Resoundingly success. The Holiday Shopping season is in full swing here in the United States and around the world. And while holiday shoppers, the world over probably found a sale or 2 or 3 fill their bill, it was without a doubt the military Industrial Complex, their political bagmen on capitol hill and their talking head cheerleaders. Who came away with the biggest black friday prize of the day. And that gift came in the assassination of leading a rainy and Nuclear Scientists, most in which has now left many around the world, bracing themselves for the possibility of a brand new middle eastern war to kick off. The new year was ambushed in this car while driving in a district just east of the capital city of toronto on friday. And according to the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of iran, 2 star general ali, the operation was very complex and took place using electronic devices. And no one was present at the scene. The technological expertise to legit in the assassin
Only with not somebody 15 old 60 g. B. Incapable of making an informed rational decision. Theyre watching our 2 International Coming to you straight from the russian capital. Welcome to the program. And we start with a developing situation in germany. A car has driven into pedestrians in the western city of trigger killing at least 2 and injuring 15. The driver has been detained. At this point. Were going to cross live to our teams. Peter, all over in berlin for all the latest. Peter, what can you tell us at this stage . Hi. Well, the information thats been coming to us in the last hour is that the number of people who have been killed has risen. The authorities havent given an exact number yet, but we have had confirmation that on top of the 2 people there were confirmed to have been killed previously. Police are now confirming a child has also been killed in a talking about several people being amongst the fatalities from this incident. The number of injured is also rising as well. S
The propaganda that comes from israel in the United States, that the iranians are the only side within the nuclear deal that has been abiding by their commitments. The iranians were abiding by their commitments when the american left, the american stuff that you know, even now, the iranians are still abiding by a roughly one 3rd of their commitments, depending on how you calculate it. Yet the United States and europeans are not abiding by any of them. And while the iranians are still abiding by their commitments and the i. A. E. A. Is in iran, this for scientists was murdered. So the i. A. E. A. Has not been claiming that iran is producing a weapon. Yet he was murdered. So the issue is not nuclear weapons. It is a provocation just as your previous guests rightly pointed out. The Israeli Regime is looking for a provocation to bring about war in this region. Because for them, it is not the interest of the United States or europe or the region. It is their own interest, just like it is in
Discussion on election 2020 and its implications for u. S. Foreign policy. Obviously over the weekend there have been rapid developments theres now a president elect joe biden after a tumultuous days for everyone and an election that was pretty close for many days, but now looks like we have a clear a clear winner. So we have a terrific panel this morning to discuss not so much the election, but really looking forward to next year to see what the implications are for u. S. Foreign policy for International Order and to pars maybe some of the nuances of last week and what they may mean, particularly the fact that trumpism is alive and well even though the president did not receive a second term and that the senate could be in the hands of republicans. We have eric edelman, practitioner in residence of johns hopkins. And a nonsenior fellow at brookings, and the important china center. Tamara, a senior fellow at center for middle east policy at Brookings Institution and victoria noonen, no
Good morning. Im the director for the center of United States in europe. At the bookings institution. I am delighted today to be chairing this important discussion on election 2020 and its implications for u. S. Over the weekend there has been some rapid developments. After a tumultuous few days, i think for everyone, the election was close for many days. So we have a terrific panel this morning to discuss not so much the election but looking forward to next year to see what the implications are for u. S. Foreign policy, for international order, and to talk to parse maybe some of the nuances of last week and what they may mean, particularly that trumpism is alive and well even though the president did not receive a second term and that the senate could still be in the hands of the republicans. Adelman fromic Johns Hopkins school of advanced international study, evan osnos, a staff writer at the new yorker and a nonresident fellow at brookings, tamara wittes, senior fellow at the center