TRTWORLD — News 20260920 230000 UTC 454 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. [00:00:01] of [00:00:07] of [00:00:16] Iran's of army warns of [00:00:17] an imminent US attack in the coming days, the central military [00:00:21] command says it will [00:00:29] on the program. As Israeli attacks continue on [00:00:32] Gaza, a group of university students reach milestone [00:00:36] that seemed out of reach, graduating after three years of war [00:00:40] and destruction. The United Russia [00:00:44] of party is on course to win the country's [00:00:46] of parliamentary elections as Ukraine launches a massive attack across the [00:00:49] country. And German Chancellor Fredrik [00:00:53] Merca CDU fails to win a state parliament [00:00:57] election, the worst defeat in 77 years. [00:01:09] a [00:01:17] of [00:01:22] Iran's military says it has received information that the United [00:01:25] States is preparing another attack warning that any new strikes would [00:01:29] trigger. sustained retaliation against American bases and interests [00:01:33] across the region. At the same time, Tehran says it has sent Washington [00:01:37] new set of conditions for restarting negotiations, including the [00:01:41] release of frozen Iranian assets and an end to the US [00:01:44] naval blockade. Iran also says [00:01:47] of the straight of Hormus will remain closed until its conditions are [00:01:50] met as President Donald Trump prepares to meet Gulf leaders in New [00:01:54] York this [00:01:58] a week. [00:02:12] in [00:02:15] of [00:02:30] "there will be no possibility of [00:02:31] a return to the previous negotiation framework or to [00:02:35] reopen the straight of [00:02:38] of [00:02:39] of hormos. Raed Jarrar is the policy director at democracy in the [00:02:43] Arab world now. He says Israel's role is affecting Trump's judgment [00:02:47] and argues that there's no question the US should reach an agreement with [00:02:50] Iran. What we see [00:02:53] of is a manifestation [00:02:55] of of the Israeli role in affecting President [00:02:59] Trump's..." judgment, because from a United States [00:03:02] interest, there is [00:03:05] of no question on whether or not the United [00:03:07] in States should reach to an agreement with Iran, that is in [00:03:11] the US interest, to reach to a comprehensive agreement with [00:03:15] Iran as soon as possible, and get US assets [00:03:19] and troops and interests out of harm way, harm's [00:03:22] way, unfortunately what we see every now and then is [00:03:26] that Israeli prime minister Netanyahu successfully... [00:03:30] lobbying the United States to increase its [00:03:33] a pressure on Iran [00:03:34] of or even attack Iran in the last few [00:03:38] hours and couple of days there are even [00:03:41] speculations about an impending attack [00:03:44] in either on Yemen or Iran proper, it seems like the [00:03:48] US is sending more assets to the region and sending uh [00:03:52] notifications and warnings to US citizens in the region, it doesn't make any [00:03:56] sense, that's absolutely not within the United States interest. [00:04:00] escalate war there, so I would say there is flip flopping [00:04:03] going on, but I think the flip flopping comes [00:04:07] from the Israel factor. President Trump is very [00:04:10] worried about domestic [00:04:13] politics that are linked [00:04:16] a to the Iran war or affected by the Iran war, [00:04:20] so don't forget that in the United States usually foreign policy is not [00:04:24] that big on US voters [00:04:27] in minds, but what's big on US voters minds is... to the gas [00:04:30] station and seeing that diesel is for [00:04:34] in of $6 a gallon and gas is four or $5 a gallon, that is something [00:04:38] that [00:04:39] of of Americans can see, and they are connecting the dots to the [00:04:43] gas prices being linked to the war of aggression that [00:04:47] President Trump waged on Iran with no congressional approval and [00:04:51] no UN security council resolution authorizing it, so [00:04:55] it's Trump's war that is [00:04:57] of leading the prices up, prices at the grocery store. are up, interest [00:05:01] rates in the United States are up, as of [00:05:04] a last week, that's the first time that interest rates go up, and this means [00:05:08] that people will want to be able to afford to buy a new home, [00:05:11] new car, so the economy is really suffering and that will [00:05:15] definitely affect president Trump and the Republican party [00:05:19] very negatively during the upcoming elections, so some what [00:05:23] we're seeing now is President Trump is trying to do some damage [00:05:26] control to control that narrative and the [00:05:30] damage, some of it is him actually losing control over [00:05:34] what's going on and freaking out and just saying things [00:05:38] that he thinks will work that day without a comprehensive [00:05:41] long-term. strategy or or like a PR [00:05:45] strategy that he has to deal with the situation. Yemen's [00:05:49] ansarullah huthis continue to trade fire and accusations with [00:05:53] Saudi Arabia. The Iran-backed group claims that in the past [00:05:57] 24 hours the Saudis launched 28 strikes across the [00:06:00] country. It comes after the Houthies said they had attacked the Saudi [00:06:04] Capital with missiles and drones on Saturday. The US has [00:06:08] issued security alert advising that its citizens in [00:06:12] Saudi needs special permission to travel to the cities of Taif [00:06:16] and Yambo. Israely war planes have [00:06:19] bombed several locations in southern Lebanon. They targeted [00:06:23] the towns of Bani Hayan and Alcantara in the Marjayun district [00:06:27] in the country's south. nearly 9,00 people have been killed in Israeli [00:06:31] attacks on Lebanon since 2023 and more than 1 million [00:06:35] Lebanese have been displaced by those Israeli [00:06:37] attacks. An Israeli strike a [00:06:41] civilian vehicle in Gaza city has killed at least one person, this [00:06:45] raised the death toll on Saturday alone to five people, including people [00:06:49] killed in other attacks across the enclave in Jabalya and [00:06:53] Musairat. It is the latest Israeli violation to the [00:06:56] seasfire signed with Hamas in October last year, more than [00:06:59] 1,300 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks since the [00:07:03] agreement. For almost [00:07:07] three years, college graduation was milestone Gaza [00:07:11] students could only. imagine, now they are finally [00:07:14] taking the stage to be awarded their degrees. [00:07:18] Ashraf Shanan has [00:07:20] more. For these students in Gaza, [00:07:24] graduation is moment that once seemed out of reach. [00:07:28] The ceremony comes after nearly three years of Israel's genocidal [00:07:32] war, years marked by displacement, [00:07:35] interrupted education and profound personal [00:07:38] loss. More than 63 university buildings have been. [00:07:43] destroyed while nearly 1400 university students have been killed during [00:07:47] the war, yet these students have made [00:07:50] it to the end their [00:07:52] studies. being a mother and a [00:07:56] student at the same time during a war of extermination is not easy. lost [00:08:00] many members of my family, including my siblings, but i held to [00:08:03] hope. i continued my journey and kept going, even during the most difficult [00:08:07] moments the war. four students across Gaza [00:08:11] continuing their... [00:08:42] means more than completing college or university, it is reminder [00:08:46] their perseverance in the face of Israel's [00:08:49] brutalities. life is [00:08:53] returning once again and universities are trying to come back to life through [00:08:57] their graduates. today life is returning withour [00:09:00] students. around 1,500 graduates from across the gaza [00:09:04] strip are sharing this moment of joy. as you can see, the [00:09:08] joy is everywhere because gaza loves life and our [00:09:11] students will... contribute [00:09:13] to rebuilding their homeland. The students named the graduating [00:09:17] class, the Phoenix, a symbol, they associate with [00:09:20] Gaza and the resilience of its people. [00:09:24] Israel has systematically denied students the right to [00:09:27] education. during Israelidal war on Gaza, over [00:09:31] 90,00 college students lost access to higher [00:09:42] Erdogan has arrived in New York to attend the 81st session the [00:09:46] United Nations General Assembly. President Erdogan has was [00:09:50] welcomed by a large crowd in front the Turkish House. Our [00:09:53] diplomatic correspondent Andrew Hopkins as [00:09:56] more. He's expected to address the [00:10:00] United Nations General Assembly high level week [00:10:04] on Tuesday. This is a week when all the leaders of all the [00:10:07] 193 countries which are members the United Nations [00:10:11] come here they make. speeches, they talk about the issues that are [00:10:15] important to them, what are the problems and how they should all be dealt [00:10:19] with. now another part of this week is that these leaders who attend get [00:10:22] to have head to head bilater. meetings with some the other [00:10:26] leaders as well, and president is no exception to [00:10:30] that, we're not sure of his exact movements at the [00:10:33] moment, except for one, which looks pretty likely, because the [00:10:37] US ambassador to Turkey Tombarak has said he expects a [00:10:41] meeting on the sidelines between president Erdogan and President Trump and [00:10:45] that's going to, I think arouse quite a bit bit of interest, not just [00:10:49] in Turkey, but also [00:10:51] in the international community, because these two countries have two big [00:10:55] militaries in NATO, and yet the United States has [00:10:58] imposed sanctions on the Turkish Defense [00:11:02] industry, and there is a will, a sort of motivation [00:11:06] between the two countries, now I spoke to, I've spoken to officials from both [00:11:09] countries, and they want to get rid these sanctions as soon as possible, so [00:11:13] that they can resume this uh cooperation in the months and the [00:11:17] years ahead, and that's something I think a lot of people will be looking at when that [00:11:21] meeting takes place to see whether there's any movement. on that [00:11:25] issue uh aside from that uh there's also likely to [00:11:29] be a meeting involving the president at the Turkish American Business [00:11:33] Council, which is regular annual event when he comes here, [00:11:37] and there's also a high-level meeting organized by the UN [00:11:40] secretary general Antonio Gutierez um, which is [00:11:44] about the issue of climate change, [00:11:46] and of course the Turkish government, Turkia is going to be [00:11:49] hosting the UN's climate change summit Cop 31 in [00:11:53] Antalia later. [00:11:55] this [00:12:00] year. German chancellor [00:12:04] Fredric Murtz has suffered another major electoral setback. [00:12:08] Exit poles show his conservative CDU won just [00:12:11] 4.9% in Macklinburg, Western [00:12:14] Pomarania. It's worst state results since [00:12:17] 1949, while the far right AFD finished [00:12:21] first. Mtz called the results disaster, but says his government will. [00:12:25] continue with its reform [00:12:27] agenda. In [00:12:30] Berlin, the left party's Turkish German lead [00:12:33] candidate Elif is on track to become the [00:12:37] capital's next mayor. The party won around a quarter the vote [00:12:40] ahead of chancellor Frederic CDU, while the far right AFD [00:12:44] also made gains there. Alp would still need coalition [00:12:48] partners to form a [00:12:50] government. [00:12:55] vision won today, our shared vision of an affordable Berlin for all [00:12:59] people, regardless [00:13:00] of where they are from, regardless of what they believe, regardless of who they love and [00:13:04] regardless of what they earn. [00:13:07] Rich Brockner is a professor of European studies at Stanford University in [00:13:11] Berlin, he says the scale of reforms Germany needs would make [00:13:15] any government governing party unpopular with [00:13:17] voters. The massive list [00:13:21] of reforms both domestically and [00:13:25] challenges from outside would need to do [00:13:28] unpopular things that an open [00:13:31] society and a system in which you can freely say what you [00:13:35] want would lead to pretty bad [00:13:39] support rates for whoever is in power, because it is [00:13:43] unpopular to cut expenses, to shift [00:13:46] priorities, to make the country more resilient, there [00:13:50] are many, many things that are coming from [00:13:54] outside like high energy prices due to Russian's full-scale [00:13:57] invasion in Ukraine or what is happening in Iran, so [00:14:01] lot of [00:14:02] it isn't homemade, but the previous government [00:14:05] also post boned investment which [00:14:09] now pile up and make it extremely complicated to [00:14:12] finance all these necessary infrastructure investments [00:14:16] to become strategically more autonomous from the United [00:14:19] States, to deal with the competitiveness problems with [00:14:23] China, so there's a long..." list, it's kind of a perfect storm that [00:14:27] if [00:14:27] it would be one crisis after the other, a government could [00:14:31] potentially handle it, but if you struggle with six or [00:14:34] seven major challenges at once, you do need to [00:14:38] do unpopular things and that fires back, it would be so [00:14:42] simple by replacing one head by another, and then [00:14:45] Germany would sail into a brighter future, [00:14:49] then we could do it, but we live a situation in [00:14:53] which the problems don't... go away by simply replacing a [00:14:57] person who potentially communicates better. there's also [00:15:00] lot to blame him for, why he has such low [00:15:04] popularity [00:15:21] you if you think, sorry, [00:15:26] was was actually right there, sorry bner was right there when he [00:15:29] said that you have to do uncomfortable things to do [00:15:33] reforms, and of course if you're that [00:15:36] unpopular... 'then you're not going to get voted in again, is he [00:15:40] right that these difficult reforms need to be [00:15:43] made? yeah, and we are talking now about the federal [00:15:46] level where obviously lot of reforms are necessary, the coalition [00:15:50] between the social democrats and the CDU CSU has [00:15:54] started to come up with some reforms, I'm wondering whether the [00:15:57] outcomes the elections in Mclman and in [00:16:01] Berlin really how much they have to do with the federal level, [00:16:05] they differ ver'. ways [00:16:07] and so there are local, regional problems also [00:16:11] playing role, but mainly in m in eastern [00:16:15] germany, i think so [00:16:17] the reputation and the sentiment towards Berlin and the [00:16:21] reforms the government, they played a role here, not so much in Berlin, [00:16:25] I would say right, so even if the issues are [00:16:29] maybe not mainly about the federal issues, does it [00:16:33] hurt the chancellor a federal level, [00:16:36] the chancelor? of this whole country, yeah, it [00:16:39] definitely has negative impact on the [00:16:43] coalition, and we see this already, my chancellor merits [00:16:47] was surprisingly quick after the first kind [00:16:50] of notice how the outcome is looking like [00:16:54] to say, no, i stay in the in my job, i will continue, we need [00:16:58] to move for reforms and [00:17:00] so on, this one's also a guesture internally, because there is lot [00:17:04] of rumor in the party, and so he has very... difficult [00:17:08] kind of position and I i'm not really sure how long he will [00:17:12] really survive uh at this moment there is it's a catastrophe [00:17:16] actually happening for one that the the party never happened before the [00:17:19] CDU is not represented in the regional in the [00:17:22] provincial parliament so that's really something you and I [00:17:26] think so this has repercussions in Berlin also the [00:17:30] CDU lost dramatically and so it's [00:17:34] a bad day for the CDU but it's also another good day or [00:17:37] all uh for other parties, the only big winner in both [00:17:41] cases seems to me the alternative for Germany, very much so in [00:17:45] in Berlin, they didn't live up to [00:17:49] the expectation, but still a city state to get like more than [00:17:52] 15% is quite an outstanding result we [00:17:56] haven't seen before, and this tells a bit about the dynamic in [00:18:00] german politics, do outsiders have [00:18:04] justification to feel a little nervous when a German fire right? party [00:18:08] does this well? yeah, not not only [00:18:11] outsiders, actually, I would say even the majority of chas, [00:18:15] because hasn't so far made majority, [00:18:19] but even inside Germany, it's a lot of concerns, there's no [00:18:23] doubt about it's a radical party, particularly in [00:18:27] in the east, even in the west, there are differences between the various [00:18:31] branches the alternative for Germany, but still is an extremist [00:18:34] writing party, and it reminds under and and a bad [00:18:38] history of Germany and but at the same time there are voters who go [00:18:42] for it, that's a reality, and the more established parties [00:18:46] have to deal with that, they need to find a way to get [00:18:49] voters back into their camp, and this will be the challenge or not [00:18:53] only for the next couple of weeks, but also for the next couple of months, there's the WB [00:18:57] Yates poem things fall apart, the center cannot hold, may anary is [00:19:01] losed upon the world, is that an exaggeration or are [00:19:05] we are we seeing? a trend that [00:19:09] might be difficult to reverse here, we just rewind not too long [00:19:13] ago, Angela Merkel being a symbol [00:19:16] of everything centrest, not only for Germany, but [00:19:19] also for the continent, for the world a way, she was this [00:19:23] almost concrete center, and now we're seeing on the far right and the [00:19:27] far left, things are rising up with [00:19:31] voters, albeit a local level, but it's an interesting [00:19:34] indication, and the center is... out what does that say [00:19:38] about the country, the continent and the [00:19:41] trends? i think that's a very good and [00:19:45] correct observation, we see the center is losing [00:19:48] out, we see in particularly the two big parties of center, center [00:19:52] right, let say the christian conservative parties, they are losing [00:19:56] ground in germany but also in other parts of europe, think about France, [00:20:00] think about the UK, there [00:20:02] are a lot of other examples where this conservatives are gone actually in [00:20:05] this regard in Germany. still alive, but they are [00:20:09] losing, and since the longer time [00:20:11] the social democrats are losing in many many parts of [00:20:15] Europe, not in all, we see just the outcome the elections in Sweden, we [00:20:18] see an exemption in in Denmark to some degree, but [00:20:22] then they also adapted lot of witing policies when it comes to [00:20:26] migration issues, so there is a loss in the center and and more [00:20:30] polarization from left to the right, and the extremes, and this tells a little bit [00:20:34] about the uncertainty of voters, don't feel [00:20:38] represented, it's a complex world and they go for simple [00:20:42] under complex answers and that's the case in Germany, but another parts of Europe [00:20:46] too, and to the point of Germany given its coalition politics, is it going to [00:20:49] be very? very difficult for people who are [00:20:53] diametrically opposed on so many different things about the very [00:20:57] foundational issues in life on on immigration and how to run [00:21:00] a society, is it going to be very difficult for them to get into alliance and work [00:21:04] together? yeah, it's getting much more complicated with more [00:21:07] parties overall represented in the parliament, i think the most [00:21:11] prominent case now is an election that happened to weeks ago in [00:21:15] saxant where it's not clear [00:21:18] how do... how government can be formed at all, because there is [00:21:22] still this firewall with the AFD, the all the other parties [00:21:26] would need to come together to form a very, very narrow [00:21:30] majority in the parliament that will not be very stable, so this [00:21:33] indicates is has become much more difficult to come up [00:21:37] with [00:21:37] a stable, forward looking, coherent governments and [00:21:41] that's true on the provincial level, and maybe [00:21:45] also get true on the federal level when [00:21:58] ruling United Russia party is on track for a comfortable victory in the country's [00:22:02] parliamentary election. Partial results show it's one just more [00:22:05] than 57% the votes. President Vladimir Putin has [00:22:09] presented the election as a test of support for the war in Ukraine. [00:22:13] Critics say genuine opposition has largely been excluded from the political [00:22:16] system, while the Kremlin argues national unity entitle. [00:22:20] controls are necessary during the [00:22:22] conflict, i [00:22:26] probably won't be saying anything original here, i just want [00:22:30] the people who have come to power to finally restore peace and a [00:22:34] calm life for us, that is the main most [00:22:37] important thing today, hope for the [00:22:41] best, hope [00:22:44] that the situation will eventually stabilize, that peace will [00:22:47] finally come and that our... [00:23:00] well we have now the data from the central election commission which suggest [00:23:04] that these parliamentary elections have actually exceeded the [00:23:08] turnout from the previous years, more than [00:23:12] 56% of Russians showed up at the polling stations or cost their vallot [00:23:16] online, this is the highest number than in... [00:23:20] 2021, in 2016, 203 or [00:23:23] 1993, so that does show a [00:23:27] lot in terms the people's desire to cost [00:23:31] their bat and exercise their right, we also hearing that in Moscow the [00:23:35] turnoun has increased to 51%, [00:23:38] and this voting has been preciding indeed in the so-called new [00:23:42] territorys of frash of Donis, Lugansk, Zaparishia and Herson, [00:23:46] and this is where the turnout has also been very high, more than 70. [00:23:50] percent to all of those territories, we also hear in that [00:23:53] voting is over in some the overseas [00:23:56] territories in foreign countries where the voting was taking [00:24:00] place at the ambassis of Russia, and uh the Russian [00:24:04] authorities are saying that what Ukraine tried to do was to derail [00:24:08] these elections by launching the large scale attack against [00:24:12] Moscow, the Moscow region, the latest numbers suggest that up to [00:24:15] 2,0 Ukrainian drows were intercepted over the past [00:24:18] 24, Wars and Moscow insis that what they will have to [00:24:22] do is to increase their own attacks on Kief in respond [00:24:26] to that, but no major regularities have so far been reported regarding [00:24:30] those elections and interestingly people who have been coming to the polen [00:24:34] stations, I've been talking [00:24:35] to them, they do say that they don't want their voice to [00:24:39] be wasted, they want to cast it in person to make [00:24:43] sure they cast it the way they wanted, and to be clear there [00:24:47] that electronic voting will not be... [00:24:50] interpreted in Nigeria, Africa's [00:24:54] biggest refinery has opened its doors to investors. Billionaire [00:24:58] Al Dangote is seeking to raise 1.6 billion [00:25:01] US dollars in the continent's biggest initial public offering and [00:25:05] it's already drawing huge interest. has the [00:25:09] story: a chance to own a [00:25:13] piece of one of africa's biggest businesses, shares in [00:25:17] alico, dangood day's giant oil. finary [00:25:20] recently went on sale, giving Nigerians a [00:25:24] stake a business that has already transformed the country's fuel [00:25:28] market. now [00:25:29] we are owning back our Nigerian oil, so I believe the group, [00:25:33] investing in that group is lifetime opportunity, [00:25:37] being imagine being a part owner of something that is Nigerian that will [00:25:41] grow, the 1.6 billion dollars share [00:25:45] sale is the largest initial public offering in the [00:25:48] African continent. and in the history of Nigeria. It's [00:25:52] also country's first fully digital IPO aimed at [00:25:56] retail investors. Several investment apps [00:26:00] crashed as people tried to buy and... minimum of 10 [00:26:03] shares costing around $40, by the end [00:26:07] of day one we had cleared around 70% the backlog and [00:26:11] by the start of business on day two we had cleared 100% the [00:26:15] backlog and now we you know are good to go, we [00:26:18] increased our capacity just by you massive orders [00:26:22] of magnitude. Africa's richest man says the aim is to [00:26:26] make ownership accessible to ordinary nigerians. [00:26:30] now we're looking at what do we create, what do you want to really [00:26:33] create? what you want to create is the likes of [00:26:37] Amazon, the likes of Microsoft, why people bought this shares for [00:26:41] next to nothing, and now those shares have become something [00:26:45] big, the refinery has shaped Nigeria's fuel [00:26:49] market since it began operation in 2024, helping [00:26:53] the country that once relied heavily on imports to [00:26:56] produce more of its own, it can process 700,00 [00:27:00] barrels of oil a day with Dangode planning to more than [00:27:04] double that to 1.4 million barrels a day by [00:27:07] 2029. The company also plans to launch a massive [00:27:11] refinery plant of Kenya's coast linking it to the East [00:27:15] African market, but despite the excitement, [00:27:19] investing is still out of reach for many [00:27:22] Nigerians. We are trying to survive, it's a [00:27:25] good development, but it's not for for the [00:27:29] poor for poor people like us, but 'if you have money you can [00:27:33] invest in it, but for we we are trying to survive. [00:27:37] keep it going, the IPO values the refinery at [00:27:41] around $49 billion dollars, more than twice what it cost to [00:27:45] build, while Dangode is still set to control [00:27:48] 87% the company, for investors buying now, [00:27:52] the real question is if Dangode can deliver on his [00:27:56] company's share [00:30:16] You're watching TRT World, I'm ImranGarta, reminder of our main headlines, [00:30:20] the Iranian military says it has received information that the US has [00:30:23] decided to resume attacks on the country, it's warned that [00:30:27] any new strikes would trigger sustained retaliation against American [00:30:31] bases and interests across the region. Tehran meanwhile says it [00:30:35] has sent Washington new set of conditions for restarting [00:30:38] negotiations that includes the release of frozen Iranian assets [00:30:42] and ending the US naval [00:30:44] blockade. Our positions [00:30:48] are completely clear, rational and [00:30:50] non-negotiable. Our messages and conditions have been [00:30:54] conveyed explicitly to the other side through [00:30:57] intermediaries, and the enemy knows full well that [00:31:01] the path of deception and The unilateral imposition is [00:31:04] closed.