A low and welcome to to the point im brian thomas thanks so much for dropping in today these are my guests to talk about our issue Suzanne Coble works for the weekly dish beagle she just came back from saudi arabia where she reported about those attacks shes convinced trumps policy of maximum pressure generated maximum counter pressure. With all the fertility god is iran expert as the Brookings Institution in doha he believes iran seems to have overplayed its thus far well calculated strategy of task. And make no act as a correspondent for the Washington Post here in berlin he says trumps so far hasnt been response may both reflect concerns over a military conflict ahead of the president ial elections 2020 and the lack of a consistent strategy in iraq. Thanks so much to all of you as well for being here today suzanne if we could start with you youre just back from iran are from saudi arabia rather are people in that country worried about an attack by iran by a war in the region they ar
Actually get your attention is actually by civil disobedience rebellion is without question britains Fastest Growing pretty good religion. Welcome to the weekly here on R T International where we bring you the latest Headline News on the top stories from the past week. Hundreds of eisel militants have reportedly fled numerous detention camps in Northern Syria previously guarded by the Kurdish Forces the kurds retreated from some of their positions after turkey started its Ground Invasion which it calls an anti terror operation. Turkey wanted to create a buffer zone in syria 3 pritish fighters plans to then settle the millions of Syrian Refugees there are currently in turkey the one says of 8130000 civilians have fled the turkish advance warning that the figure could rise to some 400000 those escaping have urged the International Community to step in. America and other countries should protect us theyre committing sin here our Children Women is there really no mercy but rather clearly t
Well the United States did announce back in july that they would be sending 500. 00 troops to saudi arabia and irans position has always been the same that is that the presence of the United States military in the region is a destabilizing factor iran has always said that theyre willing to talk to the neighbors and the countries in the region are able to provide security and stability so iran has said that the United States presence isnt helpful to anybody but already the states has the Naval Coalition which is strange the United Kingdom but her reign and i have you. Are a part of a new United States as that is to protect freedom navigation through the strait of hormuz so the buildup of the military is concerning for iran but also for other countries around the world because it increases the possibility of a miscalculation and a possible conflict and whats been the reaction to these new u. S. Sanctions on Iran Central Bank and to other major Financial Institutions how much is this goin
Now its possible. And welcome to cross talk for all things are considered. Again we stand on the brink of war we should not be surprised that washington was quick to blame iran for the attack on saudi Energy Assets iran has denied involvement while the who have claimed responsibility will try to take the bait and set the middle east on fire. And around im joined by my guest Mohammad Marandi and hes a professor at the university of toronto in riyadh we have brought him he is a saudi analyst and in miami we crossed a Nicholas Davies hes an independent journalist a researcher for. Code pink as well as author of blood on our hands the American Invasion and destruction of iraq right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in and any time you want i always appreciate when he let me go to you in. Iran is being being called the culprit in all of this i just as i was sitting out in the studios c. N. N. Is reporting that the saudi government and washington have a very high pr
Again its good to have you back well here across parts of northern asia we are watching Tropical Storm top make its way towards the north bringing very heavy rain across the vehicle islands and the threat is also going to be not only for japan but also for the southern part of south korea notice every rain here we do expect to see here on sunday the storm is going to move quite quickly up here to the north into the north east and across the area we could be seeing anywhere between 400. 00 and possibly 425. 00 millimeters in about 72 hours so flooding is going to be a big risk across that area for tokyo though not looking too bad a cloudy day for you at 29 degrees well for the eastern part of china were looking quite nice actually for a Central China as well plenty of sun in the forecast all the way down here across much of the south and for hong kong that means a nice day for you at 31. 00 degrees really staying that way as we go towards monday up to the north though your temperatures