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I think the mistake the americans made was a strategic one. I mean they staged a textbook out of state terrorism just. Thank god we received the news of the death of the iranian criminal customs. I print that god will send him to hell. Also on the day hyperinflation is crippling venezuelas economy because my daughters government has Just Announced another increase in the minimum wage but what can it buy. If im through go i can make these groceries last for me for a month and im not including a lot of protein in these groceries nor personal Hygiene Products so for a family its not very much. To begin the day with International Leaders warning that the world has become a more dangerous place after u. S. Air strikes killed a top iranian general the attack at Baghdad Airport in iraq killed a Senior Commander general custer a son in money the head of irans elite force and also the money was seen as the architect after irans military operations in the middle east the strike also killed a album hondius Iraqi Paramilitary group leader with close ties to iran. U. S. President donald trump said just been speaking about that operation lets take a listen last night at my direction the United States military successfully executed a flawless precision strike that killed a number one terrorist anywhere in the world. Solomon any solomon he was plotting imminent and serious terror attacks on american diplomats and military personnel but we caught him in the act and terminated him well irans Supreme Leader ayatollah ali how many has warned the u. S. That it faces harsh retaliation u. N. Security Council Members that china russia and france of all criticized the killing. I rain ians took to the streets of the capital on friday in the 10s of thousands. Was they chanted no compromise no surrender fight the us the news of general solomon hes killing sparked fury among the protesters who directed their anger at the west. Why yes i mean how do you have the same thing they did to us should be done to them and their leader should be killed all of them should be killed. Military officials also spoke of revenge for the killing of the man who was widely seen as the 2nd most powerful figure in iran. Where you know we had the americans should prepare themselves for a slap in the face that the americans must know now that after this crime that they have committed they will face no safety or peace anywhere. This was all that remained of the vehicle carrying the iranian general and the Iraqi Militia leader after the american missile struck solid money had just landed at baghdads airport hundreds was on hand to welcome him both were killed instantly along with at least 5 others the deaths are a major setback for iran and for iraq which loses an important military ally. Now the u. S. Says the strike was necessary claiming sali money had been developing plans to attack americans in the region but speaking to cable news in the u. S. Secretary of state mark pompei o said washington wants to avoid further conflict with iran because until the body was plotting. The president pretty clear we dont seek war with iran but with the same time were not going to stand by and watch the iranians escalate and continue to put american lives at risk without responding in a way that disrupts defense deters and creates an opportunity to deescalate the situation. The reaction from tehran was swift and resolute Supreme Leader ayatollah ali how many issued a statement promising quote strong revenge and ordered 3 days of National Mourning he also named a successor to solomon ie the generals former deputy as mail ghani the conflict was already escalating before the latest airstrike on thursday 750 american soldiers arrived in kuwait now washington is directing u. S. Citizens in iraq to leave the country immediately. Well have a closer look at the implications of. These deaths in just a moment 1st so well take a look at the role he played in the region as commander of the elite could force of irans revolutionary guard customs saloon money was irans top general he was also its most recognizable and Popular Military commander Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei once called him a living marcher of the revolution so the money joined irans revolutionary guard after the iranian revolution in 1979 he saw action in the 8 year iran iraq war. In 1908 he became commander of the kids force that conducts irans clandestine and Foreign Military operations. The u. S. Considered him a terrorist and blamed his goods force for the deaths of hundreds of american soldiers so the money was especially active in iranian operations against rebel groups in syria against the socalled Islamic State and supporting shiite militias in iraq over the years so the money survived a number of scrapes with death including an airplane crash in 2006 and a bombing in damascus in 2012 he was 62 years old when an american missile killed him in baghdad. So what happens next well to discuss that i get started back is here from the German Institute for International Security affairs and from deed of his at Washington Bureau chief alexandra fall naaman welcome both lets start with you alexandra previous u. S. President s have considered and rejected attacking general salim mahdi the theater of the potential stale of escalation so why does this president does this now. So you according as you ask officials it was necessary to take soleimani now to disrupt an imminent attack that could have put at risk american lives in the region however we dont have enough detail about the nature of this imminent threat the officials are saying that soleimani was plotting an attack on u. S. Facilities and workers in iraq syria and lebanon and other countries and that this plot was maturing so therefore it was important to take it take him out right now there are a lot of people mostly democrats critics who are questioning this decision and the president s motives and we have to say that he is under a lot of pressure here at home with the impeachment trial in the senate looming with the president showed election taking place in november so he can use Foreign Policy success but of course this is what happened is a risky gamble that could backfire and thats why he has been criticized by the democrats who say that hes decision to take out soleimani could leave the you ass on the brink of a major conflict across the middle east. Do you buy this imminent attack. No i dont its not the iranians usually think a lot before they act and that might be the main difference between them and the ministration the. Strategic patience and they will try to find a way to take revenge but at the same time not risk a major confrontation with the United States until they thought that they could escalate until the. Elections they might have realized that there is a serious risk of an american attack if they keep attacking american personnel in iraq i think the 1st step would be to try to force the Iraqi Government to evict american troops from the country so a political step ok so this is so this is this youre thinking that in response rather than more firing is iraq iran iraq is going to try and squeeze america americas relationship with iran. Iran with iraq the other way around yes indeed yes that will be the 1st step and i think it has already happened today so alexandra from naaman. Lets take up that wider point on u. S. Policy how does this attack by the United States fit into the wider frame of u. S. Policy towards iran. Well what has become clear and the last month is that iran has become the centerpiece of the us Foreign Policy after pulling out of the Iranian Nuclear agreement which president trumps trump considers the worst deal ever do you as relied on saying trying to apply its maximum Pressure Campaign on iran even when iran was accused of shooting down an american drone even when iran was accused of launching an attack on Saudi Oil Infrastructure but this makes mon pressure come pay and it was questioned by many and it didnt seem to be very successful so now apparently the yass administration decided that it is vitally important to launch the airstrikes against iranian proxies in iraq and to kill the soul and mind you may be to put iran under more pressure president said today in his brief statement that killing monny was not to start a new war but to make sure that there will be no war to eliminate any prospect of a war i didnt steinberg of the final word on reaction with which but im more interested in reaction from u. S. Allies who aside from israel seem to be rather than welcoming this this attack from the u. S. Just asking everyone to just calm down yes thats because major countries in the region have realized that the iranians are 1st able to damage especially the Oil Infrastructure in saudi arabia the u. A. E. The iranians have shown that recently and they have shown that they are ready. To attack the so. Audis they are ready to tack the immoralities and they expect they expected an american response already twice last year it didnt come about and that is why right now they look for deescalation of the situation thanks for joining us at the time burke and alexandra for mamma thank you both for. The u. S. Drone strike has drawn a variety of responses from across the International Community russia criticize the killing saying base step by washington could have grave consequences for Regional Peace and stability in our view such actions do not contribute to the finding of solutions to the complicated problems that have accumulated in the middle east there is a tweet from germanys foreign minister heiko must the u. S. Military operation followed a series of dangerous provocations by iran however this action has not made it easy to reduce tensions he went on to say that further escalation which could set the whole region on fire must be prevented but israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has backed a general southern manis assassination saying with just as israel has the right of selfdefense the United States has exactly the same right as im sorry man hes responsible for the deaths of american citizens and many other innocent people. Denoting poor as a member of the German Parliament from the green party of iranian descent he moved to germany as a child he represents his posse on Foreign Affairs and is also on the board the stocks Defense Committee d w z money well shahs asked him about germanys options in the coming days so is there anything that germany or you can do to prevent the escalation of the conflict weve been not active enough for the last one and a half years. Delivering solutions to safety the nuclear deal with iran this is why we lost a lot of credits on the question of the efficiency of european and specially german diplomacy but the risk of failure and escalation is very high and would affect as massively so its now time for. For reactivating any imaginable mccann ism of crisis diplomacy i would love to see my foreign minister to travel to the region not only to tehran but also to riyadh to be to doha for example and also to ankara to at least try to find a way not to find there or not to prevent to an overreaction to a potential iranian overreaction where does that leave the relations between germany and europe with tehran a relations between europe and iran are different than the ones of the americans and the iranians your neighbors we know that iran is playing a highly aggressive role in the whole middle east we know that irans human rights record is disastrous but at the end of the day this is in our neighborhood we dont want. We dont want to have nukes in our neighborhood this is why we fought for the nuclear deal for for so long. What kind of retaliation do you fear from tehran there are a lot of scenarios that can and. Imagine iran and iranian. Armed forces and American Armed forces are physically very close to each other and in lot of places like afghanistan in the persian gulf and iraq and living on or in syria so its imaginable that they can hit the americans and their allies the very massively so this is why we this is why i think thats a german German Armed Forces in iraq should be deployed off the country immediately we see that the americans say that they cant deliver security any more theyre so young its to night and he did the germans canst is why we need our boys back now where does that leave you. I am fraid that there is a backlash now in the deal those voices stories radical voices in tehran who say that the only safety guard for the country would be in name are now. Empowered by the American Strike so days just show. At north korea and say look at north korea look at us they have nukes we do not have them this is the only way how we can protect ourselves and i think this course is going to be. A lot or a lot of the next days and weeks we talk about an escalation of the conflict what does that mean for people on the ground see video. Iraq is a country who has suffered so badly for the last 30 years almost an even longer. 4th course an escalation in iraq would be bad for the civilians but any escalation would be bad for any civilian no matter which takes place in afghanistan would be to say the end of today it would mean that a lot of people are harmed a lot of civilians are are suffering even more and a lot of people have to leave their homes and try to to find a safe haven. Thank you. Now to latin america which looks likely to face another year of rest a wave of protests broke out across the continent last year from chile to colombia venezuela remains in the grip of a political and economic crisis a year ago Opposition Leader one goh i dont claim the presidency from Nicolas Maduro who was accused of Election Fraud and dictatorial role despite massive antigovernment protests are more than 50 countries backing go i dont know where durham has clung on to power hyperinflation is one of venezuelas biggest problems despite 6 increases in the minimum wage workers are still taking home the equivalent of just a few u. S. Dollars a day. Its supposed to give venezuelans more purchasing power the latest hike in the minimum wage means workers will receive 150000. 00 in cash they also get another 150000. 00 in food stamps each month sounds like a lot to me but what can you actually buy with it i gave these 3 bottles of water and 2 bread rolls cost more than a quarter of the monthly wage what the study. 300000 is not enough to buy anything with when you factor in transportation food bills and Recreational Activities you just dont have enough. I thought i could ask you and i thought well thats about a. Good look at that particular beef cost 60000. 00 bodies and a bus ticket now costs 2000 and everything is way too expensive and the minimum wage is not enough. When i dont have guns about an hour and. I went shopping in caracas to put the new minimum wage to the test myself i bought some groceries 4170000 believer days thats more than the minimum wage for just a few items but i still have most of the food stamps left so i bought some onions. From 3 national. And cheese. I bought 18 eggs 440000 body bags and there was just enough left to buy a drink. If im frugal i can make these groceries last for me for a month but for a family its not very much and im not including a lot of protein in these groceries nor personal Hygiene Products and for an overall monthly salary its not enough to cover public transport or Public Services like water electricity gas and Telephone Services so for a family its not very much. The signs of Climate Change are accumulating relentlessly in the himalayas the changes have been rapid and alarming the worlds highest mountain ranges starving of snow the rate of glacial ice retreat represents a real Climate Emergency and thats before you take into account the 1000000000 people downstream who depend on himalayan snow melt for water. Indias pindar a glacier. One of many in the himalayas losing snow mass at an alarming rate. Swami diamond on a hindu yogi has lived here for most of his life. Hes seen firsthand the impact of Global Warming. Not hermeticum say should be 10 feet of snow here in november but theres not even a foot right now it wants no 4 months maybe at the end of december or in mid january. Over the past 40 years between dari glacier has retreated more than 2 and a half kilometers. And glaciology experts say theres no sign of it slowing down. The glaciers melt in summers and accumulate snow in winters but due to Climate Change or Global Warming on some a period is extended and the winter season is shrinking. It means the snowfall period is shorter and the melting period is longer. And thats happening to more than 10000. 00 glaciers across the himalayas its also disturbing the mountain ecosystem as the ice recedes you for year ending soon to. Be named. And. The changes happening in glaciers are putting pressure on the biodiversity in that topography and in that climate. Do. You have a. New species has started showing up here last year there was a mosquito and a bad bug new creatures a popping up there leeches and at the riverside snakes have been found 20 to 30 years ago these species were not here. In. The himalayan glaciers stretch for 2 and a half 1000 kilometers across asia feeding 4 major River Systems the loss of ice could mean a devastating future for the region. Finally we live in an age when this thing to recorded music is largely done digitally but old school turntables half become a hipster favorite for playing vinyl l. P. s like almost all sound systems of course they need electricity to work in many places in india there is no access to electricity so the turntables for one of the gramophone needs only to be wound up and one body delhi is working to keep the music play. Every morning raise ahmad makes his way through the crowded streets of old delhi to reach his workshop this is where he repairs grana founds a skill his father taught him. Theyre still produced in india but getting the old ones working again is his specialty. 1000000000 a they dont need any electricity in places where there isnt any of these things still get a lot of use and there are lots of places in india without electricity people bring their grama phones to me so i can repair them. Until it is. Mohammed khalid brings in his familys gramophone. This one was made in germany although its quite old hes very fond of it. Or the other unit this is from my wonderful grandfather it brings back lots of memories are going on to trevor if i could but it needs to be reconfigured i love it sound. Many of the wind up gramophone come from germany rice is proud to own a good number of them but his favorite is a 940 model from england. Burning learn electric song go with the gramophone sound brings in a piece listening to this music gives me a nice feeling modern playing equipment makes me uncomfortable. Price of my son will take over the business one day. So the sweden scratchy gran the phones will be audible here for a long time to come. That my life. Im not so was the day i was ever the conversation continues online and find us on twitter either at state of the news or at phil gotta get use a hash tag the day of a good day. To go africa. 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