In the south of baghdad. In iraq, a war of choice, the us expended enormous amounts of blood and treasure and ended up opening the door to wider iranian influence, while causing the American Public to reject a role as the worlds policeman. And for those who yearn for that moment, now we see the consequences. Instead of a monopolar world or a two sided rivalry, like the old cold war, we have one where several large states contest for economic and strategic advantage, and where chaos is increasingly widespread. In ukraine, independent since the soviet collapse, they face an existential struggle. Inter state war has returned to europe. Hundreds of thousands have been killed or wounded. Russia animated by nationalism, rather than communism gambled on western indifference and weakness. Well, we havent been here long, but were getting a good idea about the constant rockets and defensive fire from the israeli iron dome system. In the middle east, one of the few constants of these past 35 year
New central 9 first, the latest headlines. Slovakias Prime Minister robert fico has been shot in what officials are calling an Assassination Attempt. Ukrainian Officials Say fighting is raging in the border town of vovchansk, where Russian Troops have taken up positions top us diplomat Antony Blinken has promised kyiv more arms will arrive soon. A rare sign of Division Within israels war cabinet defence minister yoav gallant criticizes the failure to agree a post war plan for gaza. Englands overcrowded prisons from next week some inmates will be released 70 days early. Good evening. In the last hour slovakias deputy Prime Minister has told the bbc that he believes Prime Minister robert fitzo will the bbc that he believes Prime Minister robert fico will survive the attempt on his life and while he is still in a critical condition, he is no longer in a life threatening situation. In the last couple of hours, slovakias minister of interior described todays shooting as an attack on democra
Well get reaction from bratislava, and we will discuss what it means 3 weeks from european elections. Good evening. In the last hour doctors treating the slovakian Prime Minister robert fico, said he is still undergoing surgery and is in a critical condition. Slovakia has always been known as a country of people who are tolerant, people who are accepting of other opinions and people who are always able to discuss. What happened today is a stigma which will haunt us for many years to come. But that is something that none of us think about at the moment. All we are focusing on is the condition of the Prime Minister robert fico, and we hope that he is Strong Enough to deal with this drama. In the first place i would like to assure the public that we will make Everything Thatis Public that we will make everything that is in our power to investigate this heinous crime. We are doing this heinous crime. We are doing this at the moment as we speak. The initial information we have clearly point
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