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[00:00:00] Initiatives
[00:00:15] of
[00:00:26] or ideas entering the public discourse so he can push for some
[00:00:30] breathing
[00:00:30] of room,
[00:00:31] in Russia's foreign minister dismisses Vladimir Zelanskis sease fire calls as
[00:00:35] apply to regroup Ukraine's forces and that's after Kiev demanded the
[00:00:39] guns fall silent for 60 days to allow
[00:00:42] elections. The more we help Ukraine, the
[00:00:45] sooner the war will be over. Brussels
[00:00:49] of adopts yet another package of anti-Russian sanctions with the EU hoping
[00:00:53] its 20 second round of restrictions will do what the previous 21 have
[00:00:57] failed
[00:00:58] of to, and that's bring Moscow to its knee.
[00:01:03] and India sees a third day of mass protests as demonstrators
[00:01:07] accused the ruling party of electoral fraud, with the government rejecting the
[00:01:11] accusations, we look into the root causes
[00:01:13] of the
[00:01:13] unrest.
[00:01:17] of
[00:01:22] This is RT international, bringing you news from around the globe. My name is
[00:01:26] Igor Piskanov, welcome to the
[00:01:28] of program for. will do anything to buy time to
[00:01:32] of regroup Ukraine's
[00:01:33] a forces, and that's the view of Russia's foreign minister, emit yet more talk from
[00:01:37] Kief of a
[00:01:38] ceasefire. In
[00:01:41] recent months, the call for a cease fire has
[00:01:44] of replaced the call for inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia, in
[00:01:47] the rhetoric of both Zelensky and his western masters. The
[00:01:51] of goal is singular and very simple, to buy time. He is
[00:01:55] even said he is willing to hold a presidential election, provided he
[00:01:59] is
[00:01:59] of given. two months to regroup. During that period, Europe could flood
[00:02:03] him with new weaponry to continue his terrorist war against the Russian
[00:02:07] people. But his famined astonishment regarding President Trump's statement
[00:02:11] reflects only one thing: that he desperately
[00:02:14] of wants to use any words, any initiatives and any ideas
[00:02:18] that enter the public sphere to
[00:02:20] a promote his interest in a breathing space, by hook or by crook.
[00:02:24] I do not believe
[00:02:25] he has earned such
[00:02:25] a respit, nor do I think we will once again fall for assurances or
[00:02:29] promises.
[00:02:33] of
[00:02:37] These objectives are well-known to everyone, we have never altered
[00:02:41] them, unlike the zigzags and evasions of Zelensky and his European
[00:02:47] a masters. of The political pressure on Vladimirsky is mounting on several
[00:02:51] fronts: first, the American president has stressed Ukraine is
[00:02:54] in need of new leadership. In response, Zelansky has demanded a
[00:02:58] 60-day total cease fire
[00:02:59] to prepare. the country to go to the polls, but it's not just
[00:03:03] electoral issues that have
[00:03:05] of brought of Zelinsky's old acting skills back on
[00:03:09] of display. after Washington announced the deal on Russian diesel exports, the
[00:03:13] decision was not well received
[00:03:14] of in Kiev and Vladimirsky in particular.
[00:03:18] of President Trump said that
[00:03:21] a um that we need Ukraine needs new president, so first of all
[00:03:24] with all respect to President Trump, uh,
[00:03:28] it's up to... our society, up to our
[00:03:32] of people to choose one or another leader. why
[00:03:36] are they blaming you for the continuation of this war?
[00:03:40] because these people can't find
[00:03:43] a key how to stop
[00:03:47] of Putin, because it's more
[00:03:51] difficult to stop Putin than to pressure
[00:03:55] others. political risk consultant and the
[00:03:59] lawyer.
[00:04:04] to make an enemy out of trump, the recent
[00:04:07] reaction, the outburs of anger
[00:04:11] from the
[00:04:12] of Ukrainian
[00:04:13] of leader after the quite historical words
[00:04:16] coming from the mouth
[00:04:19] of of the president
[00:04:19] of the United States Donald Trump that the democratic
[00:04:23] election should be um uh put in place in in
[00:04:27] Ukraine because the current leader is not so... his
[00:04:30] nation and the
[00:04:32] um its
[00:04:36] on rightfully um so basically um Mr.
[00:04:39] Zelinski is putting everything into one basket so basically
[00:04:43] she's he's playing a Russian quite simply
[00:04:47] put it because he's betting
[00:04:50] on democrats coming to
[00:04:52] of power after the midterms elections uh related to
[00:04:56] dispopularity
[00:04:57] of of the Donald Trump in the United States due to his. um
[00:05:01] unnecessary conflict with Iran, so uh, basically
[00:05:04] the the thinking in Brussels and both
[00:05:08] in in
[00:05:09] in in Kief and Brussels is that once the democrats will take the
[00:05:13] majority in the United States, the the previous scenario,
[00:05:17] which is continuation of maximum pressure on
[00:05:21] Russia and supplying Ukraine
[00:05:24] with money and weapons will
[00:05:27] continue, so I think that this is the one way
[00:05:31] streak um for for Mr. Zelinski, because maybe even if
[00:05:35] the democrats will come to power, still the Donald Trump is a
[00:05:39] president and has a significant influence. over the
[00:05:43] foreign policy of his own country, so I think that making
[00:05:47] an enemies both with Russia and United States who is the
[00:05:50] main sponsor, who has been the main sponsor of this unnecessary
[00:05:54] conflict, is very dangerous, a game plan from Mr.
[00:05:58] Zensk in his political circle.
[00:06:02] This comes as the European Union has approved another sanctions package on Russia,
[00:06:06] it's 22nd, Brussels once again claimed it's important to
[00:06:09] keep increasing pressure on Moscow and provide more.
[00:06:42] It doesn't help neither the prices the oil products,
[00:06:46] nor the unity within the transatlantic community, what concerns pressure on
[00:06:50] Russia, and it is not the European way. Our way is to
[00:06:54] increase pressure buse we already seen how it works, we are not done
[00:06:58] here because for Europe, this is the vital interest to help
[00:07:01] Ukraine to sustain uh this winter and continuing
[00:07:05] putting, as I already said pressure, pressure, pressure on
[00:07:07] Russia. On Friday, Trump and Putin cut a deal
[00:07:11] with Washington. lifting sanctions on Moscow's diesel exports. The news
[00:07:15] saw oil prices fall, although they remain above $100 a
[00:07:19] barrel. In according to the agreement, Moscow will supply 300 thousand
[00:07:23] tons of diesel to American and global markets, followed by a further half
[00:07:27] million tons in November. Another 1 million will come after that
[00:07:31] with a further 3 million later, depending on the condition of Russia's
[00:07:35] refineries. But this decision has been seized upon by
[00:07:38] the media, although they conveniently ignore Europe's continued to third. for
[00:07:42] Russian fuel, something that hasn't escaped the attention the US
[00:07:46] president. The European
[00:07:50] Union paid Russia $250 billion for energy,
[00:07:54] and the fake news media doesn't want to get near that story. I made the right
[00:07:58] choice for the American people, always America
[00:08:01] first. The 22nd package of sanctions, sanctioning
[00:08:04] all these Russian entities and Russian companies, firms, people,
[00:08:08] just individuals, and clearly this happening against the backdrop of this diesel.
[00:08:12] Again, it's a message to Washington, but realistically though, this has been the
[00:08:16] point that Europe has been making all along, like we need to apply pressure on Russia
[00:08:20] to bring the war, the end the war closer, this is clearly not
[00:08:24] working, but you know this definition of insanity, one the
[00:08:27] definitions, insanity is you know doing the same thing
[00:08:31] over and over again and each time hoping for different result, well I'm sure they
[00:08:35] are already thinking what they could include into the 23rd package, how can we
[00:08:39] make the 23rd sanctions package the biggest yet? can clearly hear
[00:08:43] the rhetoric, for instance, the what the Estonian Prime Minister has said, who
[00:08:46] openly, openly defied Washington and
[00:08:50] called upon Ukraine to keep on striking the Russian
[00:08:54] oil refineries, have listen, such
[00:08:57] an agreement goes against the long-term efforts the western world to limit the
[00:09:01] flow of energy revenues to Putin, the U.S. has already convinced its
[00:09:05] allies, including us to abandon Russian fuel. The long-term
[00:09:09] goal of depriving Russia of funds is correct. and it must be
[00:09:13] continued. In Estonia, and at the European Council, it is
[00:09:16] worth discussing next week whether we can quickly contribute more to Ukraine
[00:09:20] so that they can strike Russian oil refineries. It
[00:09:24] is a bit ironic though that they cry foul in
[00:09:28] unis and all together Europe saying, oh, how can you give, how can
[00:09:32] you fund, fund Putin's war effort with your money, with your
[00:09:36] diesel deal, and it is ironic, because this is something that Europe has been
[00:09:40] doing all these years, literally, these years, Europe has been
[00:09:43] buying gas, has been buying Russia's Russia's metals uh, pretty
[00:09:47] much just this year alone they purchased Europe purchased just about
[00:09:51] 10 billion dollars worth of goods from Russia, six billions,
[00:09:55] just over 6 billions accounting for with will well with gas
[00:09:59] accounting for 6.1 billion of uh of this,
[00:10:02] now of course we don't know how how much Russia will get in this diesel
[00:10:06] deal with the United States given how many steps in it there is,
[00:10:10] but essentially if you look at the at the oil prices and if you take the
[00:10:14] figure as to how much Russia has agreed so far to
[00:10:18] to supply the United States with, that's in the realms of
[00:10:22] 7 billion dollars, yeah, so 6 billion for... in case of
[00:10:26] Europe, 7 billion, in case of diesel in the United States,
[00:10:29] Europe has been doing all the same things, they have been, also funding Putin's
[00:10:33] war efforts and so on, the just they've been doing it quietly, seems like the only
[00:10:37] threat
[00:10:38] to to this deal is Kiev, because Zelinski said that he's going to continue
[00:10:42] attacking Russian oil refineries, but why is he so
[00:10:46] keen on sabotaging Washington's
[00:10:50] plans? Well, it's pretty clear, you just have to look at what Kiev has had to say before
[00:10:54] that, they want. this energy deal, but a very different, well shape
[00:10:58] and form, they wanted you know strikes against you know
[00:11:02] power stations to be included to be banned under this deal, strikes against
[00:11:05] port infrastructure, against rail infrastructure, they wanted all of
[00:11:09] that to be banned under this you know umbrella energy deal, well
[00:11:13] Russia has from the very gadgo has been saying, well refineries fine,
[00:11:17] let's let's hold the strikes, and well it's it's clear why, because well the
[00:11:21] Ukraine doesn't really produce anything in this sense, Zelensky.
[00:11:25] well he's been uh he's been making some very unhinged claim saying that well the
[00:11:29] United States should have come to Ukraine and made deal with
[00:11:32] Ukraine as if Ukraine well in his words it does
[00:11:36] controls the out the Russian output have
[00:11:38] a have listen why doesn't America conclude a diesel deal with
[00:11:42] Ukraine? Let Ukraine offer a diesel deal. We
[00:11:46] influence whether these ships go or not, whether these refineries work or
[00:11:50] not? So yes, let's sign the corresponding diesel deal with the president
[00:11:53] the United States of America. america again, this is also quite
[00:11:57] ironic to come from a man whose entire budget, entire country
[00:12:01] lives of whatever Europe has to give to them,
[00:12:05] otherwise they don't even have enough to pay salaries to the most crucial part
[00:12:09] their society right now, and that's the you know serviceman. seems
[00:12:12] that the weight of supporting Kiev's
[00:12:16] war machine is now being pressed on Brussel's
[00:12:20] shoulders, so what does Russia have to say about? indeed, it has been
[00:12:24] the policy the... Trump administration for a while now,
[00:12:27] you know, let Europe pay for the war in Europe, according to Russia, well,
[00:12:31] Europe has already shown that it is not, they can say, they can
[00:12:35] talk however much they want about wanting to bring this war to an
[00:12:38] end, but they don't, because every, because we've seen everything that they have implied
[00:12:42] so far here, it has failed, but still, Europe is
[00:12:46] definitely a party, acts like a party in this war, while Washington is
[00:12:50] trying to uh have look and try to trying to find
[00:12:53] solutions, you repeat. "the Europeans clearly do not belong to
[00:12:57] the party of peace, the party that seeks ways toward a peaceful settlement. The
[00:13:01] Europeans are more like the party of war, which continues to do everything to prevent
[00:13:05] this war from stopping. We are far more impressed by the efforts the American
[00:13:09] negotiators. So right now we are a bit of crossroads here with
[00:13:13] one way being, well it could all with, I mean all of this huffing
[00:13:17] and puffing if that will just remain that all talk
[00:13:21] and uh Europe and Zelensky will talk uh very tough.
[00:13:25] but won't act on these words, or if they will decide to
[00:13:28] directly try and disrupt Russia's well shipments to the United States,
[00:13:32] be it vessels or be it attacks against you know infrastructure inside Russia,
[00:13:36] and that would be interesting to see if they choose that that sort of course of
[00:13:40] events, if they choose the latter, then well Trump has quite a few
[00:13:43] quite a few means to apply pressure and to punish uh anyone well in
[00:13:47] Ukraine for in Ukraine and Europe for disobedience, starting with the
[00:13:51] most obvious options like cutting intelligence sharing and switching off the...
[00:13:59] dishes and let's get some more perspective on this and speak to assistant professor
[00:14:02] at batman university in turkey dunia basho welcome
[00:14:06] to the program sir, washington has been telling other countries including
[00:14:10] turkey for years to abandon russian energy, including
[00:14:14] trading tariffs threats, even now as the US itself is easing
[00:14:18] sanctions on Russian diesel, so how can the US
[00:14:22] threaten others with 100% tariffs for buying? oil while
[00:14:26] simultaneously negotiating deal to import Russian diesel for its own
[00:14:29] market.
[00:14:36] well, Washington expects other countries to subordinate their economic
[00:14:39] interests to American geopolitical objectives, while reserving the
[00:14:43] right to make
[00:14:44] exceptions
[00:14:48] when own
[00:14:49] interests of
[00:14:53] years, political question rather than
[00:14:56] purely commercial one, so countries such as Turkey, India and
[00:15:00] China
[00:15:00] have been pressure to reduce their energy cooperation with Moscow, and the main
[00:15:04] argument was Russian hydrocarbons generates revenue that supports Russian
[00:15:08] military operations, Ukraine, but the things start to change when it
[00:15:12] hurts the American domestic economic politics, diesel prices
[00:15:16] are nearly doubled partly because the war with Iran too and the
[00:15:19] economic disruptions in international energy supplies,
[00:15:23] so the United States has just..." discovered that the Russian energy can contribute
[00:15:27] to stabilizing markets, from the Moscow's perspective, you mean
[00:15:31] this episode reinforces its longstanding argument that Russia
[00:15:35] cannot simply be removed from international energy market. without imposing
[00:15:39] substantial cost on other economies and citizens and it shows
[00:15:43] that it's correct for the American citizens at the
[00:15:45] moment. Last year Trump urged the Turkish
[00:15:49] president to stop buying Russian oil hinting that in return he could
[00:15:52] drop a ban on Ankara buying US stealth fighter jets,
[00:15:56] but as this jet for oil deal remains an
[00:16:00] unresolved diplomatic stand off, do you expect any reaction from Ankara
[00:16:04] following the US Russia diesel deal?
[00:16:09] "well, Ankara recognizes the contradiction, okay, but it won't publicly
[00:16:12] confront
[00:16:13] it at all, at least an aggressive way, F35 is
[00:16:17] much more complex issue, and what Trump has said
[00:16:21] about you, stopping purchasing the Russian oil with
[00:16:24] just - kind kind of another
[00:16:28] adding another pressure point towards Turkey, so
[00:16:31] so it's not going to be the main issue with the F-35 perces,
[00:16:35] but Ankara could respond." in other
[00:16:38] means, but so the f35s
[00:16:41] and purchasing russian all are
[00:16:45] two different cases, guess the
[00:16:49] reasons behind Washington going for this deal with
[00:16:52] Moscow are understandable, what do you make the United States
[00:16:56] doing itself, precisely what it tries to ban others from
[00:17:00] doing?
[00:17:04] well, it's the manifestation of a broader structural problem. in the
[00:17:08] international system that we are facing now, rather than simply
[00:17:11] contradiction the Trump's personal policies, though it looks like so, in
[00:17:15] practice the major powers pursue national interests, russia does it, china does it, turkey
[00:17:19] does it, everybody does it, but there is nothing
[00:17:23] particular surprising about Washington is doing, but what what makes the American
[00:17:27] position problematic is the tendency to present the particular US
[00:17:30] strategic preferences as they were universal
[00:17:33] obligations, but but the problem is here, the excessive use of
[00:17:37] such leverage generates unintended consequences, so it
[00:17:41] encouraged other countries to diversify their economic relationships,
[00:17:45] develop alternative payment are rains and reduce their vulnerability
[00:17:49] to unilateral sanctions, so this is one the reason why debates
[00:17:53] about multipolarity and economic sovereignty and financial autonomy are
[00:17:56] becoming increasingly important not only by Russia and China
[00:18:00] but also by other countries like Turkey and
[00:18:04] India and that's the political advantage for Moscow because because Russia has
[00:18:08] consistent the challenge the legitimacy of a unilateral
[00:18:11] American economic
[00:18:13] coerion. All right,
[00:18:17] Dunia Bashol assistant professor at Batman University in Turkey. I
[00:18:20] appreciate you taking the time and sharing your thoughts with us on
[00:18:23] this.
[00:18:29] Now Russia's presidential aid and the maritime board chairman Nikolai
[00:18:32] Patroshev has been a five-day official visit to China. He's held
[00:18:36] high-level meeting. with the country's officials including the foreign minister
[00:18:40] one where he reiterated the importance their ties when it
[00:18:44] comes to the
[00:18:45] oceans. Today the
[00:18:48] Russian Chinese strategic partnership is more relevant than ever. Our countries
[00:18:52] must work together to establish new democratic logic for such
[00:18:55] relations, including in the maritime domain where issues of strategic
[00:18:59] stability, energy and food security, logistics and
[00:19:03] the protection of our shared economic interests
[00:19:05] converge. Both China and
[00:19:08] Russia are permanent members the UN Security Council and major
[00:19:12] maritime powers. We must ignite the blue engine of China-Russia
[00:19:16] relations, contributing our joint strength to reforming and
[00:19:20] improving global ocean governance and promoting the building of a maritime
[00:19:24] community with a shared future. The trip
[00:19:27] included visiting a ship building factory, transport
[00:19:31] university and the port in Shanghai.f met
[00:19:35] the Chinese transportation minister and highlighted the importance of developing
[00:19:39] the trans-arctic transport corridor as the crisis in the Middle East
[00:19:42] has upended world energy logistics. Russia and China share an
[00:19:46] interest in the joint development of new strategic maritime and river
[00:19:50] routes, primarily polar ones, as well as in ensuring
[00:19:54] uninterrupted maritime supplies of energy resources and other
[00:19:58] critical raw
[00:19:59] materials.
[00:20:04] Now India has beefed up security in its capital as Mass
[00:20:08] protest raged for a third consecutive day. Initially, the
[00:20:11] demonstrators were led by a youth activist movement called the cockroaches,
[00:20:15] however now, different opposition forces have joined to the protest
[00:20:19] accusing the ruling government of attempting electoral fraud, something firmly
[00:20:23] denied by the authorities. RT India's Vinayak Diggsit
[00:20:26] explains what has caused the prolonged
[00:20:29] unrest. Now if we talk about the protests that are happening
[00:20:33] here in India then at the heart the matter lies an
[00:20:36] allegation by India's opposition parties that the election
[00:20:40] commission's process of revising pole roles is
[00:20:43] solely to benefit the Narendra Modi led Bharatiya
[00:20:47] Party the BJP for winning election. after elections
[00:20:51] in state after state now uh the Indian election
[00:20:54] commission's special intensive revision process was started
[00:20:58] in the world's largest democracy last year and it started with
[00:21:02] the northern state of bihar
[00:21:04] now the intention the process was to remove the names of
[00:21:08] voters that have moved away voters that have registered in more than
[00:21:12] one constituencies voters that have passed away or voters that
[00:21:15] are due to any reason whatsoever unregistered voters
[00:21:19] so cleaning the election pololl roles or the
[00:21:23] list of voters, about 130 million names have been
[00:21:27] flagged or removed so far, if you think that is a large
[00:21:31] number then think about the total population of India which happens to be
[00:21:34] 1.4 billion people. now the final decision on
[00:21:38] removing any these names are yet to
[00:21:42] be taken, however India's opposition parties alleged
[00:21:46] that in the process the special intensive revision many
[00:21:50] legitimate voters name were also struck off from the list in
[00:21:54] order to benefit the bharatiya janata party or the
[00:21:57] BJP, they claim that these removals now mean that
[00:22:01] India's electoral process is no longer level playing
[00:22:05] field. the opposition parties also say that this process has already
[00:22:08] skewed elections that took place in the month of April where
[00:22:12] the BJP 13 out of five states. Congress
[00:22:16] leader and leader of opposition Rahul Gandi has gone so far as
[00:22:20] to call this vote theft and says and argues that any
[00:22:24] laws passed by the elected government through the
[00:22:27] stolen votes remain to be illegitimate because the process in
[00:22:31] itself was illegitimate. the bhartija janata party the
[00:22:35] BJP as well as the election commission have denied any
[00:22:39] wrong doings as far as the process the SIRR are
[00:22:42] concerned. the BJP maintains that the that the process was
[00:22:46] aimed to remove illegitimate voters from electoral post roles
[00:22:50] home minister Amit Shah also went to say that it was to prevent
[00:22:54] infiltrators which happens to be euphemism that is
[00:22:57] used for illegal immigrants mainly from neighboring
[00:23:01] Bangladesh from voting in India's elections. The
[00:23:04] election panel contends that any wrongly excluded
[00:23:08] voters can request revision in their names and their names
[00:23:12] can be included back in the list again. This long
[00:23:16] simmering controversy around the special intensive revision became even
[00:23:20] more rampant after an Indian print daily, the Indian
[00:23:23] Express released a report which said that in the three
[00:23:27] member election commission where there is a chief election commissioner and two
[00:23:31] other election commissioners, there was significant difference
[00:23:35] between the election chief election commissioner and the other two election
[00:23:38] commissioners as far as voter matters like voter
[00:23:42] registrations and deletions are concerned, the election
[00:23:45] commission on this acknowledged the objections but said that the
[00:23:50] final decision that was taken by the body was completely
[00:23:53] unanimous. The battle
[00:23:57] for Yemen is intensifying. Hothi forces are moving to secure key
[00:24:00] areas in the Marib and Taiz provinces as the group seeks to
[00:24:04] expand its control over the country. The hutis have released
[00:24:08] footage their offensive against saudi-backed forces in those districts,
[00:24:12] which are the last government controlled strongholds on the road to the strategic
[00:24:16] port city of Aden. The video can't be independently.
[00:24:20] urified and the hutis have previously claim to have seized the port of Mocca
[00:24:24] and Parim Island, two key areas to control the Babal
[00:24:28] Mandep straight. Saudi
[00:24:31] Arabia has issued urgent alerts for civilians near the border with
[00:24:35] Yemen, that's after huthi missile attack on the city of
[00:24:38] Abha. Reports say air defenses managed to intercept an
[00:24:42] incoming ballistic missile and this video shows plooms of smoke that
[00:24:46] could be seen arising from the apparent impact points in the city.
[00:24:50] It comes after read's a main airport was hit three times in one
[00:24:54] week, a strike on Saturday left 13 people dead, and
[00:24:58] this CCTV footage shows the moment of that attack, and here's more
[00:25:01] details the events the last few
[00:25:04] days.
[00:25:35] These attacks are Yemeny attacks. We do not do this out of revenge or to take
[00:25:39] vengeance, but rather to force the Saudi leadership to accept a comprehensive and
[00:25:42] permanent peace by agreeing to end the
[00:25:44] war. Donald Trump has
[00:25:47] suggested the US come to the aid of
[00:25:51] it and what more details here is
[00:25:54] Muhammad there are heavy casualties from
[00:25:58] hoothiy attacks on king Khalid international airport in Riyad the death toll.
[00:26:02] expected to continue to rise with many wounded among Saudi citizens and
[00:26:06] foreigners. The coalition views these attacks as the beginning of a full-scale war and
[00:26:10] heinous act that is contrary to generally accepted values and moral
[00:26:13] standards. The response will be fierce and in accordance with the norms of
[00:26:17] international humanitarian law. Amid international condemnation,
[00:26:21] Islamabad reaffirms its position under the Mecca defense agreement as well
[00:26:25] as its commitments to ensuring the kingdom, security and sovereignty. Statements
[00:26:28] by the US president regarding the possibility of strikes against the Hootis.
[00:26:32] open up the prospect of definitive resolution to the Yemen crisis. The
[00:26:36] kingdom declares that the hoothi strikes constitute an act of terrorism that
[00:26:40] runs counter to moral principles and humanitarian values against
[00:26:44] this backdrop. Saudi Arabia is garnering international Islamic and Arab
[00:26:48] support for its position and the measures it is taking safeguard its
[00:26:51] sovereignty and security. The coalition is threatening decisive
[00:26:55] response by invoking the collective deterrence mechanism under the Mecca pact
[00:26:59] a mid the prospect of US intervention, the standoff with
[00:27:03] is approaching a dangerous turning point. the key question is how far the
[00:27:07] conflict will expand and whether new actors from outside Yemen and Saudi Arabia
[00:27:10] will become involved. Saudi political researcher
[00:27:14] Khalid barfi
[00:27:15] beli believes Washington has already been drawn into the
[00:27:18] conflict. the US is enforced
[00:27:22] already by providing intelligence
[00:27:25] and cooperate in many
[00:27:27] matters, security
[00:27:30] matters. also by providing what
[00:27:33] saudi forces needed of equipment and
[00:27:36] union. what you are talking about is
[00:27:39] whether the united states will help
[00:27:43] in attacking this
[00:27:47] sources of fire and whether they will
[00:27:51] support directly the yemen government, well that's
[00:27:55] a matter to be considered and according to trump he didn't
[00:27:59] decided yet, but as fast as
[00:28:03] Saudi Arabia, so many cities, so
[00:28:06] many oil installation, so many ports, we have
[00:28:10] 28 airports in Saudi Arabia, so
[00:28:13] protecting this much land and this
[00:28:16] much facilities will
[00:28:19] require lots of investment, lots of
[00:28:22] work, and I believe they are working on this, the other
[00:28:26] side is getting improved
[00:28:29] abilities like the new... missiles they
[00:28:33] are using against Saudi Arabia, they have all
[00:28:37] the the fingerprints of
[00:28:40] Iran on on that, and they have also
[00:28:44] Iranian expert and Lebanese and
[00:28:47] others helping them to do that, so let us wait and
[00:28:51] see, but I expect Saudi Arabia to improve its
[00:28:55] facility as well to respond to all this new
[00:28:58] development. This is all the news we have for you for now.
[00:29:02] Rory suche will be taking the helm at the top the hour, do stay with
[00:29:06] us.