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[00:00:10] Turkey, of Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed defense pact
[00:00:14] pledging a joint response to attack any member. Turkish
[00:00:17] President Richard Tayp Erdogan says the alliance targets no
[00:00:20] country. The United States, Iran and Oman appear to
[00:00:24] be edging closer to an intering agreement that could open the straight of
[00:00:28] Homouz.
[00:00:36] in Colombia, right-wing Abilardo de Espriella has been sworn
[00:00:40] in as the country's new president, amid
[00:00:42] protests. In Thailand, at least five
[00:00:46] people have been killed and more than 30 injured after teenager
[00:00:50] opened fire a secondary
[00:00:51] school.
[00:01:11] now Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have signed what leaders are
[00:01:15] describing as a landmark defense agreement during a trilateral summit
[00:01:18] in Mecca. The deal commits the three countries to closer military
[00:01:22] cooperation and includes a collective defense clause under which
[00:01:26] attack on one would be considered attack on all.
[00:01:36] Typ Erdoan
[00:01:37] a arrived in Jidda on
[00:01:38] a Friday, expectations were high that the trilateral summit with Saudi
[00:01:42] Cram Prince
[00:01:43] of Muhammad bin Salman and Pakistani prime minister Shehbas
[00:01:46] Sharif would deliver major breakthrough. Those
[00:01:50] expectations were quickly met. The
[00:01:54] of three leaders signed what they called the Mecca joint defense agreement. A
[00:01:57] landmark pact aimed at deepening. military cooperation and
[00:02:01] strengthening collective security
[00:02:03] of between their countries. The agreement is built on the three
[00:02:07] countries, longstanding historical ties, islamic
[00:02:10] solidarity and shared strategic interests.
[00:02:14] It's most significant provision is a collective defense commitment,
[00:02:18] stating that an armed attack against any one
[00:02:20] of the three nations will be regarded as an attack against them
[00:02:24] all. It also pledges to deepen defense cooperation across all
[00:02:28] sectors while strengthening. collective deterrence with leaders
[00:02:32] saying the partnership is aimed at promoting regional peace,
[00:02:35] stability and security. the summit comes as all
[00:02:39] three countries seek to expand strategic
[00:02:41] of
[00:02:42] a cooperation and it growing regional uncertainty. turkey has
[00:02:45] been actively involved in diplomatic efforts over Gaza, while
[00:02:49] Pakistan has played a role in mediation between the US and Iran
[00:02:53] in recent tensions. Saudi Arabia meanwhile
[00:02:57] continues to position itself as key regional diplomatic
[00:03:00] actor, the new trilateral framework also builds on growing
[00:03:04] defense types between riad and Islamabad
[00:03:07] of following their strategic mutual defense agreement signed last
[00:03:11] year, the situation is so fragile, therefore
[00:03:15] the Pakistan, Saudi Arabia
[00:03:18] and the Turkey just came
[00:03:22] together just to keep the statico in the
[00:03:26] region at least in my opinion and they just -
[00:03:30] sign this agreement in Mecca, Mecca is the holiest
[00:03:33] site in Islam, and this also added
[00:03:37] have to pact based on
[00:03:40] military basis. Officials say the
[00:03:44] agreement marks a significant step in institutionalizing security
[00:03:48] cooperation between the three regional powers with the new
[00:03:52] framework expected to pave the way for closer military
[00:03:55] coordination
[00:03:56] of and expanded defense collaboration in the years ahead.
[00:04:04] Turkish president says the agreement will contribute to the
[00:04:08] development of joint defense industry projects as well as the fight against
[00:04:12] terrorism. In a statement Erdogan also said the agreement reaffirms the
[00:04:16] right to self-defense as defined in article 51
[00:04:19] of the UN charter. It is not directed against any country and is
[00:04:22] open to the participation of all brotherly nations
[00:04:26] seeking to promote peace, prosperity and stability in our region.
[00:04:30] "Turkey will resolutely maintain its principal stance on
[00:04:34] resolving conflicts and crisis through dialogue and diplomacy based
[00:04:38] on respect for international
[00:04:49] are saying that given the timing in particular, this is very significant,
[00:04:53] there is the assessment that perhaps there could be escalation in this
[00:04:56] region, and this is why number one also. feel the need
[00:05:00] to take immediate steps to try to contain the
[00:05:04] situation, and secondly, given the situation
[00:05:08] a particularly with Iran, Saudi Arabia, of course has this threat
[00:05:11] perception. it feels uh that it has to have strong
[00:05:15] deterrents in place. now obviously the three sides have been careful
[00:05:19] to point out that this is not against any particular country and all friendly
[00:05:23] countries are welcome to join this mechanism,
[00:05:27] but behind the scenes we know the concerns that are there in Saudi Arabia with
[00:05:31] visavy Iran as well as its proxies, particularly the fact
[00:05:35] that it has been attack from Yemen and from
[00:05:38] Iraq, so it is significant. Turkey has been talking about israel
[00:05:42] playing the role as a regional destabilizer, so from
[00:05:46] Turkish perspective again, there is the importance of creating
[00:05:50] greater deterrents, and then of course there's the talk about
[00:05:54] the need to have new security architecture in the middle east, because
[00:05:57] especially after the US Israeli attacks on Iran
[00:06:01] and the attacks by Iran on GCC countries, there was
[00:06:05] this view that perhaps the US has not been able
[00:06:09] to offer security guarantees. was expected by
[00:06:13] countries like Qatar and Saudi Arabia, so I think what they're really trying to
[00:06:17] do is they're trying to diversify their options and they're trying
[00:06:21] not to place all their eggs in the same
[00:06:38] for basically four reasons which actually brings
[00:06:41] together ' "these four reasons actually bring together these
[00:06:44] countries for a shared interest and for a shared understanding of
[00:06:48] security as regional from regional
[00:06:51] perspective. first of all, actually, as they all mentioned by the leaders
[00:06:55] these countries and especially for the Turkish president, this is
[00:06:59] pact for deterrance, not for aggression. it's
[00:07:03] deterents for all, so there is none the
[00:07:06] countries have um more critical security
[00:07:10] concerns, they do all share certain issues. use as as a threat in the
[00:07:14] regional politics, but the priority them is
[00:07:17] deterrance, and this was actually quite clear
[00:07:20] since the 7th of October or February war of
[00:07:24] Iran towards Gulf that these gulf
[00:07:28] countries they actually lack lot of deterrance because the way they
[00:07:32] actually trying to assure their security mechanisms it's not
[00:07:36] working anymore, and the second importance is actually they
[00:07:40] could come together and somehow... can construct
[00:07:43] a potential alternative security framework for the
[00:07:47] region and this is not like a US
[00:07:50] domination or Israel domination in regional affairs, it's an organic, it's
[00:07:54] regional ownership pattern of security, and these
[00:07:58] countries can play the role of game setter rather
[00:08:01] than uh states who can actually who are actually
[00:08:05] reacting the regional politics dominated by us
[00:08:08] or Israeli policy making, so this pact,
[00:08:12] may open a lead for these countries
[00:08:16] indicating their critical role for the regional security actorness
[00:08:20] these countries, this is very critical and the third component
[00:08:24] is more economic um turkey
[00:08:27] is importing lot of its defense
[00:08:30] industry uh products to to the Asian
[00:08:34] countries to the middle eastern countries and with this pact actually they
[00:08:38] could even have more from turkey.
[00:08:47] "Iranians and Amanis continue to hammer out the final details of
[00:08:51] deal on transit in the straight of Homus. A US official has told the
[00:08:55] media that once the agreement is announced, Washington will lift the
[00:08:58] blockade off of Iranian ports.
[00:09:07] it all week that there's a deal that is imminent, there's a deal that is closed, could
[00:09:11] be today, could be tomorrow. Donald Trump on Tuesday said within 48 hours,
[00:09:14] so yes, it's been teased, it's been promised, and yes we have been
[00:09:18] here before, but this does feel a little bit different, does feel like
[00:09:22] they're moving towards something, we'll have to see, and then of course you
[00:09:26] said uh in your intro correctly that once is deal is
[00:09:29] announced that the US will says it will lift its blockade
[00:09:33] of Iranian ports, now that is the US economic
[00:09:36] leverage uh, just as Iran has found
[00:09:40] that the straight for moves is econ.
[00:09:42] economic leverage, the US has found this blockade is its economic leverage, will
[00:09:46] it release that? that remains to be seen, which leads to this. this
[00:09:50] is a quote from the US officials saying, "Iran's actions continue to
[00:09:54] be performance-based and tied to Iran's
[00:09:57] implementations of its commitments. that has been the flash point
[00:10:01] in the past. we saw this with that memorandum of understanding, we've seen it in the
[00:10:04] interpretation of language, we've seen it in cultural differences and
[00:10:08] how the Trump administration has completely misunderstood the cultural."
[00:10:12] differences, at least appearance on the surface of that, so that could be
[00:10:16] again the flash point, and we have now this deal that seems to be closed, but there's
[00:10:20] still kind of difference of opinion. Iran says it's not going to go back to
[00:10:24] pre-war,
[00:10:25] how how the straight of warmus was pre-war, the US position is
[00:10:29] Iran will not be able to cement its uh uh
[00:10:32] control over the straight of her moves, those two things are still at odds,
[00:10:36] we'll have to see how that works out, perhaps, and we've talked about this too, perhaps Donald
[00:10:40] Trump has few alternatives, maybe he walks away, maybe he steps away from
[00:10:44] this and lets the Europeans worry about it and say the US doesn't need the straight for
[00:10:48] moves
[00:10:48] and we've knocked out the nuclear alternative there for
[00:10:52] uh for Iran and maybe he claims a win but but which gets to the point right,
[00:10:56] Donald Trump needs a win and he needs to say this is a win and he
[00:11:00] needs to be able to convince at least the Republican base that
[00:11:04] this was all worth it, that is a hard sale, which comes back to where
[00:11:08] are we in this trade for moose deal, we know through
[00:11:11] Iran's uh through Iran and through US officials that it's
[00:11:15] close, it's imminent, but the details have yet to be released and yet to
[00:11:19] be signed off on and yet to be agreed to uh by the US
[00:11:23] side and exactly what... happens if they don't
[00:11:26] like those agreements remains to be
[00:11:29] seen. A hoouti missile and drone attack a
[00:11:33] displacement camp in the Yemeni Government Health City of Marib has killed at
[00:11:37] least two civilians. That's according to the country's health ministry. It comes
[00:11:41] a day after the Houties launched a wave of missile and drone strikes that
[00:11:44] killed at least 58 government troops in separate attack around
[00:11:48] 11 people including four-year-old child were injured inside
[00:11:52] Saudi Arabia. The hootis who control... large areas of Yemen, including the
[00:11:56] capital Sana say the Saudis are preparing a military
[00:12:07] going wider, especially that the hethis continue their
[00:12:10] attacks on positions that they say
[00:12:13] the the belong to the internationally recognized government. They said that
[00:12:17] these attacks are a preemptive attacks in order
[00:12:20] to stop any builts up against them.
[00:12:24] So far. the the Thursdays was the deadliest
[00:12:27] attack, now Friday's
[00:12:30] attack according to I
[00:12:34] wouldness have targeted a military camp which is called
[00:12:37] a Sahn military camp, but also government sources
[00:12:41] and and particular health ministry says that the uh
[00:12:45] displaced people have been injured and killed in that attack, so far
[00:12:49] we are witnessing built up of operations, also attacks by
[00:12:53] the his in the... in the red sea they have the have targeted in the
[00:12:57] gulf of Eden Saudi oil
[00:13:00] tanker which was the eighth one also they have targeted
[00:13:04] another one and off the coast the Yamber in
[00:13:07] Saudi Arabia Iraq's prime minister Ali
[00:13:11] Azidi has met Saudi Arabia's General Intelligence Chief to
[00:13:15] discuss coordination over regional security developments.
[00:13:19] Riyad had warned on Thursday of imminent attacks by Yemen's houthis and
[00:13:22] Iraqi militias. Zaidid. says Iraq will not allow its
[00:13:26] territory to be used to launch attacks towards any other country. Last
[00:13:30] month, Saudi Arabia, alongside the US, carried out strikes in Iraq,
[00:13:34] targeting groups they said were responsible for attacks on
[00:13:38] Saudi oil
[00:13:38] facilities.
[00:13:46] And thousands of people are demonstrating in Argentina's capital Buenos Aires
[00:13:50] over new property bill backed by President Xavier
[00:13:54] Mille's government. "the bill also initially included plans to increase
[00:13:58] limits on foreign land ownership, but that provision was later
[00:14:01] removed.
[00:14:08] have gather in downtown Buenosaires marching towards the government palace to
[00:14:11] protest against the government of Haver Miley and his reforms plan.
[00:14:15] They said that over the past three years they've been caught social plants and
[00:14:19] the benefits they need for daily needs their families. We have
[00:14:23] seen how trade unions..." social movements and also particularly
[00:14:26] today farmers, they have come with trucks fulls
[00:14:30] of food, they have been handling it fresh vegetables and
[00:14:34] fruits to the poor to the poor people here, and they said we're
[00:14:38] providing the food that the government is not given and we are losing over
[00:14:41] the past years, we have seen today's demonstration remain
[00:14:45] particularly and largely peaceful
[00:14:49] um, unless at least the other days we have seen
[00:14:52] how some reports of class. with the police, especially outside the
[00:14:56] congress, today the government of Javier Milet is struggling trying
[00:15:00] to balance the recovery the the economy and the fighting out
[00:15:04] gains, the high inflation and the demands the people in
[00:15:08] the street who they said
[00:15:10] that they feel left behind. US
[00:15:14] president Donald Trump's pick for attorney general Tob Blanch is
[00:15:17] likely to be confirmed in the senate after Republican senator Bill
[00:15:21] Cassidy announced his support. Cassidy's vote.
[00:15:25] gives republicans enough votes for majority, just
[00:15:29] Todd Blanch previously served as Trump's lawyer and is the current
[00:15:32] acting attorney general. He was nominated nearly two months ago to
[00:15:36] replace the Austted.
[00:15:37] pam bonddy:
[00:15:40] a US federal appeals court has
[00:15:42] ruled that President Trump must stop the construction the 400 million
[00:15:46] dollar white house ballroom. The court says the Trump must first seek congressional
[00:15:50] approval. The US president has called the ruling unlawful and
[00:15:54] politically motivated and says he will appeal to the Supreme
[00:15:57] Court. Trump reiterated the project is