A song that was 10 meters by 10 peters. I know youre watching the Aussie International im rosana low could welcome to the program. Now the u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei one has accused iran of an act of war against saudi arabia following the recent bombing a Saudi Oil Refineries top u. S. Security officials met on thursday to discuss possible military options against tehran which denies any involvement in the attack meanwhile President Trump says he still hoping for a peaceful solution. 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. And my pump aoe is currently on the middle east tour trying to shore up support for action against her on the u. S. Says it is confident iran was behind saturdays drone missile strikes on Saudi Oil Facilities arties merde gas d of look so what evidence has been presented so far. It has been decided that iran did not start an opinion will a finding with the result of an investigation its a decision guilty secretary to gather any new evidence that shows who was behind the attacks and do you think it is 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 mom trub 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 these undone and well see what happens well see what happens i think we have a lot of good capital that 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 bre and bits and pieces of the missiles are still working on technicalities like evidence and proof let that sink in. The attack did not originate from yemen the attack was launched from the move 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 of these kind of components were made in iran. So what they found is the weapons were allegedly made with iranian components they were fired from the north in the direction of iran and its neighbors so cutting to the chase it was iran thats what youre going to say right. The Iranian Regime and the i. R. G. C. Are trying to hide any evidence of the components and the Technology Im sure we will spoke to launch site we are working and whoever is responsible about it will take the accountability not once during the presentation that the saudis specifically 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 will too 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 iran our top intelligence officials think iran did it and so does our top an intelligence official donald trump course 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 livid 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 does 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 the dia 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 Iranian Foreign minister Mohammad Javad zarif has warned that any strike against iran by the us all saudi arabia would lead to all out war the un has sent a team of experts to saudi arabia to investigate the refinery bombing russia too has underlined the necessity for an unbiased probe. It is important to make him vesta geisha an objective details are numb biased 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 high school. The drone strikes have highlighted potential weaknesses in saudi arabias defenses the country has spent billions of dollars on the us patriot system which can detect and shoot down incoming missiles and enemy aircraft however the drones managed to get past a whole cluster of patriot interceptors which you can see on this map middle east expert rizgar believes the case has worrying implications for both saudi arabia and the us. 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 into 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 the other 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 thieves were given no choice but to escalate attacks with the of forcing the enemy to bell down and to put a stop to this war and to find some kind of another another supplement a peaceful settlement for the conflict that we have in fact seen in the trunk administration and on sanctions theres talk now about Cyber Attacks which could target their own but as for all out war i think that is very unlikely. And in some of the Headline News stories of for almost 2 months known large scale maritime operation they Global Security body interpol says it has detected at least a dozen suspected foreign terrorist fighters who have entered europe by crossing the mediterranean dubinsky has more. This is operation she ran to the idea is it to look for threats posed by foreign terrorist fighters who may be using maritime routes are forcing them at training in attempts to get into the showing the area into the European Union interpol of said that during the oprah show in the summer there were so one point she would 1000000 checks that took place this is checks that just looking at peoples legal documents making sure that they all who they say they are and they see 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 buy into pauls networks of the global level and every check Border Control or random search is a potential break in the terror investigation well no further details have been released about those individuals such as where theyre from or indeed which works they use to try and 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 and greece and rome said that they are shown during the heavy burden and theyve 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 crease in areas such as greece leading to see is that they could be another spike yet again the migration present michael was in italy on wednesday evening to meet the Prime Minister just sepic own sake and he said that it is time to listen to those countries on the up to the new European Union is not shown enough solidarity with the countries of 1st arrival particularly italy but france is ready. 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 can put to support me in some form of European Solidarity in this area or 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 of what they do when they hear and we know that the commissioner designate for the European Union will delay and is going to have to deal with a shes already been criticised 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 for the european way of life some accusing her of the using fractious rhetorical with that title including the president. Who said he just didnt agree with the idea of this title so an issue of immigration many elements to it and it looks like its far from over and its something that European Union leaders and also their ministers will be discussing for many months to come. The Un Security Council has rejected to draft resolutions on the humanitarian crisis in the syrian province of it lip failing to find consensus on key points of disagreement between russia and the us as arties caleb maupin reports. The 15 member body that leads the United Nations convened a meeting and at that meeting 2 resolutions were put forward now one resolution was backed by germany kuwait and belgium and that resolution was vetoed by russia and china then a joint resolution from russia and china regarding it was put forward and that resolution was also rejected vetoed by members of the Security Council so what was the difference between these 2 resolutions regarding the situation and it well both sides and both different resolutions called for a ceasefire there is universal agreement that there needs to be a ceasefire in libya now the russian representative explained the point of disagreement between the United States and russia regarding the draft resolution while the United States seems to advocate an entire total cease fire russia argued there should not be protection for terrorist organizations and that anti terror operations should continue heres some of the disagreement we heard between the United States and russia at the Security Council look. Unfortunately the content of the draft on the course of the work on it is a clear indication of the real objective of our colleagues which is to save the International Terrorists in from their final defeat and put the blame of whats happened that russia and syria russians to veto of todays resolution. 13th veto in syria represents yet another attempt to absolve itself and the assad regime of their culpability in the deaths of thousands of syrian men women and children as the debate ensued it became pretty clear that there was pretty solid disagreement about what was designated as a terrorist and what was designated as just Syrian Opposition now the russian representative said that the the proposal and the draft resolution put forward by kuwait germany and belgium was going. To be vetoed it was very clear that russia would veto that resolution before it was put forward but it seems that rather than trying to reach a solution that is agreeable to all parties the desire as according to the russian representative other desirous simply to blame russia for the continued situation in the breaching of the ceasefire rather than reaching an agreement that could actually stick so different views of the situation is presented by Different Countries at the u. N. Security council no resolution was passed both of them were rejected. The leader of the israeli opposition insists he wont head a unity government not Benjamin Netanyahu thats after 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 as 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 the opposition latest statement comes after netanyahu asked him to form a coalition the election is left netanyahu said to right block 2 seats behind the center left blue and White Alliance we spoke to diplomatic analyst who thinks there will be a struggle for leadership of a coalition. Netanyahu is somewhat disappointment that gunns is refusing even to meet him so we are in a 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. 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 negotiation psychology here thats the main thing im seeing here behind the scenes. In other news this hour a u. S. Drone strike has killed 38 civilians in eastern afghanistan according to local officials the victims are believed to be farmers who were working on a nut plantation a spokesman for u. S. Forces says the raid was intended to hit an Islamic State hideout. U. S. Forces conducted a drone strike against terrorists. We are fighting in a complex environment against those who intentionally kill and hide behind civilians as well as use dishonest claims of noncombatant casualties as propaganda weapons were aware of the allegations of the death of noncombatants are working with local authorities to determine the facts to ensure this is not a ploy to deflect attention from the civilians murdered by the taliban at a hospital in zabol. The taliban bombing mentioned there happened in southern afghanistan early on thursday a cop blew up outside a hospital killing at least 20 people the taliban has carried out almost daily attacks since peace talks with the us collapsed earlier this month and Amnesty International has voiced alarm over the devastating impact on civilians. On yet another deadly day in afghanistan once again it is civilians who bear the brunt of the violence involving armed groups the Afghan Government and their buckets in the u. S. Military that a u. S. Drone strike to personally target an iso militants could instead result in the death of cause a from us is unacceptable and suggests a shocking disregard for civilian life we spoke to a conflict and peace studies were search of base in the country he says the Afghan Government needs to step in to prevent further bloodshed. The Afghan Government is often silent when that 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. Population in the government and at the same time create more enemies for the ones 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 up on the sun and in the last then the and for the killing of guns that are losing their lives. 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 to change about 3600 children and in june Human Rights Watch went to the northeast of nigeria where boko haram is 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 money that they couldnt turn over at night they were piled one next to the other you described it like the razor blade in a pack many of them something began losing hope that they would ever be released some felt they would die in detention. Children as young as 5 were reportedly held an 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 have been accused of involvement with the Armed Terrorist Group boko hora the radical Islamist Organization is based in northeastern nigeria and carries out suicide bombings as well as on the souls throughout west africa in 2015 boko haram pledged allegiance to Islamic State many of the imprisoned children were rounded up by nigerian authorities during miniature operations against the group they are smi if i was a member of burka 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 to 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 leaders got pregnant in the cell and delivered while i was standing. All nigerian authorities have released over 2000 children from detention since 2013 nearly all of whom had been held without charge its not known at this point how many children remain in custody joe becker again says the government should make more efforts to release them. Nobody knows the current number of children who may still be in military custody nigerian authorities do not allow the United Nations 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 Child Protection authorities so that they can receive rehabilitation help or unifying with their families and reintegrating into their communities the Nigerian Military denies the allegations made in the report saying the children are kept in secure areas and are adequately cared for weve also Nigerian Ministry of justice for comment and they have yet to respond. Now famous pakistani novelist has been denied a german literary award over her political activism shes been calling for a boycott of israeli goods as donal 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. 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 palestinian Womens Organization recently sued the city of boston for being excluded from the 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 a boycott of 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 palestinians who are protesting say its not the palestinians who are doing the oppressing just like you know this protest represents the 1st step in confronting the german parliaments motion which is against our arab nation and against the palestinian cause they are part of the. Netanyahu axis 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 and id seen 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 is instead 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 well thats your news update for now will be back with a roundup of the headlines in around 30 minutes time ill see that. Join me everything on me alex im unsure and ill be speaking to us of the world of politics or business im show business ill see if. The Federal Reserve lowers Interest Rates will this add to speculation of a looming recession and new poll numbers show joe biden and Elizabeth Warren gaining supporters and leaving the rest of the democratic pack well behind whats driving their favorable numbers its all next on this edition of pounds. Welcome to politicking im matthew cook in for larry king on wednesday the Federal Reserve cut Interest Rates for a 2nd time this year by a quarter percent will this action increase the fears of a coming recession and how might that impact the 2020 alexion and a brand new n. B. C. News wall street journal poll conducted after the last democratic debate shows joe biden and Elizabeth Warren both gaining ground and leaving their challengers well behind whats behind the strength of the new front runners and how might the rest of the pack adjust their campaigning as a result of this poll lets talk about that with the Political Panel they are chris wilson he was director of research and Digital Strategy for ted cruzs 2016 president ial campaign hes in Oklahoma City and in atlanta robin by road democratic strategist and former Obama Campaign regional field director hes also retired u. S. Army ranger welcome to the program thank you matthew good to be with you bet thanks for having so lets jump right in 1st your reaction to this Federal Reserve cutting Interest Rates by a quarter percent does this. Lend credence to a coming recession lets start with you chris. Well i think the fed is clearly concerned about some type of downturn but lets face it recessions are notoriously hard to predict and if we tried to bet every time the Federal Reserve cut Interest Rates it was going to recession we have lost a lot of money im betting that way i think what is probably more correct to say is that the fed doesnt see any signs of looming inflation and they dont want they want the economy to continue to grow without it with this past off without inflation but what you will see if theres one assumption made from this is anyone who is not refinance their home in probably the last 18 months is going to get out and do it because youre not going to find much lower Interest Rates ever again robin do you agree oh i definitely agree with chriss point about refinancing im in the middle of one myself so this is good news for me not today but all joking aside i think this is a prudent move right now because there is somewhat of a slowdown when im not doing political punditry analyzing the economy and ive been seeing the prices of gold going up theres other telltale signs that theres some some confidence waning in the economy im a little bit concerned about my Party Just Getting ahead of the horse ahead of the game here and talking about recession we just need to be more careful and mindful of whats happening right now with the economy but matthew im concerned that if you notice that last democratic debate