Paul welcome to the journal editorial report, The Middle East is on as the world prepares to mark the 1year anniversary of the October 7th Terror Attack with the israeli military pressing forward on multiple frontend taking the fight to irans socalled Axis Of Resistance in gaza, lebanon and yemen. Benjamin netanyahu vowed to change the Balance Of Power in the region. How has the at least changed since the israel hamas war began . Lets ask seth jones, senior Vice President and director of the international Security Program at the center for strategic and international studies. Good to see you again, happy to have you here. How has October 7th and the Israel Response to that changed The Middle East . There is both a shortterm and longerterm impact in the change of the Balance Of Power. The first is in the short term, weve seen hezbollah knocked on its back for the Command And Control structure that has been severely degraded. The leader of hezbollah has been killed and its interesting to
domestic flights have resumed across the united states after being grounded because of a safety system failed. counter terrorism police investigate how scrap metal containing traces of uranium arrived at london s heathrow airport last month. and the conservative mp andrew bridgen is suspended from his party after appearing to compare covid 19 vaccines with the holocaust. good afternoon. ambulance workers in england and wales are striking over pay for a second time. managers are warning the impact is likely to be worse than last month s stoppage, because now call handlers are also on strike. the prime minister says it s terrifying that people don t know what will happen if they call 999. but ambulance staff say they will leave picket lines to respond to all category one emergency calls where there s a threat to life. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes reports from manchester.. ambulances are still responding to life threatening emergencies. but the picket lines outside
that ukraine needs, not only to be defensive, as we ve seen. when you look at protecting against missile strikes and drone strikes, but to enable ukraine to go on the offensive as we re talking about right now. whether it s in the middle of winter, in the spring, or later, i don t think we need to dictate the timing for them to do what they think is right. but there has to be a decision made to provide the type of of ants weaponry that ukraine once that seems to be opening coming forward advanced weaponry. polish government speaking to providing the right type of tanks, so i think wejust need to see that opening of those additional offensive weapons that ukraine absolutely needs so it s not always on the defensive. but absolutely needs so it s not always on the defensive. on the defensive. but always, the fear has been on the defensive. but always, the fear has been a on the defensive. but always, the fear has been a month on the defensive. but always, the fear has been a mon