hello, i m matthew amroliwala , welcome to verified live, 3 hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. two bomb explosions have exploded in south west pakistan just hours before polls open, for the general election tomorrow. let me take you through what we know so far. at least 22 people have been killed and many more injured. authorities say, they were targeting the election offices in two parts of baloochistan. the people of pakistan will head to the polls, after a campaign marred by violence and claims of poll rigging. these are some of the pictures in so far these from the blast in the pishin district, outside the election office of an independent local candidate. officials told the bbc he was meeting his polling agent at the time. the second explosion went off outside the office of a political party killing at least eight people. the afp news agency quotes a senior police official, saying it happened in the main bazaar. the explosions happen
capehart. we begin the saturday show with breaking news from the middle east. the united states and its allies launched another round of strikes against iran-backed militants. the strikes hit at least 36 targets across 13 houthi controlled sites in yemen. the pentagon says these strikes are a message to the houthis to stop interfering with global trade in the red sea. a statement from defense secretary lloyd austin reads, in part quote, they will continue to bear further consequences if they do not and they are illegal attacks on international shipping and naval vessels. we will not hesitate to defend lies, and the free flow of commerce in one of the world s most critical waterways. however, u.s. officials clarified today s attacks are not in response to the american casualties in jordan. a spokesman for the houthis warned the group would retaliate. writing, quote, we will meet escalation with escalation. this comes as secretary of state antony blinken prepares to depart for
and trying with diplomacy. they and that faith is. jordan put out a very specific statement to say this ain t us, we are not involved in this. guys, thank you so. much and elise, time is up for me. the saturday show with jonathan capehart starts right now. how capehart starts right now. good evening, i am jonathan capehart. we begin the saturday show with breaking news from the middle east. the united states and its allies launched another round of strikes against iran-backed militants. the strikes hit at least 36 targets across 13 houthi controlled sites in yemen. the pentagon says these strikes are a message to the houthis to stop interfering with global trade in the red sea. a statement from defense secretary lloyd austin reads, in part quote, they will continue to bear further consequences if they do not and they are illegal attacks on international shipping and naval vessels. we will not hesitate to defend lies, and the free flow of commerce in one of the wor
alicia kearns, welcome to hardtalk. now, you are chair of the uk parliament s foreign affairs select committee. you have to take an overview of what is happening across foreign policy. would you agree that right now the bandwidth of foreign policy thinking is very much taken up by israel, by the war in gaza? absolutely. and this is one of the challenges that democracies have. we need to make sure that we can t say, well, we only have bandwidth to focus on one conflict, because unfortunately we don t have the liberty to say we have only one to focus on. but secondly, we re not doing enough to stop conflict popping up in other places. so until we are doing that, we don t get to say, well, we can only focus on israel and gaza for the next month, or, we can only focus on ukraine. we have to find a way to do both, and that means more multilateral working, more leaning on one another, more dividing and conquering in terms of our assets and what we re focusing on. and yet su
alicia kearns, welcome to hardtalk. now, you are chair of the uk parliament s foreign affairs select committee. you have to take an overview of what is happening across foreign policy. would you agree that right now the bandwidth of foreign policy thinking is very much taken up by israel, by the war in gaza? absolutely. and this is one of the challenges that democracies have. we need to make sure that we can t say, well, we only have bandwidth to focus on one conflict, because unfortunately we don t have the liberty to say we have only one to focus on. but secondly, we re not doing enough to stop conflict popping up in other places. so until we are doing that, we don t get to say, well, we can only focus on israel and gaza for the next month, or, we can only focus on ukraine. we have to find a way to do both, and that means more multilateral working, more leaning on one another, more dividing and conquering in terms of our assets and what we re focusing on. and yet su