Middle east was between saudi arabia and iran and it looked like they would come up against each other but instead they fought proxy wars in yemen especially. Theres been a rapprochement between them recently and the military itself, it is huge, but if you look back, things have changed and look at the Iran Iraq War in the 805, although they had a massive advantage in terms of the people in the army, they were not able to defeat iraq, 5o people in the army, they were not able to defeat iraq, so i dont think at the moment we are looking at an Iranian Military entering into at an Iranian Military entering into a major conflict. This will be, for now, unless they go to an extraordinary situation which will be a major issue for everyone across the globe. They will look to be using pressure as weve seen with hamas and hezbollah, weve seen an incremental rise in skirmishes on the border between israel and laverton but we are not seeing any major escalation where the Rules Of Engagement have
thanks forjoining us. these reports coming out of gaza paint a grim picture of the humanitarian situation there. what more can you tell us about how hospitals in gaza are coping? well, with great difficulty. they are all pretty much surrounded in gaza city, because the israelis argue these are places where hamas fighters have based themselves, and consequently there have been intense battles going on around us hospitals. the israelis say they are not targeting hospitals per se, and they are trying to get the civilian populations that are clustered around them to try to leave, and also starting to think about evacuating the hospitals themselves, so that israel can concentrate on dealing with hamas. there is a small development on that front this evening. the israelis said tomorrow they are going to evacuate babies from the shifa hospital to a safer location. we do not know the details, we have not had confirmation from the palestinian side, it is very difficult to get through
to reflect on the competing claims of the two remaining candidates, emmanuel macron and marine le pen. voting is on sunday in an election which is being closely monitored across the european union and beyond. now on bbc news, carmen roberts heads to chile with the travel show to see the results of what some people are calling the world s biggest rewilding project. this week on the show. going wild in chile. we have actually found dear. can you see him in the distance? treasure hunting in lebanon on. and on board a leaky boat in crocodile infested waters.- leaky boat in crocodile infested waters. ~ ., ., , infested waters. we have lots of water in infested waters. we have lots of water in my infested waters. we have lots of water in my boat. - infested waters. we have lots of water in my boat. i - infested waters. we have lots of water in my boat. i don t i of water in my boat. i don t know exactly why yet, but here it is. chile and patagonia, a place where tradition is me
Being able to peacefully coexist or are we on the verge of a robot colors. Artificial intelligence is now spreading throughout our society ai will experts be able to agree on ethical guidelines or will this Technology Create deadly new autonomous weapon systems. Or advice or robot collapse stores august 14th on d w. L n a very warm welcome indeed to quadriga coming soon from the heart of berlin of this week the focus is on the dangerous standoff between iran and the u. S. In the persian gulf where each side is accusing the other of Aggression Tension Rose in july when iran seems the british tanker the u. S. And the u. K. Are both stepping up their Military Presence in the region but europe or at least Continental Europe is refusing to get on board of the u. S. That Naval Mission and is instead continuing to put its face in the nuclear deal struck with iran in 2015 which President Trump withdrew america from last year. So our question this week here on quadriga is iran crisis europe on