what could the americans do? here s our international editor, jeremy bowen. well, one of the president s officials said actions speak louder than words. what are those actions going to be? well, we can only speculate at this point, but what tends to happen is that the us military gives the president a menu of options that he can choose. and the lowest level, if you like, might be to hit back at iranian proxies operating inside syria or iraq. that might not be enough for the americans, and especially not forjoe biden s critics back home. so they might do something a bit more. they might go for iranian targets in those countries or they could go for maybe iranian targets in the gulf. the most extreme option, and i think this is highly unlikely, would be to attack targets inside iran itself, inside the territory of iran. that s something that the americans have not done. so we get to a situation now where the american secretary of state antony blinken, says that the middle east
sorry, can t do this. this is absolutely diabolical behaviour. with millions of children now back at school, government scientists warn of another surge in coronvirus infections, if lockdown is lifted too quickly. how s your mum doing? yeah, she s fine. all change for the bafta film award nominations, with the british film rocks a surprise frontrunner, as diversity leads the way. and a chunk of the rare meteor that lit up the skies over europe last week is found in a front garden in gloucestershire. good evening. buckingham palace has issued a statement following the interview with the duke and duchess of sussex that was broadcast last night. in it, the queen says she is saddened to learn just how challenging the last few years have been for the couple and said they will always be much loved members of the family. buckingham palace said the issues raised particularly on race are concerning. more than 11 million people in the uk watched the interview last night, in which p
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To be at the constitutions my name is on mcclatchy and what cant you get. This is d. W. News from berlin tonight scientist and sound another Climate Change alarm this time the worlds oceans are in peril a major new study shows the earths oceans are warming faster than previously thought which could be disastrous for the worlds ice sheets coral reefs and all sorts of marine life also coming up thousands of google employees Around The World
go on strike in protest at the companys treatment of women it comes after reports of Sexual Harassment implicating several top managers and divers in indonesia find one of the black boxes from the plane that crashed on monday just minutes after takeoff from jakarta thats to gators hope that it will help to explain the tragedy that claimed the lives of nearly two hundred people. I bring coffee its good to have you with us Tonight Scientists are offering another ominous warning about Climate Change and they are pointing to that which covers most of the
From the International Community. Its been 3 months since hong kongs protest movement plunged the territory into political crisis would be demonstrators have been warned against defying this weekends ban today hong kong authorities detained and then released key figures in the prodemocracy movement meanwhile china watches and waits and warns against trying its patience im phil gayle in berlin this is the day. Trying to create a white. Hong kong people. We shall not surrender we. Just. Want to advise every citizen not to test the law because we will respond with president action. We will not tolerate any violent act. Every. Day with a. Point. Also on the goals of premier at the Venice Film Festival critics say they should not be showing a work by Roman Polanski because of the bad actors conviction for sexual abuse of the films producer says we need to move on and focus on the ott. But the past is in the past we need to focus on the present the film speaks for itself the jury must judge