this is gps, the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you from new york. today on program, as a difficult year comes to a close, we look at the biggest challenges facing president biden. from the middle east, china, the war in ukraine, to the border. political dysfunction. this is a colossal waste of time. and the u.s. economy. i ll talk about it all with ezra klein and richard haass. and holding terror to account. a french company sued in u.s. courts by american citizens for funding isis in iraq. amal cooney and the lead plaintiff nadia murad nobel peace prize winner join me exclusively to explain the stunning legal story and the tragedy behind it. the terrorists are brazen and the financiers are brazen and they ll continue to do so as long as they re not being punished. but first, here is my take. 2023 has turned out to be a year that has seen a fundamental challenge to world order.
this is gps , the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you from new york. today on program, as a difficult year comes to a close, we look at the biggest challenges facing president biden. from the middle east, china, the war in ukraine, to the border. political dysfunction. this is a colossal waste of time. and the u.s. economy. i ll talk about aall with ezra klein and richard haass. and holding terror to account. a french company sued in u.s. courts by american citizens for funding isis in iraq. amal cooney and the lead plaintiff nadia murad join me exclusively to explain the stunning legal story and the tragedy behind it. the terrorists are braise ebb in the financiers are brazen and they ll continue to do so as long as they re not being punished. but first, here is my take. 2023 has turned out to be a year that has seen a fundamental challenge to world order. the rules-based interna
it had misidentified them. today, colleagues wrote their names on the body bags that carried them out of gaza. john chapman. james henderson. and james kirby. three british men among seven aid workers killed in israeli air strikes this week. their bodies driven through the rafah crossing into egypt to be flown home to the uk. today, the head of their organisation spoke for the first time about what happened. they attacked the first car. they were able to move in the second one. again, this one was hit. they were able to move in the third one. in the process, we know they were trying to call. but in the chaos of the moment, whatever happened, they. to try to be telling idf that why are they doing, that they were targeting us, and then they hit the third one. under pressure to provide answers, israel has promised an investigation. i welcome what the israeli foreign minister said yesterday to me about a full, urgent and transparent inquiry into how this dreadful event was allowe
is worth more than its weight in gold. this is a serious problem that has far reaching consequences than simply just an ethical dilemma. , okay? it ruins livelihoods and destroys these ecosystems and organizations like al shabaab like isis outfit in somalia make a ton of money doing illegal poaching and funding their operations. it s a solution there is a solution out there of technology solution that can actually help combat this issue. ainsley: it s awful enough when you see these videos and watch these shows about what these elephants go to and these poachers do it in a brutal way. to also know they are selling the ivory and that s funding isis that s going on to kill americans and other people around the world? what kind of money are we talking about? so, researchers estimated that al shabaab was making at least half a million dollars per month from the ivory trade alone. that s a lot of money, obviously. to support their operations. it was supporting at one point at least 40%