We are very peaceful. We are not hippies. We do not smell of hemp. We would love mrjohnson to come and talk to us. And the teenagers being taught life saving skills to deal with the consequences of knife crime. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The german chancellor Angela Merkel has told the Prime Minister that a brexit deal is overwhelmingly unlikely, in a phone call between the two leaders this morning. Quoting a source in downing street, our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg says that mrs merkel suggested that a deal would never be possible unless Northern Ireland stayed in a Customs Union. The Prime Minister stressed to mrs merkel that in his view, the uk has made a reasonable offer, but there seemed to be no real desire on the eu side for negotiation. The source said that the eus demand on Northern Ireland would make a deal essentially impossible. the source also said that talks in brussels are close to breaking down, despite the fact that the uk has moved a long way. t
in beirut on tuesday. hezbollah a powerful paramilitary and political group in lebanon has blamed that attack on what it says was flagra nt israeli aggression. israel has not commented. both hamas and hezbollah proscribed terrorists organisations in many countries have close ties to iran which itself is holding a day of mourning, after 84 people were killed by explosions near an event to mark the anniversary of the death of the iranian general qasem soleimani. alongside this several nations have issued a warning to the houthi militants in yemen who are also close to iran to stop the attacks on shipping in the key lanes in the red sea. and of course the fighting in israel and gaza which has played a role in sparking all this there are reports of dozens more deaths from air strikes in southern gaza as israel continues its military operation. live now to our middle east correspondent hugo bachega in beirut. explain who this man, the leader of hamas was, t
pandemic. it s the most significant change for middle class people, for poor people, people trying to get into the middle class, in decades, in a very long time. and it has amazing things in it. this is a critical moment. this is a moment where we have to make sure that the american people know what s in this plan. they understand what s in this plan. and by the way, this bill is 90 some percent coronavirus centric. this is similar to the bill that we wrote in may, the heroes act, some of which was implemented in december, much of it now. so in a moment i m going to talk to democratic congresswoman jackie speier about covid and what is next for her party. while democrats are focusing on covid relief, the republican party has hoped to find the issue they hope will blunt that, immigration. kevin mccarthy about to lead a fact finding mission to the border as republicans step up the rhetoric on the issue. is the biden open border policies that are inviting even more ill
The two thousand and one two thousand and three authorization of the use of military force for iraq against al qaeda which is still being used by the United States to justify its presence in military conflicts all of the so when this is a justification for endless wars thinking they say that they have the authorization you just move the goalpost as it were and say this is what covers it ok i suppose it will fly to yemen in somalia and only those who are getting it is ok so i mean you know it. Its already a justification and it doesnt matter the circumstances that was done once and it applies the entire region to how this never get to that obama is the person that ramped up the u. S. Presence in syria and so the justification was to fight al qaeda then obama comes and he supports an alqaeda isis springs up out of out of al qaeda and now trumpet his generals and i want to say trump i would say the generals are going to show their you know. You know where im going there now using it as an
Some real news im joined by my guest mark sloboda hes an International Affairs and security analyst we also have alex chris so far hes the director and writer for the duran dot com and we have Dmitri Bobbitt shes a political analyst with Sputnik International rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it mark lets first go to this authorization for the use of military force the pentagon says. It doesnt need any kind of authorization because the authorization that the u. S. Government gave to the military to intervene in iraq still holds though isis didnt exist in two thousand and three. Under International Law this is just a blatant violation there is no there is no United Nations Security Council resolution the country involved syria has not requested for help and on top of it you you have. A military presence in a country where you possibly could go into a military coup. With another mate a nato country turkey and of course its a face down wit