PRESSTV — broadcast 20261011 080000 UTC 436 transcript segments Google Speech-to-Text API Automatic Transcription (Chirp) Data courtesy of The GDELT Project (https://www.gdeltproject.org/), from the Internet Archive TV News Archive. Machine transcription. Treat it as a searchable index of what was broadcast, not a verbatim quotation record. [00:00:00] top headlines: Iran slams [00:00:02] of Trump's claim about an Iranian attack on the American soil, saying US [00:00:06] of leaders [00:00:07] of conjure up an imaginary enemy to frighten their own [00:00:10] people. Despite earlier [00:00:13] in denials, the Pentagon admits that the number of troops killed in the aggression [00:00:17] against Iran is higher than previously reported with nearly [00:00:21] 900 injuries. [00:00:24] And finally, [00:00:25] in this hour, Trump and Zelensky trade barbs over the announced diesel deal with [00:00:29] Russia. with the US president saying Ukraine needs [00:00:32] in a new [00:00:36] in leader. [00:00:48] in Hello and welcome everyone, you're watching Press TV, world news. Let's go ahead and get started with [00:00:52] this hours top [00:00:54] of stories. Iran's foreign ministry spokesman has [00:00:57] slammed [00:00:58] the US president's latest claim. about a possible Iranian attack [00:01:02] on the American soil, saying the real enemy [00:01:04] of the American people is their own administration. Ismail Bagai [00:01:08] made the remarks [00:01:09] in a social media post after Donald Trump suggested in a public [00:01:13] address that Iran could take out the cities of Los Angeles [00:01:17] and San Diego. Iran's foreign ministry spokesman said to [00:01:20] frighten their own people, US leaders conjure up an imaginary [00:01:24] enemy in the sky to overshadow the real threat on the [00:01:28] ground. He added that the real Danger to American people [00:01:31] lies [00:01:32] in a ruling establishment that has imposed an illegal war [00:01:35] on the world with global consequences. He noted that Trump [00:01:39] has even described the [00:01:41] of destruction of Los Angeles and San Diego as quote, very [00:01:45] small price to [00:01:46] of pay. Baghay said this is textbook example [00:01:50] of the politics of fear, frightening people with an imaginary threat, [00:01:54] portraying the [00:01:55] of destruction [00:01:55] of their own cities as acceptable price to pay and [00:01:58] diverting their attention. from the real [00:02:00] danger. [00:02:04] Meanwhile, Iran's top security official says the US has suffered [00:02:08] defeat [00:02:09] of of after defeats against [00:02:10] of Iran, and that's why Washington has turned to economic [00:02:14] war against the country. In an [00:02:16] a exclusive interview with Press TV major general Mohsin Rai [00:02:19] said, the US has failed even to end the war. The [00:02:23] secretary [00:02:24] of the Supreme National Security Council said, an end is in [00:02:28] the hands of Iran [00:02:29] of and they... will not stop their resistance until they get what is rightfully [00:02:33] theirs. Razay added that the US is the root [00:02:37] of the problem concerning the straight of hormos. The general said Iran [00:02:40] seeks management [00:02:41] of the straight to ensure regional security, especially in the [00:02:45] Persian gulf. Atsie also warn that American [00:02:49] assets, including key data and AI sensors will be [00:02:52] struck if the US wages another act of aggression against [00:02:56] Iran. You can view the full interview on Press TV in the... [00:03:00] of hours, well, [00:03:04] despite earlier denials, the US war department has admitted that [00:03:08] the number of troops who have died in the aggression against Iran is [00:03:12] higher than previously reported. According to the Washington Post, the [00:03:16] Pentagon in its latest report has raised the official death tool [00:03:20] of US troops linked to military aggression against Iran to [00:03:23] 201, acknowledging that two additional deaths had not [00:03:27] previously been included in its [00:03:29] of figures. the newly included deaths are an army major who died [00:03:33] in Kuwait on March the 6th and an unidentified navy service member [00:03:37] who died by suicide in September. The updated figures also [00:03:41] showed that [00:03:42] of 865 US service members have been also wounded during [00:03:46] the aggression against Iran. Separately, the US [00:03:49] of military confirmed the death of another soldier in Iraq claiming that [00:03:53] he lost his life [00:03:54] in a training accident unrelated to the aggression against [00:03:57] Iran. The update came after the war Washington Post reported [00:04:01] last month that the number of casualties from the war was greater than what the [00:04:05] Pentagon has disclosed publicly. At the time US War secretary [00:04:09] Pete Hagsath called that reports a complete [00:04:12] lie. For [00:04:16] his part, author and journalist Robert Fantina says, although Trump [00:04:19] portrays the aggression against Iran as [00:04:22] of necessary and downplays its human and financial cost, the American [00:04:26] public sees it as an unnecessary war of choice that has been [00:04:30] very [00:04:30] costly, [00:04:35] now the [00:04:37] of recent revision of [00:04:39] of numbers up to 21, one might say is only two [00:04:43] soldiers, however for those two soldiers [00:04:46] and that's extremely significant, and the fact [00:04:49] that this government was willing to ignore them or avoid their [00:04:53] reality, certainly degraded to not only those [00:04:57] victims and their loves but all the military. who are being forced [00:05:01] into this uh awful situation, [00:05:04] so Donald Trump wants the US [00:05:08] poc to look [00:05:09] of at this as something [00:05:10] of unimportant, not costly in terms. of lives or money [00:05:14] and just just necessary military adventure, it is none [00:05:18] of those things, it has been extremely costly in terms of lives and [00:05:21] money, and it is a completely [00:05:24] unnecessary and illegal and immoral aggression [00:05:28] against Iran. there does seem to be something a little unusual about [00:05:32] that if nearly 900 were injured and only [00:05:36] 21 died and again I'm not minimizing any way the lives of those 21 were [00:05:40] lost, but it does seem to be a... rather strange [00:05:43] proportion, now the soldier who died in [00:05:46] Kuwait apparently was killed when [00:05:50] the uh Iranian forces attacked US [00:05:54] bases in in Kuwait, so the fact that only one [00:05:58] person died in that uh, we can see it as fortunate, but is [00:06:02] it true? another [00:06:05] news US president Donald Trump says it's time for Ukraine to get [00:06:09] new president after he announced a deal with Russia on diesel [00:06:12] supplies. Trump said Ukrainian President Voladimir Zelensky could [00:06:16] have ended the war with Russia many times, but chose not to. He [00:06:20] criticized Zelinsky for ignoring warnings against striking Russian [00:06:24] refining facilities, saying Kief had been told not to hit the [00:06:28] refineries because of its fallout a global scale. Trump's [00:06:31] comment came as the Ukrainian president said the oil agreement [00:06:35] looks like a quote birthday present for the Russian president. Trump [00:06:39] had said on Friday that the deal with Russia over diesel. supplies will [00:06:43] lower fuel prices. He added that Vladimir Putin agreed to [00:06:47] sell more than 300,000 tons of diesel to the U.S. and [00:06:51] global markets. Analysts have cast doubt that the agreements will [00:06:54] bring down energy costs [00:06:56] worldwide. Well now joining us for [00:07:00] more analysis on the story is Mr. Greg Simons, professor [00:07:04] of journalism at Daffadil University there in Dhaka, [00:07:07] Bangladesh. Professor, as always a pleasure have you with us and let's go ahead start [00:07:11] off with a question, is this again the same [00:07:15] narrative that history has shown us that the US is playing a card being played [00:07:19] that when they're done with someone is time to either replace them or completely get rid [00:07:22] them? yeah, well mean [00:07:25] it's it's just us geopolitics all [00:07:29] over again which is played throughout history when [00:07:33] a proxy or a pawn is no longer [00:07:37] useful that discarded or got rid of and this [00:07:41] and Solinsky is outlasted his use a long [00:07:44] time, the fact that he he seems to have forgotten his [00:07:48] place, he he is not a [00:07:51] subject of this war, he is an object of [00:07:54] it, and zelinski and [00:07:58] ukraine are not netanjahu in Israel, they [00:08:02] don't hold the same position, so Zilinski has been [00:08:05] playing a dangerous game and it seems to be coming to an [00:08:09] end, and a professor in regards of... [00:08:13] to this uh deal as Donald Trump is saying of course that they have agreed [00:08:17] with Russia and regards to the diesel, again we've been waiting [00:08:20] for uh claims and statements by of course of [00:08:24] Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin and stuff in this regard, but uh would you agree with some [00:08:28] analyst that are saying that completely opposite with Donald Trump is saying that this [00:08:32] deal, if true okay, that they doubt that it will bring down the [00:08:35] energy cost specifically what we're seeing economically across the [00:08:38] world, well trump he we [00:08:42] he communicates, he doesn't communicate [00:08:46] regarding effects and [00:08:49] results, what he communicates, it's a [00:08:53] performative action the communication, the communication [00:08:57] is meant to make trump look good, this this [00:09:00] nonsense like art the deal and so forth, so it [00:09:04] looks as though he's achieved something, when in [00:09:08] fact the results and what is going to happen are [00:09:11] very question. so this is [00:09:15] very low quality jinga istic [00:09:19] propaganda because November the 3rd you [00:09:23] have the mid-term elections and this is very desperate [00:09:26] attempt to make it look as though he is still somehow [00:09:29] in charge of events around the world which he [00:09:33] has initiated by his reckless wars of [00:09:37] choice on Iran and professor I [00:09:40] mean in regards what we know about personality of course on screen and [00:09:44] off-screen and the decisions that have uh been or not of course been [00:09:48] made by him in that regard from what we have been seeing between Russia and Ukraine and [00:09:52] the NATO uh do you think that he's going to go ahead and put up any kind of [00:09:56] fight in regards to this decision by Donald [00:09:59] Trump? well I mean [00:10:02] Trump is lashing out at the moment [00:10:06] whether he sticks to this decision or not is another [00:10:10] question uh because he has free for changing his [00:10:13] mind, mean if we go back not so long ago he had [00:10:17] that very loud falling out in the white house but then [00:10:21] seem to make up, but yeah mean zelinsky. [00:10:26] uh, he he is not of any use, he is a liability to [00:10:30] Trump coming up to this mid-term, [00:10:34] and I mean, there is no way that Zelinski [00:10:38] is any political position to [00:10:41] negotiate a sesation to this [00:10:45] war, because if he does, [00:10:48] those extremist forces in the Kiv regime are [00:10:52] likely to kill him, so Zelinski has... to [00:10:55] go, he is a rather desperate [00:10:59] situation, just like Trump is a desperate situation of a [00:11:03] zone making. And my last question, professor, in that [00:11:06] regard is, if Zelinski is indeed changed and Ukraine does have [00:11:10] new leader, how would that play out in regards to the geopolitical [00:11:14] situation, I mean the ongoing war between Russia and [00:11:17] Ukraine? Well, I mean, the [00:11:21] problem for Trump now is that he he. [00:11:25] Maybe understands that Ukraine is definitively [00:11:29] losing the war militarily at this stage and a [00:11:33] military age and a military [00:11:36] defeat uh for a political [00:11:39] defeat for not only Ukraine and Europe [00:11:43] but the United States too. Trump does not want to be [00:11:46] seen holding the bag as they [00:11:50] say in English that [00:11:52] is to be the one uh his [00:11:55] presidency witnesses humiliating [00:11:59] defeat that the west has been trying to inflict [00:12:02] on Russia. well on that point, as always like to thank you very [00:12:06] much for joining us during this hour's bulletin, professor of journalism at Daffadil University in [00:12:10] Dalka Bangladesh, Mr. Greg [00:12:12] Simons. Crossing now over [00:12:16] to a senior unsada law official who has praised the recent victories [00:12:20] the Yemani armed forces warning Saudi Arabia will get more [00:12:23] painful and design. of blows if it continues its crimes against the [00:12:27] people of Yeman. In an online post, Muhammad Ali Al-Huthi [00:12:31] further warned that the continuation the Saudi [00:12:34] aggression and blockade would bring Riod more humiliating [00:12:38] defeats rather than victory. The Supreme Political Council [00:12:42] members said Saudis have been committing atrocities against Yemen for [00:12:46] the past 12 years and that they brought them no victory. He [00:12:50] further condemned the Saudi disregard for Yemani lives as a [00:12:53] clear violation. of international law, hoti vowed a [00:12:57] continued resistance amid renewed Saudi attacks on his [00:13:01] country. [00:13:04] Meanwhile, thousands of people have held a protest in the Portuguese [00:13:08] capital of Lisbon, as they're unhappy with cost of living, high [00:13:12] rents and low [00:13:13] wages. [00:13:24] Acompanhar. [00:14:12] wages are not keeping up with the rising living cost demanding better [00:14:15] access to housing and healthcare other Portuguese cities [00:14:19] including Porto and Braga witnessed similar [00:14:22] demonstrations. The rallies are held as according. to experts, many [00:14:26] are forced to remain in their parents homes or live further away from the cities [00:14:30] where they work. Analysts say the housing crisis in the European [00:14:33] country is compounded by rising food, fuel and [00:14:37] energy prices, leaving households with less purchasing [00:14:40] power. [00:14:45] Thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets the Turkish city of [00:14:49] Istanbul and support of Palestinians demanding an end to [00:14:52] Israel's genocidal war on Gaza. [00:15:25] game and stop the bloodshed. [00:15:28] waving a palestinian and turkish flag's demonstrators marched through [00:15:32] Istanbul on the global day of action for Palestine. They called for [00:15:36] global pressure on Israel saying that remaining neutral in the face the [00:15:40] genocide amounts to complicity. on the third anniversary the [00:15:44] beginning the genocidal war, a considerable number of cities around the [00:15:48] globe has been the scene of pro- palestine [00:15:51] rallies. [00:15:57] crossing now over to Venezuela where people have rallied in the capital [00:16:01] of Caracus and solidarity with the Palestinian people and to [00:16:04] condemn three years of genocide in Gaza. Demonstrators say [00:16:08] Palestine has become a symbol of resistance and human [00:16:12] dignity, linking the Palestinian struggle against occupation and [00:16:16] colonialism to the historical experiences of Latin [00:16:19] American [00:16:20] people. [00:16:24] Well, defending Palestine is, a way, what people today refer to as the [00:16:28] cause of humanity, understanding that colonialist actions and acts of [00:16:32] occupation are issues that are just as relevant to us as Latin American [00:16:36] peoples, so it's a connection. [00:16:37] Palestine [00:16:53] calls upon and unites critical voices, voices of solidarity [00:16:57] and the compassion of peoples and here we are from Venezuela, the [00:17:02] for solidarity Venezuelan with [00:17:03] movement Palestine [00:17:05] and other social organizations, making [00:17:07] this exhibition possible. call for solidarity to denounce the genocide, to denounce and [00:17:11] demand an end to the genocide that over the past three years, [00:17:14] well has claimed the lives of 75,00 people, most [00:17:18] them minors, children, mothers, pregnant women and [00:17:22] infants, and y [00:17:26] lamentablemente no lo podemos aceptar, porque se han cumplido [00:17:30] recientemente el 7 de octubre, october 7th, marked the third [00:17:33] anniversary of a genocide intensified by the Israeli regime, [00:17:38] but we must remember that there have been more than 79 years of apartate [00:17:41] occupation and perpetual, flagrant colonialism [00:17:45] by the occupying regime which constantly oppresses the [00:17:49] Palestinian people. What we have witnessed over the past three years has been an [00:17:52] intensification of what Palestinians have actually endured for more than seven [00:17:56] decades. So it is a collective responsibility, a [00:18:00] global, international responsibility to join our voices and take [00:18:04] concrete actions, actions that unite us. through [00:18:07] culture, music, activism, calls for boycots, or [00:18:11] calls for sanctions, so that international law is respected, so that [00:18:15] palestine may be free and sovereign, so that the right of return is [00:18:19] fulfilled, and so that, well, finally, Palestine can be free from the [00:18:23] river to the sea, well across the [00:18:26] United States, protests were held against Washington's complicity in [00:18:30] three years of genocide in Gaza, the horrific devastation wage [00:18:34] by Israel would not be possible without the weapons and support [00:18:38] the United States. Ramen Mazeri has more from Washington [00:18:41] DC. [00:18:46] Supporters of Palestine across the United States joined the International [00:18:50] Global Day of Action on October 10th to finally stopped [00:18:54] the U.S. Israeli genocide in Gaza. The global [00:18:57] outrage took place on the day of last year's so-called [00:19:01] cease fire. Israel has attacked Gaza on almost [00:19:05] 330 out the path. 365 [00:19:09] days, killing almost 1,500 [00:19:12] gazins. For three years, no country other than [00:19:15] Israel has been more complicit in the horrors than Washington, where [00:19:19] a bipartisan effort has given Israel the military, [00:19:23] political and economic support required to murder at [00:19:26] least 3% of Gaza's entire population, with [00:19:30] the actual figure likely much higher. The generation in [00:19:34] America that was raised with the idea that we won the... ideological [00:19:38] war and uh we [00:19:39] are the good guys that abide by the human rights um [00:19:42] have seen definitively that that is false [00:19:45] uh the um our leaders whether they are democrat or [00:19:49] republican uh do not value human rights or human life? i [00:19:52] think it doesn't matter where this democrat or republicans it's unacceptable to [00:19:56] fund this this is absolutely horrid [00:19:58] and we're watching it live streamed on tiktok instagram and through our phones it's [00:20:02] it's absolutely unacceptable and it needs that now in what many believe [00:20:06] is a prelute? due to attempt at Israeli occupation, [00:20:10] 82% of Gaza's buildings have been destroyed, [00:20:13] displacing 90% the population, most the water [00:20:17] and sanitation network has been demolished, along with [00:20:21] 90% of schools and 300 journalists have been killed [00:20:24] in the last three years, but unlike past Israeli [00:20:28] war crimes, this one couldn't be covered up. the social [00:20:32] media is on our side now, before it [00:20:35] wasn't, um, the... propaganda is less now, people [00:20:39] are more aware uh, we definitely won media war, [00:20:43] people are more aware of what's going on in palestine, before a lot of people [00:20:47] didn't know what's going on, what's actually going on in palestine? In an [00:20:50] enormous political shift, polls now show that Americans [00:20:54] sympathize more with Palestinians than with Israelis, as [00:20:58] the first ever live stream genocide has finally revealed to the [00:21:02] entire world what the Zionist imperialist project has [00:21:05] always been. Robin Masahari, press TV, Washington [00:21:09] DC. Meanwhile, the German [00:21:13] capital saw the largest demonstration for Palestine since last year on the [00:21:17] global day of action with tens of thousand. marching through [00:21:20] Berlin on Saturday, organized by the Coalition United for [00:21:24] Palestine, the demonstration was marked by zionist provocations, [00:21:28] heavy police presence and several arrests. Our [00:21:31] correspondent reports from [00:21:33] Berlin. [00:21:38] No peace on stolen land was the slogan of this demonstration marking [00:21:42] the third anniversary the luxaflot operation in Berlin. According [00:21:46] to the organizers around 20,00 participants, answered. [00:22:20] Germany continues to kill, displace and destroy. Speakers slammed the [00:22:23] ongoing German complicity in the genocide. The country is [00:22:27] Israel's second largest arms trader. Despite contrary [00:22:31] claims from the government, the arms trade to Israel has further [00:22:35] increased since the beginning the year, as late as august of [00:22:39] this year, Germany finished manufacturing a new submarine for [00:22:42] the Israeli army. The goal of [00:22:46] today's demonstration is to mobilize as many people as possible to hold. [00:22:58] show that 80% the German population opposes arms shipments to [00:23:01] Israel. We are standing here in the government district, directly opposite the [00:23:05] chancellor, and it is precisely here that we intend to make those voices heard. Paul [00:23:09] showed that the German population is overwhelmingly opposed to German [00:23:13] complicity in the genocide, but also to german assistants [00:23:17] in the U.S. Israeli aggression against Iran. One them. [00:23:50] police presents and several arrests were made for expressing support [00:23:54] for the resistance forces and for using the slogan from the river to the sea [00:23:57] palestine will be free. natur of course there were [00:24:01] some arrests too. unfortunately that is normal in Berlin, but [00:24:05] we succeeded because we were able to hold the demonstration. people made their [00:24:09] voices heard. we must keep going until the killing stops. that is [00:24:13] why i am here today. the united for gaza dem was another strong [00:24:17] statement from the german population to their. [00:24:35] Well that brings us to the end of this servers bulletin, thank you very much for watching and please stay tuned for [00:24:39] latest updates, goodbye for [00:24:40] now. [00:25:03] three years ago on October 7 the world changed, three [00:25:07] years on the anniversary is being marked against [00:25:10] backdrop that would have been difficult to imagine [00:25:14] before the genocide in Gaza began. Palestine is being [00:25:17] recognized by more countries, it's flag is being raised in [00:25:21] places where statehood was once beyond imagination, [00:25:25] the Palestinian cause has moved into international [00:25:29] courts, national parliaments, university campuses [00:25:32] and election campaigns and the numbers show [00:25:36] just how far it has traveled in 2024 nine [00:25:40] more countries recognized Palestine, in 2025 Britain [00:25:44] and Canada followed the first G7 countries to do so alongside [00:25:48] alongside France, Belgium. Luxembourg, malta, andora and [00:25:52] Monaco that bought the number of UN member states recognizing [00:25:55] Palestine to at least 151. Four the five [00:25:59] permanent members the security council now. is a [00:26:02] Palestinian state. At the United Nations, 143 [00:26:06] countries back Palestine's bid for full membership in [00:26:10] May 2024. Months later, [00:26:14] 124 countries voted for an end to Israel's [00:26:17] unlawful presence in the occupied Palestinian territory. These [00:26:21] are not symbolic numbers, they show where international [00:26:24] opinion has been moving. Then look at the streets. Researchers [00:26:28] counted around, researchers counted around 12. [00:26:33] 1400 pro Palestinian protests between [00:26:37] October 2023 and June 2024 23 and [00:26:41] June 2024, more than 3700 [00:26:44] protest days were record five educational institutions and the [00:26:48] movement did not stay outside politics, around [00:26:51] 704000 democratic primary [00:26:54] voters chose uncommitted during the 2024 [00:26:58] US primaries sending message about Washington's policy. [00:27:02] on Palestine. In Britain, five independent candidates [00:27:06] campaigning on Gaza, one parliamentary seats. The shift is [00:27:10] visible in public opinion to. In 2023, [00:27:13] 31% of Americans said they sympathized [00:27:17] more with Palestinians. By February 2026, that [00:27:21] figure had risen to 41%. Among Americans aged 18 [00:27:25] to 34, it reached 53%. And in pew survey across [00:27:28] 36 countries in 2026, a median of. [00:27:32] 67% expressed an unfavorable wave of Israel, but [00:27:36] October 7 did not only change the diplomatic and political [00:27:40] conversation, the genocide in Gaza triggered legal [00:27:43] reckoning. South Africa took Israel to the international [00:27:47] court of justice under the genocide convention. The international [00:27:51] criminal court later issued arrest warrants for Benjamin [00:27:54] Netanyahu and yo gallant for war crimes and crimes [00:27:58] against humanity. The Palestinian question was before the world's. [00:28:02] highest quotes, not just discussed at diplomatic summits, from [00:28:06] Gaza to Lebanon, from Gaza to Lebanon, from Lebanon [00:28:10] to Iran and by 2026 into the Persian Galf [00:28:14] and the straight of foremost. What began as Israel genocide in Gaza had [00:28:18] become regional war with consequences for global [00:28:21] energy and security. Three years after October 7. [00:28:25] Perhaps the clearest change is this. Palestine is no longer [00:28:29] being discussed only as a question waiting for. solution, it has become [00:28:33] a question, reshaping politics, law, [00:28:37] public opinion and the regional or i [00:28:41] may say global order [00:28:43] itself, [00:30:50] Welcome to Women of Resistance. Ibtisam Sulaiman [00:30:54] Abu Ghinima was displaced 15.