Good evening to you if you wondering where youve landed this is salty International Day stay with us. First this hour Donald TrumpsNational Security team is expected to meet a little later on thursday senior officials from across the government to set to consider a response to the drone attacks on Saudi Arabian oil fields last weekend the president know its the long clear what option hes leaning towards. I mean you may have some very strong here and well see what happens a lot of things could happen if we can have a peaceful solution thats good its possible that that wont happen. Now the u. S. Says that its confident iran is responsible and vows to impose new sanctions on tehran just to remind you last saturday a dozen cruise missiles and more than 20 drones hit a Major Oil Field and Processing Plant in the east of the kingdom the attack which yemeni hugely rebels claimed they carried out knocked out 5 percent of the Global Oil Supply and saw the price of oil rocketing what is my guess day of takes a look at what evidence has been presented that its been decided that iran did it and that started opinion all finding were the result of an investigation its a decision guilty secretary did you gather any new evidence that shows who was behind the attacks and do you think you have a slam dunk case to bring to the u. N. Next week. I think its abundantly clear and there is an enormous consensus in the region that we know precisely who conducted these attacks was iran i didnt hear anybody in the region who doubted that for a single month. Rob is doing what trump does best signing pieces of paper bringing to bear a slew of new sanctions against iran to come into effect within 48 hours and it isnt done and well see what happens well see what happens i think we have a lot of good capital and we have to do something well do it without hesitation the americans who werent attacked of already decided what happened then who is guilty the saudis who were attacked and have all the day bree and bits and pieces of the missiles are still working on technicalities like evidence and proof let that sink in. Not the attack did not originate from yemen the attack was launched from the north and was unquestioned be sponsored by iran its not in the range of yemens capabilities if it was them who conducted the attack this is one of the missiles we have recovered and we have information that leads us to the source these kind of components were made in iran. So what they found this is the weapons were allegedly made with iranian components they were fired from the north the direction of iran and its neighbors so cutting to the chase it was iran thats what youre going to say right. There Iranian Regime and the i. R. G. C. Are trying to hide any evidence of the components and the Technology Im sure we will spot the launch site were working on whoever is responsible about to take accountability not once during the presentation that the sword. These specific lee say that iran did it and theres no love lost if they could they would say it but technicalities but saudi arabia wont do brave journalists to happy to undeniable evidence of a reign in aggression and it almost has the fingerprints of the revolutionary guard in its influence over the hutu rebels tonight u. S. Intelligence indicates the unprecedented attack on Saudi Oil Fields originated from around our top intelligence officials think iran did it and so does our top an intelligence official donald trump who was 1 may ask what on earth saudi defenses were doing at the time theyve got the 3rd biggest military budget on earth one of americas best clients the countrys littered with patriot and other anti Missile Systems 80000000000. 00 a year should protect you from a score of drones and missiles no. The News Conference from the Saudi Arabian defense ministries press secretary is a catastrophe for saudi arabia theyve shown they cannot prove or know exactly when the cruise missiles and drones were made from exactly with that attack was launched or why edge Defense Systems could not prevent that tank the only thing that might be iranian related is that maybe some of the equipment some of the technology that the who these have might have been incorporated into the attack but why why or why is anyone complaining especially the saudis since the u. S. Has been providing the bombs and the aircraft to the saudis to bomb yemen for 4 years so the who with these are just responding back then again to those saying its iran because there are alleged iranian components in the day bri doesnt that mean that the u. S. Is responsible for horrific massacre in yemen i mean sure saudi arabia dropped the bombs but those say made in the United States more likely than not arabia has been clearing the shelves of american arms manufacturers recently by this logic is new need to investigate or collect evidence its american bombs it has got to be america. An entire country reduced to misery and pain untold thousands dead more to die but you know what its the oil refinery in saudi arabia the book was vengeance. Meanwhile arounds foreign minister Mohammad Javad zarif has warned any strike against iran by the u. S. Or saudi arabia would lead to an all out war here in the center team of experts to saudi arabia to investigate last weeks drone and missile attacks russia too as underlined the necessity for an unbiased probe. It is important to make the investigation objective details are numb biased and as the allegations against iran that are not backed up by facts do not help the situation only intensify tensions in the region where the risk of confrontation is already heights on. American surface to air missiles known as patriots have miss our detection areas and kill zones as the Russian Defense ministry puts it the drone attacks are actually carried out in the middle of those areas at least expedite the risk believes that the case demonstrates the fairly of u. S. And Saudi Arabian anti Missile Systems. Well i think these attacks expose the limits of the capabilities of both the United States and saudi arabia and i think that the conclusion which has to be reached by the trumpet ministration is that it can no longer continue to support this war on the iman but rather it has to go into talks or enter some kind of a diplomatic process in order to put an end to this situation theres been numerous attempts theyve been u. N. Mediations theyve been other diplomatic initiatives all of it has failed in the United States the Trump Administration has in fact doubled down on its support for the war on the amman so i think that the many who feel this war given no choice but to escalate attacks with the aim of forcing the enemy to bell down and to put a stop to this war and to find some kind of mother another supplement a peaceful settlement for the conflict that we have in fact seen in the trunk administration and on sanctions that theres talk now about Cyber Attacks which could target their own but as for all out war i think that is very unlikely. I should almost 2 months large scale maritime operation the Global Security body interpol says its detected at least a dozen suspected Foreign Terrorists find is invented the continent by crossing the Mediterranean Sea shell the dubin ski has more. This is operation she ran to the idea is it to look for threats posed by Foreign Terrorists fighters who may be using maritime routes are forcing them at training in attempts to get into the showing their way into the European Union into polo said that during the oprah show in the summer there were so one point she would 1000000 checks that took place this is checks just looking at peoples legal documents making sure that they all do they say they are and they say as a result of all of those checks they intercepted 12 individuals who they believe all potential terrorists interpol says its always only god when information is shared between regions via into Pools Networks of the global level and every check Border Control or random search is a potential break in the terror investigation. Well know so the details have been released about those individuals such as where theyre from or indeed which works they use are trying to get into the European Union but many will be concerned that this is yet another element to this the only issue of immigration the e. U. Leaders are yet to agree a way forward on we know ministers will meet next week to discuss that but countries such as italy greece and rome said that they are shown during the heavy burden and they asked for other European Countries to do more to help out and there is this concern that although the numbers in the last few years have been declining in the last few days there has been a shopping precinct areas such as greece leading to see is that they could be another story yet again a migration present my home was in italy on wednesday evening to meet the prime in the suggests that people say and he said that it is time to listen to those countries on the up new up in the European Union has not shown enough solidarity with the countries of 1st arrival particularly italy france is ready to move forward on this point i hope that together we can work towards a new stronger a more united solution i believe that here too we can defend the common position with the new European Commission so that all countries competence debate in some form of European Solidarity in this area will be penalized financially and its not just how to deal with the sheer number of migrants that europe has seen coming into the continent over the last 2 years its also a fact was they do when they hear and we know that the commissioner designate for the European Union this little delay in this is going to have to deal with it shes already been criticized the some of the things that shes put in place just in the last week or so she announced that the commission of that would be looking off to the brief over immigration i would be cool to the commissioner. The european way of life some accusing her of using fascist rhetorical with that title including the president. Who said he just didnt agree with the idea of this title saying issue of immigration many elements to it and it looks like its something that European Union leaders and also their ministers will be discussing for many months. Theres been a new twist in the stumble between venezuela in the u. S. With caracas now urging washington to reopen diplomatic ties it comes after president Nicolas Maduro entered into talks with opposition parties relations of venezuela and the u. S. Collapsed in january when donald trump officially recognized the opposition the interim president of the country has recently been linked to venezuelan drug gangs something washington seems unconcerned by insulin on its own i hope and explains a lot so weve got a tale of 2 venezuelan president s weve got interim selfproclaimed president one grade 0 and weve got not Nicolas Maduro but his predecessor the late leader hugo chavez now both of them are being accused of ties to drug cartels heres a picture of one wedo with the leaders of a drug gang this duo is infamous in the criminal underworld and the photo is dated february 22nd when great it was in colombia trying to sneak across the venezuelan border since it surfaced one dueto is shrugged it off as no big deal for him in the. Regime protects the drug gangs so theyre trying to divert attention the real question is how they go to hold to that picture thousands of people get the food to stake and images get past the road towards so who was it that sense of whats a picture to the leader of the socialist party. Now the u. S. State Department Also says that it is no big deal wedo still receives full u. S. Acking but when it comes to hugo chavez the story is a big deal never mind that its more than a decade old and that hugo chavez is long dead they say that he tried to flood the United States with cocaine and in spain they wanted the head of military intelligence in venezuela extradited but the judge in the case isnt buying it. Because i couldnt go before and if in different im innocent they have always made false accusations against me the truth is i am very happy with what has happens. As the colombian opposition leaders say if a colombian politician were to be seen in a photo with those criminals he would be prosecuted he is the union his military ability media and political circles are trying to make the scandal small of this which is actually huge in venezuela colombia a loss in america. 2 president s 2 stories and 2 different approaches because why focus on the connections of your ally in the present when you can focus on the alleged connections of your enemy 10 years ago. R. T. New york. The leader of the israeli opposition insists that he will head the unity government and not been in the yard thats up to the Prime Ministers bloc and the opposition both failed to win a majority in a snap election. According to the Election Commission we have received 33. 00 seats and netanyahu did not achieve the bloc that he had hoped to achieve citizens of israel want to the unity government even after previous elections and they want to now i was talking about it almost for the whole year i intend to create a wide unity government with me is the leader. I was surprised and disappointed by the fact that as of now benny gantz still refuses my call to meet the president called for unity and without a meeting between the 2 Major Party Leaders a unity government cannot be formed. Their position the the statement comes after netanyahu called him to form a coalition with 97 percent of the vote now counted Netanyahu Center right could block its 2 seats behind the center left room White Alliance wednesday the Prime Minister added that if he doesnt lead the government it will be quote dangerous and receive its mandate from the arab parties spoke to diplomatic analyst rhona new things that there will be a struggle for leadership of a coalition. Netanyahu is somewhat disappointment that guns is refusing even to meet him so we are quite skeptical phase now theres never going to be a 3rd round here 9999 percent certain here i think we are going for as said by those 2 leaders for a Coalition Unity government and now everyone they think is trying to play the tough guy here whos going to be the one who will get the mandate to be the leader who will serve under whom by any by any position by also by this ministry by this portfolio in negotiations psychology here thats the main thing im seeing here behind the scenes. 2 major attacks in afghanistan have left 50 people dead one was carried out by the taliban the other by the Afghan Government which mistook its target more details his local journalists all time fighting. Powerful suicide bombing targeted south and Zabul Province this morning killing at least 20 people according to dame local provincial Council Members and taliban claimed responsibility for this attack claiming that they have targeted the local intelligence Campaign Around but also a local hospital was damaged and many people have been killed and wounded there so the local official said they try to transfer as many as they could to the neighboring province of kandahar this is happening while the talks between the u. S. And the taliban has halted and stopped and the fighting between these 2 groups i mean the government and the taliban has intensified in Different Levels in front lines as well as in the cities and in the outskirts specially in the districts so we had heard another incident dirty incident that happened in eastern part of afghanistan that u. S. Backed Afghan Forces targeted a group of farmers that were there for harvesting point now its and according to the local officials around 30 people have been killed and local Governor Office saying that they have transferred 9 dead bodies and 6 wounded to the local hospital the local provincial Governor Office announced their target was a dietitian militants. A Research Analyst at the center of conflict and pay studies. Believes that the Afghan Government needs to carefully investigated a mistake if it wants to keep the support of the public. A lot of the media reports suggest that it was a drone attack drone attacks can only be carried out by the americans its a serious matter and should be investigated tyrolese the Afghan Government is often silent when it comes to civilian casualties particularly. By the International Forces so i think this is this is a serious problem in and if it continues it will widen the gap between the avalon. Population in the government and at same time create more enemies for the alphonse in the American Forces its the responsibility of all parties the Afghan Government the americans with the taliban to resume negotiations i think everybody here has a stake and are responsible for whats happening in afghanistan in the last then in for the killing of afghans that are losing their life. And Anti Terrorist crackdown in nigeria has led to thousands of children being detained thats according to a new report from Human Rights Watch we spoke to them about their findings. Since 2013 nigeria has detained about 3600 children and in june a Human Rights Watch went to the northeast of nigeria where boko haram its most active and we interviewed more than 30 children who had been detained the vast majority of these children were never charged with a crime in fact they were never taken to court they never had the opportunity to see a judge the children were denied contact with their families and held in orrible conditions they described so little space that they couldnt turn over at night they were you know piled one next to the other they described it like the razor blades a pack many of them something began losing hope that they would ever be released some thought that they would die in detention. Which children as young as 5 were reported to held in overcrowded military detention facilities on little or no evidence they spent months even years there without charge with reports of sexual physical and mental abuse as well as overcrowding the children being accused of involvement with the all terrorist Group Boko Haram the radical Islamist Organization is based in northeastern nigeria it carries a suicide bombings those armed assaults right across west africa and 2015 book around pledged allegiance through Islamic State now many of the imprisoned children were rounded up by the nigerian authorities during military operations against the group. They are smee if i was a member of booker her and beat me up when i said no they tied my hands and legs and hung me to a tree and continued to flow camy they flogged me and left me tied to the tree from morning till evening one person from my village was killed during the interrogation if you make a noise if you drink water without asking them if you go toward the door to get fresh air they beat you. The soldiers had girlfriends one of the girls from our village was a girl friend of a soldier she would usually take her out of the compound some ladies got pregnant in the cell and delivered while i was there. Of the nigerian authorities have released over 2000 children from detention since 2030 nearly all of whom have been held without charge its not known at this point just how many of them remain in custody joe becker again says that the government should make more effort to release them nobody knows the current number of children who may still be in military custody nigerian authorities do not allow the actions or independent organizations like Human Rights Watch to access the military Detention Centers but what Human Rights Watch is calling for is that nigerian authorities release any remaining children in military detention and transfer them to civilian protection authorities so that they can receive rehabilitation help or unifying with their families and reintegrating into their communities in Nigeria Military denies allegations of aid in the report saying the children are kept in secure is and are adequately cared for we have us the Nigerian Ministry of justice for comment theyve yet to respond. And finally this hour a famous pakistani novelist theres been denied a german literary award over her political activism shes been calling for a boycott of israeli goods r. T. Strong quarter reports. The city of dortmund has reversed its decision to hand a literary awards to british pakistani author Kamila Shamsie that she plagiarized something commit a crime perhaps now its all because she supports an anti Israel Movement called boycott divestment sanctions. At the time of the decision none of the jurors knew that Kamila Shamsie had supported the boycotts divestments and sanctions campaign in the past b. S. Aims to isolate israel economically politically and culturally b. D. s has a presence across much of the globe but in germany its had a few run ins with the government the palestinian Womens Organization recently sued the city of boston for being excluded from a festival and the court ruled that discrimination based on the organizations belief in b. D. S. Was unfair treatment. Of freedom of expression includes the freedom to discuss and call for boycott campaigns and is also protected by the European Convention on human rights however this case is the exception not the rule the border stock has made it clear they see b. D. S. As an anti sematic movement not just anti israel. The arguments and methods of the boycott divestment and sanctions movement are anti semitic the message of the campaign to boycott israeli activists and goods or im innocent of the most terrible period in german history the do not buy a stick is an israeli products bring back associations with the nazi slogan do not buy from jews and similar graffiti in facades and shop windows the law makers concern isnt out of the blue given germanys past but calling the movement nazis could be a bit of a stretch since b. D. s are mostly left wing activists calling attention to israels mistreatment of the Palestinian People and the holliston ensure protesting say its not the palestinians who are doing the oppressing just like in this protest represents the 1st to confront some of german parliaments motion which is against our arab nation and against the palestinian cause they are part of the. Netanyahu accepts that tries to crush the rights of our people and the right of return the Boycott Movement will continue and this is supported by the Palestinian Liberation Organization along with youth and student groups around the world more and more politicians are questioning israels policies as oppressive risking being called anti sematic along the way i cant stand by and watch this attack on our freedom of speech and the right to boycott the racist policies of the government in the state of israel the oppressive thats in the whole administration and i have seen this in gaza where families have lived that have been bombed by talkative bombing buys ready jets what the United States should be doing and of course the trumpet ministrations doing exactly the opposite isnt sort of applauding israel for its actions israel should be condemned germanys past is certainly still haunting to many after all you cant just wipe its horrors out of history but when it comes to israel and palestine its not a simple as black and white donald quarter r. T. Berlin. Was the mention of this is it goes on to international greatly appreciate your Company Updates on the top news stories of the day coming your way in half an hour. Its just. Like they dont really. Close in on a lame duck a little bit. Right. Ha. Ha. Yeah b. O. C. Exit from fear its happening as big countries accumulate big positions and goal thats an exit for all. Because we know that over the past 300 years no fia body out survived. By. The month welcome to worlds apart he asked on the platform for mediation of the syrian conflict has never been to me free klopp but over the last couple of months disagreements between russia turkey and iran have become so stark the deliveries dont even try to conceal down with diplomatic platitudes hows this for months of brahmans course or others frictions on the country an indication that its working well to discuss that im now joined by Alexi Klebnikov middle east expert at the Russian InternationalAffairs Council lets see its good to see you again thank you for coming over to the front loading now. Anyone who has been following the asked in the proceedings knows that the previous meeting in fabry was marred by the tensions between russia and iran the reach now seem to be even more overshadowed by the more pressing disagreements between russia and turkey how would you describe the state of affairs among these 3 unlikely partners. Well i would put it as a marriage of convenience which applies to both relations but here marriage of convenience a love triangle love hate depends on how you look at it if you look at this from by the true times perspective then its more of a marriage of convenience if you look at that from the original perspective in how the 3 countries act in direct in syria then its more franco. I so youre right recently that the ass in the platform has started to lose its steam and that russia is now more actively trying to get the arab states involved in managing what essentially is an arab problem being now mediated by known arabs has there been any progress on that front well from the very beginning actually jordan joined the us in the 4 months back