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[00:00:00] of
[00:00:04] a of
[00:00:09] of
[00:00:13] fighting escalates in Yemen as Antar Alathies and Saudi backed
[00:00:17] forces trade fresh attacks and the conflict
[00:00:21] is rattling oil markets
[00:00:22] a as Saudi Arabia reportedly halts oil loadings at Yanbu
[00:00:26] port.
[00:00:28] a Hello and welcome
[00:00:29] of to TRT World. Live from Istanbul, I'm Oscar Sabakti, also
[00:00:33] ahead on the program. At least eight Palestinians are killed in Israeli
[00:00:37] of attacks
[00:00:37] of in Gaza despite a cease fire. And
[00:00:41] US senator Bernie Sanders and Trump allies Steve Bannon unite over
[00:00:45] calls for topper oversight of
[00:00:50] of AI.
[00:00:56] of of
[00:01:06] Fighting is escalating in Yemen with the Hutis and Saudi-backed
[00:01:10] of forces exchanging fresh
[00:01:12] of attacks. The Hutis say they'll keep fighting until the Saudiled blockade
[00:01:16] ends, while Riad has vowed a
[00:01:18] of firm
[00:01:19] in response. The violence has also
[00:01:20] of sent to global oil prices higher, and the UN says at least
[00:01:24] 125,00 people have been displaced. TRT
[00:01:28] World's Victoria Inner's reports.
[00:01:34] footage showing
[00:01:36] in ansarahuthi attacks on Saudi backed forces in
[00:01:39] al-Jaf in northern
[00:01:42] of Yemen. The group is continuing to target Saudi
[00:01:45] infrastructure, predominantly
[00:01:47] of oil and military, using dozens of ballistic missiles and
[00:01:51] drones, while on the
[00:01:52] in ground,
[00:01:53] of this of it is the most significant escalation
[00:01:57] in Yemen in years and Saudi backed.
[00:02:00] of forces are responding with dozens of air strikes against
[00:02:04] toothy targets. seasing much
[00:02:06] of the red sea coast and babal mandab straight last
[00:02:11] of week appears to have given the hoothis
[00:02:12] confidence. the goal of our
[00:02:16] military operations is not the closure of pabal mandab, instead
[00:02:20] it is to open it for the freedom of maritime navigation to all.
[00:02:24] Saudi Arabia and its allies instead are the
[00:02:27] of ones of in really restricting
[00:02:28] of freedom of maritime navigation. those in the region want to
[00:02:32] solution and fast, especially when it comes to the
[00:02:35] straight,
[00:02:37] of Egypt and Saudi Arabia have both condemned its closure, while from
[00:02:41] Qatar came a warning, the world is suffering enough
[00:02:44] with
[00:02:45] the the closure
[00:02:45] of the straight of hermus, so we cannot also afford to
[00:02:49] add the bubble mendup into
[00:02:51] a that equation, the whole world is going to suffer and it's going to
[00:02:55] be a catastrophic for the entire
[00:02:57] of world, the conflict meanwhile is forcing
[00:03:09] We arrived today, displaced from Mocca because
[00:03:11] of the war, a
[00:03:13] a drone of hit us
[00:03:14] of and my wife died after being struck by a shrap now
[00:03:17] here, she died, my three children were left, I
[00:03:21] fled with them to Aiden as
[00:03:24] of displaced, by god, we do not possess even a single grain of
[00:03:28] of flour. United Nations is warning humanitarian
[00:03:32] supplies and funding is running critically low. At
[00:03:36] least 18 thousand households or 125,00 people have been
[00:03:40] displaced since the start
[00:03:41] of the month. The toll on civilians is increasing. Between September
[00:03:45] 1st and today, our colleagues at
[00:03:46] the UN Human rights office have verified 40 civilian casualties,
[00:03:50] eight people killed and 32 others injured. In Jibuti aid
[00:03:54] groups say they are doing what they can. There may
[00:03:58] of be a time if they continue. to come where they may overm
[00:04:02] of the capacity
[00:04:06] of
[00:04:06] of of the country to to house and accommodate all of them, they return to fighting, prompting fears, yemen is heading
[00:04:10] back into civil war. Victoria Innis, TRT
[00:04:14] World. Mohammed Alatab has
[00:04:18] the latest from the Yemeni capital
[00:04:20] Sana. What we are witnessing that
[00:04:23] the the violence and the conflict in Yemen is is is
[00:04:26] moving rapidly and also having. a great
[00:04:30] impact on the civilians, we are talking about the the hotis, they have
[00:04:33] of mentioned during the latest pressure that the saudi
[00:04:37] fighter judge have weiged nearly 54 air rates
[00:04:41] just in the within the 24 hour last 24 hours, they
[00:04:45] accused Saudi Arabia of attacking and targeting what the
[00:04:47] of said civilian infrastructure and also uh
[00:04:51] civilian areas, they also mentioned that the uh
[00:04:55] the the latest attacks also in the morning they have talked about targeting
[00:04:59] of saadan and also ts, they also accused Saudi Arabia of targeting civilian
[00:05:03] areas
[00:05:03] of and the the claim
[00:05:04] that at least three people have
[00:05:06] in been killed and other other four others have been inj injured,
[00:05:10] there are
[00:05:11] of also what they have with the... prime minister the internationally recognized government, he said that
[00:05:15] the situation has become out their hand, that they couldn't deal with this with
[00:05:19] the with the with the ansar
[00:05:22] allah's development and escalations by themselves and it has
[00:05:26] become not only an internal issue and it become
[00:05:29] assuring that it has become
[00:05:32] international affair, he said that the the
[00:05:36] is are backed by Iran according to his words and that they are threatening what he
[00:05:40] said the interests the international community. unity so far the
[00:05:44] situation also as i mentioned that the the houthies say that the
[00:05:47] the with the latest distribution their
[00:05:50] these the attacks against what they said that the the
[00:05:54] international international recognized government's forces trying to
[00:05:58] advance towards positions that belong to the his in
[00:06:02] the in the j that they have showed that they have killed and injured
[00:06:06] hundreds the international recognized
[00:06:08] government's
[00:06:12] forces at the middle east council on global affairs, he says keeping
[00:06:16] critical shipping roots open is a shared responsibility for the
[00:06:19] international community. before the war
[00:06:23] around like fifth the world's oil passed through
[00:06:27] hormos, Saudi Arabia had the foresight to invest
[00:06:30] in in uh in the rid sea route and that
[00:06:34] route played a major role in keeping oil like
[00:06:37] flowing to the world during this crisis.
[00:06:41] now uh being targeted as well,
[00:06:45] it's also important to remember that some gulf states, for example like
[00:06:49] Qatar, Kuwait and the Bahrain have no root to
[00:06:53] avoids hermus, the only way was to through
[00:06:56] Hurmus, and this is not only about energy, like
[00:07:00] the Gulf imports like a large share of its food
[00:07:04] and goods by sea, so when shipping
[00:07:07] becomes risky, it affects daily life, this is
[00:07:11] why protecting these borderways is is a shared international
[00:07:15] responsibility, not only like not only a
[00:07:18] golf one like as I said it's it's like more than
[00:07:22] 20% the oil and gas trade is
[00:07:25] is is exported through hormones so we are
[00:07:29] like the impact is gna reach everywhere in the world the
[00:07:32] hooties launched like attacks recently to on
[00:07:36] saudis I think they are looking for like leverage more than
[00:07:40] territory by moving along the coast and
[00:07:44] taking mukha and
[00:07:46] pirum island, they have placed themselves at one the
[00:07:49] most important shipping routes in the
[00:07:53] world, publicly they say have they have no further like territorial
[00:07:57] ambitions and that peace is their
[00:08:00] choice, but what i'm witnessing their actions
[00:08:04] till different story,
[00:08:08] oil loading at Saudi Arabia's red sea port of yanbu has reportedly
[00:08:11] been... spended days after the world's biggest crude exporter was
[00:08:15] forced to shut a major oil pipeline following attack. the
[00:08:19] east-west pipeline carries crewed from Saudi Arabia's main oil field
[00:08:23] to the Yanvu terminal on the Red Sea. It's become
[00:08:27] a critical route for Riyad's exports after Iran
[00:08:30] effectively blocked the straight of Hormus, the kingdom's main outlet for
[00:08:34] shipping crew. since the Iran war began, Saudi oil
[00:08:38] exports through Yanbu have surged five fold, reaching nearly 4
[00:08:41] million barrels. a day, but Riyad is facing another major
[00:08:45] obstacle. In July, the Hutis imposed naval blockade on
[00:08:49] Saudi Arabia, severely disrupting exports through the Bab
[00:08:53] Almandab straight. Since then, the kingdom has increasingly turned to the
[00:08:56] suez canal and Egypt's Sumed pipeline to move crew
[00:09:00] towards the Mediterranean.
[00:09:04] Saudi Arabia's crown prince Muhammad bin Salman and Egypt's
[00:09:07] presidenti are calling for free and secure
[00:09:11] navigation.
[00:09:12] the hormos and Babalmandab straits. The two leaders
[00:09:16] in Cairo on Tuesday. Their appeal comes as Iran
[00:09:19] continues to disrupt traffic through Hormus, and its hoothy
[00:09:23] allies tightened their group around the Red Sea Choke Point. Meanwhile,
[00:09:27] the US says it has no plans for direct military action against the Hutis
[00:09:31] despite rising oil prices and fears the conflict could spread
[00:09:34] further across the region. Lawrence is a professor of
[00:09:38] economics at Boston University and the president of economic.
[00:09:42] security planning, he says the US should send in the marines to
[00:09:46] reopen the key waterways in the middle
[00:09:48] east, we saw the price of
[00:09:51] oil go up by 12% over the
[00:09:55] last week and mostly in
[00:09:58] the last few days, so that's a huge increase up to
[00:10:01] about dollar f from about
[00:10:04] 94, so mean
[00:10:07] $100 versus $94, and if it gets up to
[00:10:11] $200, if this uh, if if we
[00:10:15] imagine all the oil from the middle east
[00:10:17] being uh stopped and our reserves
[00:10:21] around the world uh drying up and others not
[00:10:25] other countries not being able to produce rapidly and you end up with
[00:10:29] $200 a barrel oil, which is not in conceivable
[00:10:33] in this context, you could have 10% inflation
[00:10:37] over the next 12 months in the US and that would
[00:10:41] be
[00:10:42] that would reduce bond prices, reduce
[00:10:46] stock prices, we'd have probably crash of our financial markets,
[00:10:50] global financial markets, we're talking about recession
[00:10:54] potentially. is major thing
[00:10:56] and then we have the US sitting there impotent
[00:11:00] imponent um suggesting it's not a global power and
[00:11:03] then Saudi Arabia is not a close
[00:11:06] ally they've been
[00:11:10] working with us for for decades and helping us we've
[00:11:14] been helping them and well I think they're they're finding
[00:11:18] that when push comes ash the US is not around and the rest the world is
[00:11:22] seeing that as well so I'm not sure
[00:11:26] um, I think the whole situation is one where you call on the
[00:11:29] marines, where we should be sending in the marines is is the
[00:11:33] classic expressions and taking back those islands and
[00:11:37] establishing
[00:11:39] some some some security in
[00:11:43] this part the world a manner that will require
[00:11:46] ground troops and will require more American uh
[00:11:50] lost lives. The US military is
[00:11:54] running. critically short on munitions after months of war with Iran,
[00:11:58] that's according to the Pentagon's inspector general warning a report to
[00:12:02] congress that US stockpiles have been significantly
[00:12:05] depleted, our North America correspondent John Braine
[00:12:08] reports.
[00:12:13] From February the 28th this year, the US threw everything at
[00:12:16] Iran, pounding targets across the country, from the
[00:12:20] air and from the sea, but the
[00:12:24] early... collapse the regime predicted by the Trump administration
[00:12:28] never materialized, so the campaign
[00:12:31] continued, as it did so, the military burnt through
[00:12:34] supplies of missiles and interceptors. According to the
[00:12:38] Pentagon's inspector general, by the end of June, the conflict had
[00:12:42] already cost the US more than $3 billion
[00:12:45] dollars, and over $22 billion dollars of that was
[00:12:49] expenditure on munitions, the expector general says the
[00:12:53] munitions expenditure on epic theory has
[00:12:56] resulted in strategic inventory shortfalls and
[00:13:00] revealed industrial-based bottlenecks for munitions
[00:13:04] resupply. Donald Trump has consistently
[00:13:07] denied that there's any problem with the US military resources. We
[00:13:11] have so much ammunition and munitions as they like to call all
[00:13:15] over the world that we can always take from if we want
[00:13:19] and this is a relatively little war for us, this is not a big
[00:13:22] war, but the defense secretary.
[00:13:24] recently appealed to congress for billions of dollars
[00:13:28] of extra funding for the war. This request is an urgent,
[00:13:32] necessary injection of resources to address the immediate needs of
[00:13:36] our department. It seems clear that one the reasons the US has
[00:13:40] scaled down its military operation against Iran is this
[00:13:44] depletion of missiles and interceptors. It's
[00:13:48] also mindful the impact on American operations
[00:13:51] across the globe until stops. be
[00:13:55] replenished, the US's role may be diminished. I think the real
[00:13:59] challenge will be on the other regional commanders
[00:14:03] who are currently uh looking at their
[00:14:07] war plans for say
[00:14:09] China uh parts of Europe supporting for
[00:14:13] Ukraine, they're the ones that I suspect are most
[00:14:16] concerned, because they're the ones that are watching
[00:14:20] those inventories go down as they're committed to the current
[00:14:24] war. US may still be the world's most powerful military,
[00:14:28] but the past few months have revealed that is subject to some the same
[00:14:32] pressures on resources as its rivals. TRT
[00:14:36] World, Washington. For more on
[00:14:40] this, Republican strategist Jennifer Yuing joins us now from New
[00:14:43] York. Welcome to the program, Jennifer. The non-partisan
[00:14:47] congressional budget office has found that the Iran war has now cost the
[00:14:50] US some $38 billion dollars and another $3 billion.
[00:14:55] each month, how much political pressure does that put on the Trump
[00:14:58] administration to end the conflict?
[00:15:02] well, not as much as it should to be honest, and you will
[00:15:06] recall that the president one in 2024
[00:15:10] with a coalition that included a lot of
[00:15:12] independences and lot of young men who usually vote
[00:15:16] democrat, and those people are incredibly
[00:15:19] anti-war. you'll remember that President Trump
[00:15:22] campaigned on "let's get out the middle." No new forever
[00:15:26] wars, that sort of thing, and yet here we are, uh,
[00:15:30] it did not end a weekend, like I believe he was
[00:15:34] convinced it would, sort of one these Venezuela.
[00:15:38] uh, you know, you go in and 72 hours later, it's done, so it's a
[00:15:42] problem, and um, whether this uh,
[00:15:46] 38 billion with the clock still ticking our money is
[00:15:50] enough to pressure him to get out, i don't know,
[00:15:53] but uh, we do know that the number one voting
[00:15:57] issue for all Americans, republicans, democrats,
[00:16:00] independence, uh, in the midterms is the cost of
[00:16:03] living, and uh, that includes inflation of course, and...
[00:16:08] what you know this Iran war of course the
[00:16:10] you know the downstream effects is whether it's the diesel prizes uh hitting
[00:16:13] all-term highs you know I think well today actually or
[00:16:17] inflation or other things you know this is it's not great for uh
[00:16:21] the Republicans yes and and ahead of those mid-term elections in
[00:16:25] November how difficult will it be for Republicans to
[00:16:29] defend this massive military spending as
[00:16:32] Americans face a continued pressure from rising living
[00:16:36] costs. Well um, it I guess
[00:16:40] it depends on what you want to believe. I've been in New York for
[00:16:44] few days and uh the the news that comes out of some
[00:16:48] the TV stations here,
[00:16:50] you know, would would really have you believe that uh, you, this
[00:16:54] is all going swimmingly well, and we've been it a war with Iran for
[00:16:58] 47 years and this is just sort of cleaning it all up, so everything's going
[00:17:01] swimmingly well, um, however, you know, because it's a
[00:17:05] very unpopular war, I think tword. of Americans, but just from
[00:17:09] a generic b do not like this, so um,
[00:17:13] you know, I think the people that have defended this
[00:17:17] from the beginning, let's say since February, are
[00:17:21] almost like doubling down, tripling down saying, we're doing this for
[00:17:25] the next generation, and I, I, I, I'd like to believe that they think
[00:17:29] that, but the fact the matter is,
[00:17:31] you know, it's as time ticks on and it costs more and more
[00:17:35] money, um, it's not great for the... republican party, and
[00:17:39] also all of this money that's being spent is money that we're not
[00:17:42] spending on you, deportations, we're not spending on domestic
[00:17:46] infrastructure, we're not spending on getting our deficit down, which is
[00:17:50] $40 trillion dollars, so there's a lot of other uses that this
[00:17:53] money could be put towards and lot of independents and
[00:17:57] indeed Republicans who voted for Trump have a
[00:18:01] problem with the fact that we're still in this war. Jennifer, the
[00:18:05] congressional budget office also says that... rebuilding depleted
[00:18:08] US munition stocks could take five years, how
[00:18:12] do Republicans reconcile that with President Trump's claim that
[00:18:16] America has more than enough
[00:18:18] ammunition? yeah,
[00:18:21] you know, that's a great question, and I will leave that to a military
[00:18:24] expert to uh to answer whether you know how true
[00:18:28] uh, whether the CBO office estimated shoot, whether Trump's estimate to
[00:18:32] show, I will say however that um, before he
[00:18:36] was the vice president "we had the now vice president JD
[00:18:39] Vence commenting on the Ukraine Russia
[00:18:43] war and he commented on hey we're kind of getting a little tight
[00:18:47] here um on unitions you know because we can't produce them as
[00:18:50] quickly as Russia can so this whole um idea
[00:18:54] of maybe munitions becoming um
[00:18:58] you know lowering day by day
[00:18:59] it is is not necessarily something new to the Iran war though
[00:19:03] that's only depleted it
[00:19:19] least eight people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza, despite
[00:19:23] the ceasefire that took effect last October. Israel says a Hamas
[00:19:26] commander has been killed in Roffer. Drone strikes on Gaza City and
[00:19:30] Kanunis are said to have killed at least six people, including young girl.
[00:19:34] And in Jabalya, in the north the strip, one person was killed by sniper
[00:19:38] fire. Ashraf Shanan is in Gaza City where he says a
[00:19:41] 15-year-old boy and a civil defense officer were among those
[00:19:45] killed. Two rockets were fired and
[00:19:49] as people try tried to help, another rocket
[00:19:53] was even captured on camera as it killed the young boy and
[00:19:57] the civil defense uh officer uh
[00:20:01] earlier attacks also uh killed uh more people here
[00:20:05] in in Gaza City while in in. that in Jabalya and
[00:20:08] Northern Gaza, early man, 69 year old man was
[00:20:12] shot by Israel snipers, there are already more than
[00:20:15] 73,00 people have been confirmed dead by the ministry of health
[00:20:19] as well as international agencies
[00:20:23] working in Gaza, among them some 21 thousand
[00:20:27] children, while thousands of bodies are still under the rubble
[00:20:30] despite the repeated attempts by civil defense and
[00:20:33] even families in Gaza, they've managed to...
[00:20:37] recover 700 uh bodies
[00:20:40] now uh the UN uh has uh
[00:20:44] raised concern uh regarding what could have could have amount to
[00:20:48] war crimes or crimes against human.
[00:20:52] and let's listen to what the UN spokes person had to say, the remains
[00:20:55] recovered so far may only be the tip the
[00:20:59] iceberg. much of gaza has been flattened by
[00:21:03] Israeli bombing or demolition and clearing by heavy
[00:21:06] machinery and explosives. it is
[00:21:10] critical that evidence of violations including destroyed
[00:21:14] sites be preserved given ongoing legal
[00:21:17] proceedings regarding the conduct of. facilities in Gaza,
[00:21:21] what's making things extremely difficult for several defense teams
[00:21:25] is the fact that Israel destroyed most the heavy equipment in Gaza
[00:21:29] and and is not hadn't allowed new
[00:21:31] equipment. more than 150
[00:21:35] illegal Israeli settlers have entered the alaxamos compound in
[00:21:39] occupied east Jerusalem escorted by Israeli forces. the
[00:21:42] Jerusalem governor it says they entered through the bab al
[00:21:46] magariba or Moroccan gate before performing prayers. in the
[00:21:50] Mosk courtyard, illegal settler groups are calling for further
[00:21:53] incursions during the Jewish New Year holiday. Palestinians say
[00:21:57] the repeated visits are part of an effort to challenge the longstanding status
[00:22:01] quo at one of Islam's holiest
[00:22:04] sites.
[00:22:08] Turkia is stepping up efforts to keep the Russia-Ukraine war from spilling
[00:22:12] into the black sea. Turkish foreign minister Hakan Fidan says
[00:22:15] Ankara is intensifying diplomacy to help create the conditions for
[00:22:19] peace.
[00:22:19] civilian
[00:22:24] casualties
[00:22:24] and
[00:22:28] destruction are increasing with each passing day. since the beginning
[00:22:32] the crisis, we have made significant efforts to keep
[00:22:36] the black sea out the conflict. thanks to our strict
[00:22:39] implementation the montro convention and our efforts to
[00:22:43] facilitate the black sea grain initiative. we were able to
[00:22:47] achieve these objectives successfully until... recently,
[00:22:50] however, the increasing attacks on civilian vessels in the black
[00:22:54] sea in recent months have been seriously undermining the safety
[00:22:58] of life, property, navigation and the environment in the
[00:23:02] region. Unfortunately, Turkish and Azerbaijany sea
[00:23:06] faarers have also lost their lives in these
[00:23:09] attacks. It is not acceptable for the war to
[00:23:13] spread into the black sea and threaten the lives of our citizens
[00:23:17] and the operation of our companies. We have
[00:23:20] intensified our efforts to reach an agreement and we are taking
[00:23:24] the necessary steps to bring these efforts to a
[00:23:27] conclusion. As Turkey, we will continue to make
[00:23:31] every effort to achieve
[00:23:33] peace. Somalis have taken to the
[00:23:37] streets and cities across the country to show their support for the growing
[00:23:40] partnership with Turkia. Turkish flags filled the stands of a
[00:23:44] stadium in the city of Baidoa as crowds gathered to thank Ankara
[00:23:48] for its longstanding support. In 2024, the two countries
[00:23:52] signed a 10-year defense and economic agreement.
[00:23:56] Mohammed Kahir reports from
[00:23:58] Mogatishu. Somalia and Turkey
[00:24:02] have developed close and wide ranging partnership with
[00:24:05] cooperation extending from healthcare and education to
[00:24:09] security, infrastructure and humanitarian assistance.
[00:24:13] Over the past years, Turkey has significantly expanded its engagement
[00:24:17] in Somalia becoming one the country's key. development and
[00:24:20] strategic partners in healthcare Turkish supported
[00:24:24] institutions in Mudishu have provided medical treatment
[00:24:28] and special services to thousands of Somalis, including patients
[00:24:32] receiving essential care for chronic conditions such as
[00:24:36] kidney failure. Turkey has also invested heavily in
[00:24:39] education and training or foreign scholarships and supporting
[00:24:43] programs that provide Somali students and professionals with
[00:24:47] opportunities to study and develop new skills.
[00:24:50] Security is another major pillar the relationship.
[00:24:53] Turkey has supported the training and development of Somali security
[00:24:57] forces as the country works to strengthen its national
[00:25:00] institutions and take greater responsibility for its
[00:25:04] security. The partnership also covers
[00:25:07] infrastructure, humanitarian assistance and economic development
[00:25:11] with Turkish institutions and companies involved in
[00:25:14] projects aimed at supporting Somalia's long-term
[00:25:17] growth. The cooperation. has also attracted
[00:25:21] public support in different parts the country. In
[00:25:25] byido, residents gathered Karin, Somali and Turkish
[00:25:28] flags, expressing their appreciation for the relationship and
[00:25:32] Turkia's assistance to
[00:25:33] Somalia. In the Democratic
[00:25:37] Republic the Congo, police have fired teagas and warning shots to
[00:25:41] break up an opposition protest in the capital Kinshasa.
[00:25:44] Demonstrators are demanding the government drop proposed constitutional
[00:25:48] changes that could clear. the way for President Felix
[00:25:51] Shakedy to seek a third term. What began as a
[00:25:55] peaceful march reportedly turned violent after pro-government
[00:25:59] supporters joined the root sparking clashes. The parliament. approved the
[00:26:03] bill in June, paving the way for constitutional changes to be put
[00:26:06] to
[00:26:07] referendum. They
[00:26:11] have gone too far, they try to take our lives and why?
[00:26:14] because this government has completely gone off the rails. I'm calling on the
[00:26:18] international community to sanction Mr. Chisakedi's government,
[00:26:22] because it's an irresponsible government, a government that terrorizes its
[00:26:26] own population and uses weapons against its
[00:26:29] citizens. Prosper Harry.
[00:26:32] Mogora has more from Goma on what's driving the protests and
[00:26:36] the growing economic pressure on the
[00:26:38] region. In Democratic Republic of
[00:26:42] Congo, in recent months, there is debate
[00:26:45] about the constitutional change, and then in
[00:26:49] Democratic Republic of Congo, presidenti
[00:26:53] the country has estated better,
[00:26:56] if a Congolase people allows him to run for a
[00:27:00] third term, he might not. include that
[00:27:03] possibility, and after his announcement, there are
[00:27:07] artiles in Democratic Republic of Congo,
[00:27:10] especially opposition leaders are calling
[00:27:13] Congolese people to go into the street to show
[00:27:17] their opposition or to show their protest against
[00:27:21] the possibility the Presidenti of Democratic
[00:27:25] Republic of Congo to run for the third term, while
[00:27:29] Constitution of Democratic Republic of Congo... allows
[00:27:33] only two terms or two 10 years for
[00:27:36] president wook might be in charge of ruling
[00:27:40] of democratic republic of
[00:27:42] Congo. In the Philippines, the
[00:27:46] first Democratic election in the Bangsomoro autonomous region
[00:27:50] in Muslim Mindenao has produced a hung parliament. The landmark
[00:27:54] vote is major step a decades long struggle for greater
[00:27:57] autonomy, but the fragmented result could make governing and
[00:28:01] advancing the regions econ. and political agenda more
[00:28:04] challenging broomby has
[00:28:07] more
[00:28:08] weeks of political campaigning and decades of fighting
[00:28:12] here to establish the balm region and its first
[00:28:16] directly democratically elected government, it's going to be a
[00:28:20] hung parliament and that really brings up few new
[00:28:23] questions, one of which is how are the political relationships between the
[00:28:27] leaders the two main parties, one them the UBJP, one
[00:28:31] them the BF. going to play out in the
[00:28:34] coming weeks. Let's not forget that these two parties themselves
[00:28:37] emerged from a high level split in
[00:28:41] the rebel group that was fighting for the establishment of this
[00:28:45] autonomous region, some bad blood then potentially between those
[00:28:49] senior political figures. Can they figure out a way to move
[00:28:53] from the fighting towards political negotiation? Can they figure out a way to
[00:28:56] hash out deal? Or is one the smaller
[00:29:00] parties, perhaps the grand samoro coalition going to
[00:29:04] become kingmaker, they're the party that came in third place in
[00:29:08] these elections, are they going to be the important political figures
[00:29:11] that help tip the balance and help swing one these parties
[00:29:15] over that all important 41 seat threshold that would be required
[00:29:19] to govern here. another question of course is can the
[00:29:23] peace last? it has been remarkable, the level
[00:29:27] of peace that we've seen across the region, there have of course been explosions, there were
[00:29:31] shootings especially here in... kotatto city, but
[00:29:34] broadly comelect, the election officials from Manila
[00:29:38] were pretty happy it seems with the way in which the elections
[00:29:42] have gone, despite some allegations of fraudulent
[00:29:46] voting, some allegations of election interference and of course spats
[00:29:49] of violence, they are pretty happy with how things are, especially when when
[00:29:53] compared to the large scale violence that we've seen in decades gone
[00:29:57] by. the question then is can the peace last, can these
[00:30:00] political agents, can these politicians find a way
[00:30:04] on the negotiating table to make things work, to come
[00:30:07] together and to work for the sake the bangsa people, that's what
[00:30:11] they've been saying that their aim is after all.
[00:30:15] the US house speaker is pushing back against growing warnings over the
[00:30:19] risks posed by artificial intelligence, echoing president Donald
[00:30:22] Trump's claim that fears about AI are hoax. Mike Johnson
[00:30:26] says the real threat isn't AI itself, but allowing China to
[00:30:30] pull ahead in the race to dominate the... technology, his comments come as
[00:30:34] pressure builds on congress to act after insiders at open
[00:30:38] AI and anthropic warned AI could pose an
[00:30:41] existential threat. they can
[00:30:45] self-police, they can self-regulate, they don't need the government to tell them to slow it down
[00:30:49] if they want to slow it down they should, but we cannot exactly, we cannot
[00:30:53] have moratorium on the development of AI, okay, because then
[00:30:57] we will lose our edge to China, and that has serious national