Hello everyone, youre watching press tv live from the studios in terron, thank you for joining us. In todays top story, the iranian president has once again strongly condemned the recent desecration of the holy quran in some European Countries. Islam is a religion of freedom and equality. The holy quran is also a book of mercy, wisdom and divine words. Insulting the holy quran as the precious miracle of the Prophet Muhammad, is insult to humanity, freedom, values and spirituality. The Islamic Republic of iran strongly condemns such hateful and spightful acts that occur in some parts of the world with the aim of spreading islamophobia. These acts also hurt the sentiments of muslims across. Raysy made the comments in a congratulatory message to the leaders and people of muslim countries on the auspicious occasion of the Prophet Muhammads birth anniversary. He also called for the promotion of unity and solidarity amongst muslim nations. The holy muslim book has been desecrated in the netherlands, sweden and denmark on several occasions this year. The sacreligious acts have taken place with the gohead given by those countrys authorities immit protection provided by their security forces. Muslim countries across the world have held huge protest to condemn the profane move. The iranian armys drones can already counter any threat, but the force still wants to become more powerful in this sector. Thats according to rear admiral habibullah sayari, speaking at irans army, speaking as irans army prepares to hold largescale joint drone drills. Across large parts of the countrys central and southern areas. More than 100 drills uh will be conducted as of tomorrow morning, thats what were planning to do, the drires will conducted both in daylight and at night, and in the Electronic Warfare atmosphere, so we should see how long our drones endure when it comes to electronic warf. The drills commander says ivan is boosting his defense capabilities against any possible threat. Reer admiral sayori stress that ivan has made great progres in the Drone Industry in recent years, placing itself amongst a strongest in the region. The iranian armys navy, ground and air forces will be taking part in the exercises starting on tuesday. The drills aim to assess various types of homegrown unmanned aircraft, including reconnaissance and combat drones. Terran has always stressed its military power, poses no threat to anyone and serves as deterant. Journalist and political commentator mohsan abbas says ivan needs very sophisticated defense mechanism because it is surrounded by us and israeli bases all around this borders. Iran has need for this military hardware in this defense uh. Of very highly technological nature, because they are up against virtually every border, from afghanistan through to azerbaijan, through to iraq, and the gulf itself, iran is surrounded by the anglozionist, imperialist military bases and uh and missiles themselves, but of course missiles is just one aspect, the Standing Army amounts to at least million personnel in itself, so huge numbers, theyve also advanced in terms of naval power, which theyve been flexing their muscles on over the last kind of year or so particularly uh with what i would describe as unconventional. Uh naval power as well as the conventional sort, the most unconventional being speed boats literally which are now armed with with very sophisticated missile capability, which is a threat even the seventh fleet of the americans which is based out there in the persian gulf, in bahrain and and other ports. The bottom line is that iran has solution to virtually everything that the americans and their uh their Atlantic Partners have in terms of their belligerant. To dominate that part of the world, in a celebration of scientific excellence, iran has honored five luminaries at the fifth edition of the mustafa Award Ceremony in the central iranian city of isfahan. The prestigious award was given to five scientists from muslim countries during the closing ceremony on monday. The awards were granted across four main categories, including life and medical sciences as well as science and technology. Over 2,000 participants from 110 countries attended the scientific event. Mustafa prize, also known as muslim nobel was established in 2012 as a symbol of scientific excellence and has been held by annuary since 2015. It recognizes leading researchers and scientists in the muslim world. Former member of the british parliament, alambit opec joined us earlier from london to comment on the mustapha pri a ceremony held in iran, we asked them what such a prestigious scientific event signifies, heres what he had to say, signifies one very simple thing, that those who love the human race, love science, love knowledge, we love our future, think only of improving things and using technology, and also everything that is good in the human spirit to do that, and i listen to that speech, i was inspired by it, and i think to myself, why would anyone treat iran differently to any other highly developed country in the world . Its because there are some countries who still think power is more important than progress, and although this is not a political discussion, anyone o is frightened of iran should listen to that speech and welcome. Lets take a look at the asian games on the way in the chinese city of hangi, iranian athletes have grabbed two more gold medals this time in discuss throw and kurash wrestling. Discus throwers hossain rasuli and hsan haddadi claimed the gold and silver medal respectively. Basuli threw over 62 meters to win the fifth gold for his country. In kuraish wrestling, sadeg azarang also clinched a gold medal. Iran ranks 11th in the overall medal taly for now. Over 12,00 athletes from 45 nations are taking part in the asian games. Ivan has 289 male and female athletes in 34 sporting events. The leader of lebanons Resistance Movement deplores normalization of ties between some arab countries and the Israeli Regime as a betray of palestinians. Any country heading towards normalization with. Israel when it signs a normalization agreement must be condemned and its actions must be denounced. This matter goes beyond political relations and courtesy, because its very dangerous as it represents stab in the back of the Palestinian People, alaq, as well as islamic and christian holy sides. Said normalization with israel is also equal to abandoning palestine and playing into the enemys hands. He said, countries that seek to normalized ties with israel must be held accountable for their actions. This comes amit reports that saudi arabia may reach normalization deal with israel. Bahrain along with the United Arab Emirates sound us broker normalization agreements with israel in september 2020. Two more arab states, morocco and sudan, joined the accord later. The normalizations criticism from other muslim countries. They argued that the move would embolden israel in its crimes against palestinians and harm Regional Peace and stability. Meanwhile israel has launched fresh air attacks on syria hitting targets near the city of deralsur. Syrian military sources said the regimes warplanes pounded some of the arab Countries Armed forces positions. They said the raids left two soldiers injured and caused material damage. The regime frequently carries out such acts of aggression against syria. Damassus says the attacks violate his national sovereignty. It has repeatedly complained to the un and ear the Security Council to take action against tel aviv. Palestinians have held a rally in gaza in support of the occupied alquds and alaxa mosk the escalating israeli aggression. Protesters vald to sacrifice their lives for the sake of their sanctities. Press tvs correspondent ashref shanan has more details from the besieged territory. People in the blockaded gaz trip have held a demonstration and support to alaxsa mask and occupied alqs in the face of growing israel aggression against the islamic holy site. Protesters shout slogans against the Israeli Regime and demanded an end to the israeli occupation. Tensions have been on the rise in recent days in alquds with Israeli Settlers backed by Regime Forces desecrating the cities alaqsa mosk. The Hamas Movement to organize the rally vowed to continue resistance until the liberation of all of is not alone and we will protect it with our lives, the desigration of our holy site and digging tunnels under it will never give legitimacy to the zionist enemy. The Palestinian People are in a constant state of resistance, and their resistance will continue to increase until the liberation of algods and every inch of our land. People came out to express their support for resistance as the best way to defend. Against israeli attacks, the stress that alquds will always remain the capital of palestine, despite the us and israeli plots to change its status. Belongs to every muslim around the world and every palestinian, design starts creating alaqsa and we believe that only armed resistance can liberate alquds and all of palestine. Occupied by Israeli Regime forces in 1967, alquds and have been at the. We are here to tell the whole world that palestinians are willing to sacrifice their lives for the sake of liberating alquds. We will not remain silent a mid the attacks on alaqsa. Alquds will always be a muslim city. Alquds and have a special place in the hearts of millions of muslims around the world due to the religious significance. Palestinians and the beseest coastal territory say they will use all forms of. Resistance against the Israel Occupation until the liberation of alqds. Press tv gaza. In the afghan capital, kabul, a large ceremony was held to mark the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad and the islamic unity week. The event stressed the need for unity and solidarity amongst the followers of the prophet of islam. Heres more. The grand khatam mosk in kabul was the venue for the. Ceremony celebrating the Prophet Muhammads birthday and the islamic unity week. The ceremony drew people from all works of life, including religious scholars, taliban officials and students. The speakers emphasized the need for following the path of Prophet Muhammad in all aspects of life and strengthening the islamic bonds. God has introduced the prophet of islam as the. Best role model for humanity. Prophet muhammad is the role model because he is the mercy of god for us. Following his path will bless us luck and good in the life and the hereafter. The attendees of the ceremony also express their views on the occasion. Many of them said they were happy to see muslims from different sects coming together and celebrating their common faith. They also said they hoped for peace. Divide muslims, this has been one of their plots to implement their goals and dominate muslim territories, but fortunately today, all our muslim brothers are aware and wont let anyone divide us or create hatred among us, we should Work Together for the prosperity and security of our islamic world. Unity week is annual event that is observed by both sunni and shia muslims around the world. This is also an opportunity for muslims to celebrate their common values. Following decades of invasion and war in their country, Afghan Muslims have gathered today to show their unity and brotherhood. They also voice support for other muslims across the world in the face of Global Arrogance and oppression. President donald trump has once again appeared in court this time over case of civil fraud, the lawsuit is filed by new York Attorney general latitia james, she has accused trump and his Family Business of inflating the value of the assets by billions of dollars to secure better loan and insurance terms. It found guilty trump could face fine of up to 250 million dollars, a ban on running businesses in new york and fiveyear restriction on commercial real estate activities. Trump however has the announced the case as a sham and part. Of a political witch hunt, and now i have to go before a rogue judge, as a continuation of russia, russia, russia, as a continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all time, and i dont think the people of this country are going to stand for it, the trial is expected to last several weeks and could have major impact on trumps business, empire, it marks the latest in a series of legal wows, the expresident and the front runner for the 2024 republican president ial nomination is encountering. Trump already faces charges of sexual abuses, alleged mishandling of classified files and attempts to overthrow the 2020 president ial election results. The former president keeps denying any wrongdoing. U. S. Military support for ukraine. Is coming under increasing criticism at the at home and abroad. The mexican president has now strongly criticized the spending as irrational and damaging. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador urged washington to instead devote more resources to helping latin american countries. The leftist Lopez Obrador has vowed to keep mexico neutral in the conflict and propose peace talks to end it. The us has sent more than 46 billion dollars in military aid to ukraine since the r ukraine war started in february 2022. However, last week, Congress Passed an 11thhour government funding bill that did not include aid for ukraine. A new survey showed that majority of americans believed the us has done enough to support ukraine and would argue against allocating more funds for the country. This is while the European Union has pledged more military aid for ukraine despite russias. Repeated warnings about the consequences of armed supplies to kiev. Our support to ukraine not only continues, but increases. Oh, not least, by the time being, the proposition on the table shows that we want to continue in increasing it, and i hope member state will decide it together with financial perspective before the end of the year. Our support is not conjunctural, and not, it doesnt depend on the. The advances one day, its a permanent and a structured support, because we are facing an existential threat for europe. Ukrainians are fighting with all their courage and capacities, and you want them to be more successful, we have to provide with better arms and quicker. Was speaking in kiev after meeting with newly appointed Ukrainian Defense minister rostam omerov, he said the blocks military support for ukraine has reached a figure of 25 billion euros. The eu Foreign Policy chief also reacted to a stop gap funding bill passed by the us congress that excludes any new aid for ukraine. And to tell the truth, we were surprised by the fact that the last minute agreement has taken a decision that we have to regret. Deeply. Burell called on us lawmakers to reconsider their decision to emit Financial Support for ukraine. The stop gap budget bill was passed to halt a federal government shutdown. The us has been leading a coalition of western states arming ukraine since the beginning of his war with russia in february 2022. It has provided ukraine with tens of billions of dollars in military aid so far. Russia has repeatedly warned that the influx. The western weapons will only prolong the war and at the suffering of ukrainian people. We discussed the impact of west decisions on the ongoing war in ukraine in our latest edition of our news review program. Lets see what our guests have to say. Follow up. Is the secretary general of the Cp Foundation joining us from brussels and we also have john stepling, author and commentator who joins us from inderoy norway. Welcome to you both. Let me first start with you. So interesting. Situation it seems like has evolved here where you have uh the eu pledging uh military aid to ukraine but based on the most recent stop gag bill as they call it to aver shutdown the ukraine bill was not part of that in the us that is uh do you think that that is the beginning uh of uh the uss decision or i should say the republicans decision not to provide more aid to ukraine on the. From the us side . Well, first of all, we have to to say that the uh, the entire issue of ukraine has been a miscalculation of a group uh leading the Security Sector in the United States, namely mrs. Nowland, as we know, was been promoted over the time to the position where she is today, so it is something that the. United states intended as a part of the Security Apparatus of the United States have engaged in with the total miscalculation that wanted russia to be defeated and possibly even splitted into regions and ukraine has been used to this scope. The European Union has been caught or captured by the. The security apparats of the United States through nato and has been supporting ukraine with these uh flow words of existential freight and so on. The situation today is that a large number of people in the European Countries despite the continuing the propaganda on the media is questioning the decision of the united. The European Union to basically melt with the nato priorities, in the United States, the the basis who has to vote, is questioning why to waste so much money and armament in a war that they do not understand, and the situation may be changing in the United States if the republican side will. Prevail in the elections. Okay, john stepling, the new Foreign Policy chief joseph burell in that particular press conference, made a statement that id like to ask you what you think of it, and that is how you portrayed russia as being an existential threat uh to, i think he was referring to the eu. Uh, why does he think that russia is an existential threat . I mean, then what should russia think when you have, i dont how many countries are members of nato, who are gunho and. To go against russia, well everything, he was simply, he was simply lying through his teeth about everything, i dont, i dont know that he believed any of it, but but there was an opped in the wall street journal, a couple of days ago, and and a speech by zelinsky, where they openly said, we should be, we should be cheering on the defense industry, and lelinski said, lets cut out the middle men and turn ukraine into what he was essentially saying was a massive Industrial Park for the defense industry, come and build your factories here, we will be the arsenal of the western world, and uh, this this was surprisingly candid, actually, they thats thats the goal, because the war is over, the ukrainian soldiers are are surrendering in mass. As we speak, in fact, this thing is over, and uh, the us and the defense industry, it may seem like a miscalculation because they underestimated russia sure, i guess they did, but they certainly have made a massive profit on this, and they intend to continue making a profit, um, and thats what zelinskys speech was about, and thats what the wall street offed was about, the wall street journal of. Uh was that that we should the United States should continue to support the defense industry, the us spends Something Like 6 billion dollars a day on defense, it it dwarfs any other country in defense spending, and theyre going to escalate that. Thank you so much for that, paulo rofone, secretary general of the cip foundation. Johnling, thank you, author and commentator, thank you to you both. With that we come to an end for this edition of the news. Thanks for tuning in. It means jacket, this jacket. Reddy, im lambopic here, press tv, i want you to join me for cats and dogs, the heavy show that makes light serious politics, thats press tv, cats and dogs lambopic, dont mess it. News in brief for this hour, the iranian president has strongly condemned the recent desecration of the holy quran in some European Countries. Ibrahim raisi said the sacriligious act aims to spread islamophobia. He added that the move is insult to humanity, freedom and spiritual values. Ivan said. It is against any geopolitical change in the south caucasus region. The Foreign MinistrySpokesman Says terran supports expansion of transit roots and network in the region in line with regional interests. Thats a reference to turkeys proposals for new regional robin