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[00:00:19] Headlines.
[00:00:22] Most incoming and outgoing flights to Saudi Arabia canceled as
[00:00:26] Houthi attacks continue. A number of major oil companies did not
[00:00:29] attend the energy conference in Riyadh.
[00:00:31] نیافتند.
[00:00:39] Continued Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities despite the alleged
[00:00:42] agreement. Zelensky says if Washington guarantees Moscow's
[00:00:46] commitment, an energy ceasefire will be a step towards
[00:00:49] peace.
[00:00:51] The British Prime Minister's plan for closer ties with the European Union.
[00:00:55] The program believes that Brexit has harmed Britain
[00:00:58] more than it has benefited it.
[00:01:01] Disagreement over data center
[00:01:04] development in one of the warmest US states. The discussion about
[00:01:08] this has also made its way into the midterm congressional elections.
[00:01:34] on Saudi Arabia, flights across the country have
[00:01:37] been widely disrupted. Riyadh International Airport has
[00:01:41] canceled almost all of its flights. The airport was
[00:01:44] targeted for the second consecutive day yesterday by deadly Houthi
[00:01:48] attacks. Saudi Arabia has promised a serious response to these
[00:01:52] attacks. Inside Yemen, fighting between government forces supported
[00:01:56] by Saudi Arabia has focused on the southern province of Taiz.
[00:02:03] New images of the moment a missile hit Riyadh
[00:02:06] International Airport on Saturday.
[00:02:09] The deadliest attack on Saudi soil in over a
[00:02:12] decade. Attacks for which the Houthi rebels in Yemen, an Iranian-backed
[00:02:16] militia group, have claimed responsibility.
[00:02:19] Attacks that have not stopped.
[00:02:22] For the second time in two days, another deadly attack on the same
[00:02:26] airport on Sunday afternoon.
[00:03:30] published images that show the bombing of Houthi
[00:03:33] positions in Taiz, a city that was besieged
[00:03:36] by this militant group. In an effort by the Houthis
[00:03:40] to repel government forces and control
[00:03:44] more areas of Yemen, the governor
[00:03:46] of Taiz says that fuel and medicine are running out and
[00:03:50] has warned about the possibility of a humanitarian
[00:03:52] catastrophe.
[00:03:57] The Yemeni government is also trying to liberate
[00:04:04] the group that was captured in recent weeks.
[00:04:06] On the other hand, the Houthis'
[00:04:09] publication of these images
[00:04:13] says that they forced government forces to retreat.
[00:04:15] کردند.
[00:04:18] Iran, which financially and militarily supports the Houthis,
[00:04:22] has expressed concern about the escalation of conflict between this group and Saudi
[00:04:25] Arabia. We have declared our readiness to use
[00:04:28] برای
[00:04:30] our good offices to help
[00:04:33] in dialogue between the two sides.
[00:04:36] We believe that the continuation and escalation
[00:04:39] of tension will only benefit
[00:04:43] برداری
[00:04:46] the Zionist regime in the region.
[00:04:47] However, from Saudi Arabia's perspective,
[00:04:50] these scenes at Riyadh airport are a sign of the fulfillment
[00:04:54] of the threat that Iran had previously raised, that its
[00:04:57] response to the action.
[00:05:12] Our senior Middle East affairs correspondent is with us from Beirut. Nafiseh, the region
[00:05:16] has really never been in such
[00:05:19] turmoil and insecurity,
[00:05:22] especially concerning the energy
[00:05:26] markets.
[00:05:27] No,
[00:05:31] it really has never been this bad.
[00:05:34] The Houthi attacks have increased,
[00:05:38] but it seemed unlikely
[00:05:46] that they would target the country's main airports.
[00:05:50] However, on one hand,
[00:05:53] despite Iran's attempts to distance itself from
[00:05:57] the events between the Houthis and
[00:06:00] Saudi Arabia, the interpretation
[00:06:04] of this situation is that Tehran
[00:06:07] wants to present a small model
[00:06:10] of the situation
[00:06:12] that would arise if a new
[00:06:15] round of war between the US and
[00:06:18] Israel against Iran were to begin, especially if Iranian
[00:06:22] infrastructure and airports were to be targeted
[00:06:26] again. This time, countries like Saudi Arabia
[00:06:29] and other countries in the region
[00:06:33] could also lose their airports
[00:06:36] and infrastructure entirely
[00:06:40] due to such attacks. This
[00:06:43] could be considered an indirect warning or
[00:06:46] message. But
[00:06:50] on one side, we have the war in Ukraine, which, as
[00:06:54] you mentioned in the headlines
[00:06:56] at the beginning of the program, has not yet ended,
[00:07:00] despite the US saying that it was
[00:07:03] establishing an energy ceasefire. On this side,
[00:07:06] we see that the Strait of Hormuz is still closed.
[00:07:09] Saudi Arabia is under attack.
[00:07:18] has changed hands, but it is still
[00:07:21] under Houthi control, and this has made the situation
[00:07:25] more complicated than ever before in the region, which,
[00:07:28] of course, Jamal, indicates that a bigger
[00:07:31] crisis is probably ahead. How are
[00:07:35] things in other parts of the region? Because it seems
[00:07:38] now, at least from the daily news, that there is some
[00:07:42] calm in Lebanon. We hear less about the tensions
[00:07:45] between Lebanon, Hezbollah, and Israel, and also from Gaza.
[00:07:49] And the situation
[00:07:50] in Iraq?
[00:07:54] If we want to talk about Lebanon, the attacks are still continuing.
[00:07:58] This morning, there were several bombings in southern Lebanon.
[00:08:02] It's true that perhaps the casualties or deaths
[00:08:05] are not as high as in the past, but at
[00:08:09] least two people have been killed in the past two
[00:08:12] days. One person due to the explosion of ammunition
[00:08:16] that was there in southern Lebanon was
[00:08:20] killed. And in northern Israel, a report just came
[00:08:23] out that an unexploded
[00:08:26] missile apparently exploded
[00:08:30] and injured 20 people. But the war is still
[00:08:34] going on in that region. Over Iraq, we are
[00:08:37] hearing reports that I myself have been able to confirm
[00:08:41] from some sources that in the skies
[00:08:44] of Iraq, Israeli fighter jets,
[00:08:47] accompanied by refueling aircraft, have been maneuvering
[00:08:50] for the past two days on the border
[00:08:53] with Iran, which suggests
[00:08:57] that Israel is also preparing for
[00:09:00] some kind of attack or operation.
[00:09:03] It should be noted that the withdrawal of some
[00:09:06] of the coalition forces, especially some
[00:09:09] of the American forces from Iraq,
[00:09:13] along with their tracking systems, has also provided
[00:09:16] an excuse for Israel to operate much
[00:09:19] more easily over Iraq.
[00:09:23] And it seems, based on reports published in Israeli
[00:09:26] and American media, that Washington has even given
[00:09:30] Israel the green light to use Iraqi airspace
[00:09:33] more than before
[00:09:46] judiciary says it has executed a person for cooperating
[00:09:50] with Jaish al-Adl. Iranian security and judicial
[00:09:54] agencies claim that Omar
[00:09:57] Darostaran provided ammunition and
[00:10:00] weapons for this armed Baluch movement and identified
[00:10:03] military bases. In a separate news item,
[00:10:07] Iranian police announced that they have arrested
[00:10:10] members of a team linked to recent attacks on police stations
[00:10:13] in Sistan-Baluchestan province.
[00:10:16] In southern France, two teachers were wounded in a shooting
[00:10:19] at a school near Marseille. A 14-year-old
[00:10:22] student was targeted. The two arrested
[00:10:26] individuals are said to have non-life-threatening injuries. French media,
[00:10:30] quoting local officials, reported that the shooting
[00:10:34] was not related to nationwide
[00:10:36] school protests.
[00:10:38] Pakistan has confirmed the arrest of the Chief Minister of Khyber
[00:10:42] Pakhtunkhwa province in the country's northeast. Suhail Afridi
[00:10:46] was arrested after his removal and the declaration of a state
[00:10:49] of emergency by Islamabad. Afridi and members
[00:10:53] of his government from the party.
[00:11:10] has dissolved the local government due to its inability to control
[00:11:14] armed groups opposing the government.
[00:11:16] کرده.
[00:11:19] Despite Donald Trump's remarks about stopping reciprocal Russian
[00:11:23] and Ukrainian attacks on energy infrastructure, Kyiv says that
[00:11:26] the Kremlin has continued its attacks. According to Ukraine's
[00:11:30] oil and gas company, nighttime Russian attacks on gas
[00:11:34] production facilities in Kharkiv have caused fires and damage
[00:11:37] to equipment. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky emphasized
[00:11:41] that the US should pressure Russia, not ease its sanctions
[00:11:45] and give concessions to Moscow. According to him, an energy
[00:11:48] ceasefire could be a step towards ending the war,
[00:11:52] but only if the US ensures that
[00:11:55] Russia will abide by it. An hour
[00:11:58] before, we asked Ahmad Vakhshiteh, professor of political science at the Peoples'
[00:12:02] Friendship University of Russia, about the continuation of these
[00:12:06] attacks despite the alleged ceasefire. In my opinion,
[00:12:09] before we address who violated this ceasefire,
[00:12:13] we should consider whether there was even
[00:12:17] an agreement with a clear definition, a specific
[00:12:20] time, or a verification
[00:12:22] mechanism to be able to talk about its violation
[00:12:26] or implementation. But it seems the matter became
[00:12:29] very serious when Mr. Trump
[00:12:32] announced the issue of allowing the sale of Russian
[00:12:36] diesel to the US, and almost immediately
[00:12:40] after this news, about an hour after
[00:12:43] this, there was an attack on the
[00:12:46] Rostov refinery in Russia
[00:12:49] from Ukraine, and after
[00:12:53] that, we witnessed
[00:12:57] that Russia and Ukraine agreed to a mutual
[00:13:00] ceasefire on attacks on energy facilities.
[00:13:03] Well, after these statements, Mr. Zelensky
[00:13:07] gave an interview to Axios, expressing his ignorance,
[00:13:11] saying it was unexpected and that he didn't know
[00:13:14] when it would be implemented. Russia also
[00:13:17] didn't say anything or comment, but on
[00:13:21] the other side, we didn't just see a ceasefire;
[00:13:25] for example, just yesterday, the Russian Defense
[00:13:28] Ministry announced that 151 drones attacked Russian
[00:13:31] territory, and only 10 of them
[00:13:35] were exactly after Mr. Trump's statements.
[00:13:38] And the point that,
[00:13:42] in my opinion, went even further than
[00:13:45] yesterday was that it didn't just target Ukraine's energy
[00:13:49] infrastructure, but also
[00:13:51] the data
[00:13:55] centers. It targeted three cities, including
[00:13:59] Vladimir, which is north of Moscow, and two other cities
[00:14:03] near Moscow. It seems that the drone war
[00:14:06] has even gone beyond refineries, power plants,
[00:14:10] and energy lines, and has targeted
[00:14:13] computational infrastructure and cloud services,
[00:14:16] specifically entering the realm of artificial
[00:14:19] intelligence. It seems that the war itself,
[00:14:23] which,
[00:14:28] in my opinion, has entered a new phase of deterrence
[00:14:31] through economic and digital damage. Each of
[00:14:35] the parties is also trying to inflict more damage
[00:14:38] on the other side so that they can create
[00:14:41] deterrence. But this deterrence
[00:14:45] itself is a threat to the other side, and
[00:14:49] that side creates a greater threat, and this
[00:14:52] is, in fact, the theory.
[00:14:58] You create a threat, but that threat itself creates a greater
[00:15:02] threat, and a cycle has formed. Ahmad
[00:15:05] Vakhshiteh explained. A look back at the most important news
[00:15:09] headlines of this program: With the continuation of Houthi attacks
[00:15:12] on Saudi airports, representatives of some of the world's largest
[00:15:16] oil companies withdrew from attending the Riyadh energy
[00:15:19] conference. The President of Ukraine says that if the US
[00:15:23] guarantees Russia's commitment, an energy ceasefire could
[00:15:27] lead to peace. In the continuation
[00:15:29] of this program. Disagreement over data center
[00:15:33] development in one of the warmest US states. The discussion about
[00:15:36] this has
[00:15:46] in the first session of the House of Commons after the holidays, and it is expected that he will emphasize closer
[00:15:50] ties with the European Union in this speech. Andy
[00:15:54] Burnham is also expected to say in this speech that Brexit
[00:15:58] has harmed Britain more than it has benefited it. He will probably
[00:16:02] say that a new agreement with Brussels can help
[00:16:06] control illegal immigration and economic
[00:16:37] growth. One of his plans is to try to follow the policy
[00:16:41] of Mr. Starmer, who wanted to return to Europe.
[00:16:44] Of course, Mr. Starmer knew that it wouldn't happen
[00:16:48] so quickly, and he was waiting, but Mr.
[00:16:51] Burnham seems to be in a hurry on this issue.
[00:16:55] If that's the case, he cannot do this in this
[00:16:58] round of elections, in this round of parliament, because
[00:17:02] returning to Europe was not part of the commitments
[00:17:05] made for this term of parliament.
[00:17:09] Therefore, he has to do several things: either he has
[00:17:13] to win, or he has to call new elections.
[00:17:16] He's not worried about new elections because the number
[00:17:20] of Labour Party representatives will probably
[00:17:23] decrease, but in parliament as a whole,
[00:17:26] there is a very large alliance for returning to the European
[00:17:30] Union, meaning the Liberal Democrats,
[00:17:33] the Scottish National Party, the Green Party, and
[00:17:37] a large part of the Labour Party, and perhaps a small
[00:17:41] number of Conservatives, want to return because
[00:17:44] everyone now agrees that leaving the European
[00:17:48] Union has caused economic damage, as you said
[00:17:52] Mr. Burnham announced. But you see, the issue
[00:17:55] of immigration, which he raised to stand up
[00:17:59] to the Reform Party, because one of
[00:18:03] Labour's biggest rivals
[00:18:06] in the upcoming elections is the Reform
[00:18:10] Party, and the Reform
[00:18:13] Party's biggest winning card is preventing
[00:18:17] immigration. Therefore,
[00:18:20] Mr. Burnham has raised this issue
[00:18:24] to assure voters that he too
[00:18:27] can, through legal means, and without, for example,
[00:18:31] Mr. Farage, who talks
[00:18:34] a lot, because he was previously
[00:18:37] a big supporter of leaving the European Union, and
[00:18:41] it turned out he lied a bit. Therefore, he
[00:18:45] can attract people's attention to vote for
[00:18:48] him, so that he might be able to address
[00:18:51] the issue of immigration more
[00:18:54] logically with Europe. They can reach
[00:18:58] a solution because Europe is also
[00:19:01] in a lot of trouble with this issue.
[00:19:05] It's not just a British problem; it's a European
[00:19:08] problem. But let me add another point.
[00:19:12] If you have any other questions, I will answer them later.
[00:19:15] But another point is that if he waits until
[00:19:19] 2029-2030, which is the end of
[00:19:23] this parliamentary term, it's unclear who will be
[00:19:26] in power in France or Germany, who are the two
[00:19:30] major players in the European
[00:19:34] Union. In France, Ms. Le Pen's
[00:19:37] party might win. In Germany,
[00:19:41] as we saw, the right-wing
[00:19:43] party,
[00:19:45] if I'm not mistaken, has the upper
[00:19:48] hand. So that's also a risk
[00:19:52] if he waits until then.
[00:19:55] But overall, all expert
[00:19:58] opinions suggest that in the current global
[00:20:02] situation, where China and the US
[00:20:05] are two major powers, and Russia
[00:20:09] is an enemy of Europe,
[00:20:12] strengthening a European bloc to stand against
[00:20:16] this very unstable world is of
[00:20:20] great importance.
[00:20:35] central bank governors of countries gathered in Bangkok,
[00:20:39] the capital of Thailand, for the annual joint
[00:20:43] meeting of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. This gathering
[00:20:46] is being held while the war in Iran and Ukraine has
[00:20:50] increased energy prices and interest rates, negatively impacting
[00:20:53] global economic growth. However, according to the Director of the International
[00:20:57] Monetary Fund, extensive investments in artificial intelligence are
[00:21:01] helping to maintain economic growth, even though this
[00:21:15] by without a new warning about the dangers of this
[00:21:18] technology, but the acceleration
[00:21:22] of artificial intelligence development has already had
[00:21:25] a global impact. This increased
[00:21:28] speed is what has kept global economic growth at around
[00:21:32] 3%, despite the energy supply shock pulling
[00:21:35] us down. The IMF says that
[00:21:39] very powerful forces are putting
[00:21:41] pressure on the global economy and pulling
[00:21:45] it in two different directions. Artificial intelligence is accelerating
[00:21:49] growth. We see this in the investments of
[00:21:52] American companies, stock prices, and increased consumer demand.
[00:21:56] On the other hand, energy markets are acting as a brake.
[00:22:00] High oil and gas prices are causing inflation
[00:22:03] and putting pressure on household budgets.
[00:22:06] The escalation of conflicts between Yemeni Houthis and Saudi
[00:22:09] Arabia and disruptions to shipping in the Strait
[00:22:13] of Bab al-Mandeb, along with the ongoing war in Iran
[00:22:17] and the difficulty of passing through the Strait of Hormuz,
[00:22:20] have caused the price of Brent crude oil, the global
[00:22:24] market benchmark, to remain above $100 per barrel
[00:22:28] for most of the past month. With rising prices for products
[00:22:31] like gasoil, the US President announced on Friday that an
[00:22:35] agreement had been reached with Russia to inject 300,000 tons
[00:22:38] of gasoil into the global market. We still have a very tense
[00:22:42] situation. The crude oil market is calmer than the
[00:22:45] refined products market because, with the lack of efficient
[00:22:49] refineries outside the Strait of Hormuz, many Asian refineries
[00:22:53] also don't receive enough crude oil. But when
[00:22:56] you look at the price of crude oil, for example,
[00:22:59] Brent, keep in mind that this price does not
[00:23:03] include transportation costs, which have skyrocketed, and
[00:23:07] you probably need to add about $40 per barrel
[00:23:10] for shipping, insurance, and other expenses. Beyond
[00:23:14] the energy crisis, the concern of global
[00:23:17] economic leaders at the annual meeting
[00:23:50] When we reach middle- and low-income countries,
[00:23:54] the opportunity for artificial intelligence to create jobs and increase
[00:23:57] productivity is immense.
[00:24:02] This technology is advancing so rapidly that all
[00:24:06] predictions about its impact in the near
[00:24:09] future may even turn out to be wrong,
[00:24:12] let alone in the coming decades.
[00:24:15] Behrang Tajdin,
[00:24:18] BBC News.
[00:24:23] Data centers are technology infrastructures
[00:24:26] that the rapid growth of AI depends on. That's why Donald
[00:24:29] Trump, the US president, who is looking to compete
[00:24:33] with China in AI, supports their expansion. But
[00:24:37] not everyone in the US agrees with him, including
[00:24:39] the Arizona Attorney General, who has called for a halt
[00:24:43] to new permits for these centers. Such disagreements
[00:24:47] have made data centers one of the
[00:25:27] slowdown in the development of this technology means giving up the competition
[00:25:30] to China. When you look at this neighborhood from a distance, it looks
[00:25:34] like an ordinary suburban neighborhood. But the story changes when
[00:25:38] you notice the massive data centers expanding around it. Here
[00:25:41] in Arizona, where people are already struggling with extreme heat
[00:25:45] and drought, concerns about the consequences of the
[00:25:49] center have increased pressure on the
[00:26:33] network. Here, on a normal day, residents feel a temperature
[00:26:37] increase of about two degrees Fahrenheit. This means they have
[00:26:41] to use their air conditioners more, which also increases their electricity
[00:26:44] bill, and probably their garden
[00:26:47] watering costs will go up as well. But some residents consider these facilities
[00:26:51] to be part of the technologies they already depend on.
[00:26:54] I don't think there's a problem, and I'm actually a bit
[00:26:57] excited. I just bought a Tesla that's self-driving, and I know
[00:27:01] that capability needs a lot of data.
[00:27:20] rejected selling land to data center developers. When I think about how hard my grandfather
[00:27:24] worked on this farm, the thought of it not being here
[00:27:28] anymore is really difficult for me. Given that Donald Trump
[00:27:31] is a strong supporter of these
[00:27:43] are facing multiple issues that affect their decisions. One of these
[00:27:47] issues is the expansion of artificial intelligence, which changes their
[00:27:51] lives and the outlook of their surroundings. Shahim Khalil, BBC