landale is at the g7 summit and following developments. that is the question we are asking. we know he is not leaving the summit because of a row. i do not think he is leaving because of a specific disagreement about the issue, the israeli iranian war, but it is clear the presiden

it's a destination for the people from the middle east coming to europe, from europe, going to the middle east, and then jet fuel prices. i mean, if they spike and stay high, that certainly has an implication for all airlines. those are the two things that are weighing on airline stocks this morning. we're looking at the moves right now. delta down about 3.5%. united down about 4.5%. our live from paris phil always great to see you. thank you again. all right. turn our attention now to the energy market. traders on alert this morning following israel's overnight strike on iran. oil jumping as much as 15% at one point. right now you can see it has eased off those levels a bit. right now it's up. wti is up about 7%. natural gas also getting some attention. right now we're seeing some upside moves in natural gas. natural gas up just about 1%. but even before today natural gas was already up about 20% over the past 12 months. joining me now on this and much more is tobi reiss, ceo of u.s. natural gas giant eqt. toby, thank you for joining us. >> good morning tobi. >> how does the action in th

alexander belivov, dmitry cherbakov and maxim kolpakchi, middle east. wave after wave, almost without interruption, the israeli air force strikes iran. the list of targets published by the idf includes industrial facilities. not relying solely on the idf's firepower, on the eve of the war, benjamin netanyahu appealed to the powers of heaven by visiting the wailing wall in jerusalem and placing there a note with a text from the torah of the old testament. behold, the people, like a lioness will rise and like a lion will rise. the operation was planned for several years, masada agents placed strike and unmanned systems near iranian anti-aircraft missile systems on the territory of the islamic republic. for this purpose , vehicles with tactical equipment secretly imported into iran were used. there are video footages distributed by this top secret service, which show how at one hour their activated israeli combat drones attack iranian missile launchers of the earth-earth class. however, representatives of the israeli army believe that war with iran will no

for me, sitting in the middle east and you're also in the middle east right now, all of us are alreadythis war. and the fact that the outside forces are not this regime has consistently, for the last 35 and even 45 years, openly backed places, given supplies. i mean, hezbollah, houthis, hamas and others fighting against israel in its own way. and i know i'm going to sound a little sarcastic. it's as if, as long as it's against israel, it's not our problem. and to me that's a that that's not the way i look at it. and so i think the direct u.s. involvement is something that would not bring about a bigger conflict that this islamic regime should be accountable not for the rhetoric, but for the actions of what they've done, at least over the last 35 years, with all of their different proxies. and over the last six days, as they fire at israel. but in general, they are the destabilizer both within the middle east and outside and trying to change that equation is a better thing for the world, not a worse thing. and letting it be, letting it fester. for me as an israeli is what brought about