Google Speech-to-Text API Automatic Transcription (Chirp). Treat it as a searchable index of what was broadcast, not a quotation record.
00:00:00diplomacy or
00:00:01war.
00:00:05Iran discussing West Asia peace and security with ranking Chinese
00:00:09officials who are also hosting the Sultan of Oman over the same
00:00:14of matter. And latest figures show that this
00:00:18year's mid-term elections have set a new record for campaign
00:00:22a spending
00:00:22in a US election
00:00:24cycle.
00:00:41of of You're watching Press TV world news with me
00:00:44keramati here in the Iraning Capital, Tehran, welcome
00:00:47to the program. Iran's foreign minister says Tehran has offered
00:00:51its plan to mediators and it is now up to the
00:00:55Washington DC to choose between diplomacy
00:00:58of and war.
00:01:01of
00:01:08a exists on that side, and whether
00:01:11in they are prepared to take the wise path, to pursue the path of diplomacy and
00:01:15negotiation, or whether they want to, as in the past, move toward
00:01:19military action. compared to the past, we are better prepared for
00:01:23both scenarios. if they should consider testing us once again,
00:01:27they will see a worse result than the past.
00:01:32Dr. Abbas
00:01:32of arakshi made
00:01:33a remarks during his trip to Turkmenistan, he said Iran does
00:01:36not bow to pressure and the straight of removes will reopen
00:01:40only if Iran's conditions are fully accepted. He
00:01:44also briefed
00:01:45in Turkman officials and regional developments and Iran's combat
00:01:49readiness. Ashley described his
00:01:51of trip as productive and aimed at following up on major
00:01:55of bilateral projects in energy, transit and economic
00:01:58sectors.
00:02:02The deputy secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council as
00:02:06Tehran and Beijing both hold the U.S. regime
00:02:10responsible for starting the war on
00:02:15of Iran. A common understanding was reached that the United States
00:02:19and the Israeli regime were responsible for starting this war and are the
00:02:23definite parties responsible for the aggression. Another point
00:02:27concerned the grave crime of
00:02:28of assassinating the great leader. the Islamic Revolution and his family
00:02:32members. The Chinese side also addressed this as
00:02:35very serious matter that cannot be easily
00:02:38of overlooked. They condemned the assassination and stressed that it was an
00:02:42unprecedented
00:02:43crime.
00:02:48of Ali Baqeri made the remarks during his visit to China for talks with higher
00:02:51level
00:02:53of officials. Baqiri has met with Chinese foreign minister and discussed the
00:02:56consequences
00:02:57of the US and Israely war in Iran. wants diplomatic
00:03:00initiatives to end the war as well as regional
00:03:03security. The Chinese foreign minister for his part expressed
00:03:07support for Iran's sovereignty and security. Oman
00:03:11Sulton is also visiting Beijing. According to
00:03:14Al-Mayodin, trilateral talks involving Iran, Oman
00:03:18and China are underway, focusing on Oman's renewed
00:03:21mediation between Tehran and Washington to be backed by Chinese
00:03:25economic and security guarantees. Meanwhile,
00:03:29Iran's... Security official major general Mosen Razi
00:03:33held a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir
00:03:37Putin to discuss regional development. The two also stress
00:03:40the need for a
00:03:42of strategic cooperation based on the mutually agreed road
00:03:45map. For more on
00:03:49that, let me bring in Saheb Shath, author and commentator join
00:03:53joining us from the city of Belfast. Mr. Shaw, thank
00:03:57in you for coming back to Press TV. I wanted to... to know
00:04:00your broad takeaway when you hear the news that uh the
00:04:04country of
00:04:05of China is right now trying to help Oman mediate
00:04:09a actually a preventive measure or something else you
00:04:13can correct me if I'm wrong there uh between Iran and
00:04:16Washington there have been the this analysis
00:04:20that countries like uh Russia and China need to
00:04:24enter the mediation efforts between Iran and
00:04:27Washington DC in order to prevent. war your thoughts on that as
00:04:31well, hello to
00:04:33you and your audience,
00:04:35a china is following what the Russians
00:04:41of in recognition started a in here, but we look at the China always voices the opposition to
00:04:45external military strikes against Iran, and China
00:04:49affirmed it support for Iran sovereignty,
00:04:52of security and territorial integrity, this is the
00:04:55position, always the Chinese advocates for resolving
00:04:59this. due to through political and diplomatic means,
00:05:03they don't like to be
00:05:04of dragged into any conflict. China used its
00:05:08position in the UN and security
00:05:10in council breaks and Shang. high cooperation organization
00:05:14to provide Iran as well with
00:05:17political cover and to challenge US lit brusher
00:05:21which is through wars or sanctions against
00:05:24Iran, this strategic relationship
00:05:28between in China and Iran always
00:05:32worked to reduce Iran international isolation
00:05:36and proved it support Iran in so
00:05:39many levels and be members
00:05:43of multilateral blocks as the
00:05:46bricks as the shanghai and that is
00:05:50is part the way the Chinese and Iranian
00:05:53seen how to reduce the Americans higimony
00:05:57in in in Asia and west Asia, if we look at the
00:06:0020 25 China used to buy over
00:06:0480% of Iran's ship oil
00:06:07and Iran will give China some discounts that
00:06:11counted near... for 14% the Chinese
00:06:15imported oil by sea at the time,
00:06:19Iran and China, they have fantastic relationships
00:06:22in a trade, which
00:06:26despite the US sanctions are
00:06:29active, and China is challenging the American
00:06:32policy of imposing sanctions on on
00:06:36Iran, China have the ministry of
00:06:40commerce, Chinese issued block. bans against US
00:06:44sanctions on the Chinese firms accused of
00:06:47involvement in Iranian petroleum
00:06:49transactions and the they stated that at the time
00:06:53these measures violate international
00:06:56law, so from here we can
00:07:00see the why is the Chinese are
00:07:03involved, if I want to go even further
00:07:07Chinas have a scope of
00:07:10security.
00:07:14with with with with Iran and it's even
00:07:18moving that relationship beyond just
00:07:22economical kind of
00:07:24relationship China you participated
00:07:28in the military exercise
00:07:32shahand 2025 with Russia and
00:07:36Iran China cooperating in research and
00:07:39development with cyber security strategy.
00:07:43digital software, hardware and advance as well
00:07:47military and technology state
00:07:50the art devices, i want to mention one, the
00:07:54yLC 8b radar
00:07:56system, that is capable of detecting
00:08:00st aircraft like the f35, that is the
00:08:04project the Chinese and the
00:08:06rain coborating on
00:08:08and that is ringing bells
00:08:10all over Washington about their own capability to
00:08:14dominate the the Iranian skies, iran
00:08:18uses the
00:08:20Chinese which is
00:08:23alternative to the American GBS called be
00:08:27do, that satellite navigation system, it can use it
00:08:31Iran for navigation for military or sensitive
00:08:35issues, that's deep kind of
00:08:37relationship, it it's betrays it is a
00:08:41strategy. it is China in there even if it's not
00:08:45involved militarily and as the
00:08:48Chinese president Chi said to to
00:08:52Biden, they are not involved in supporting Iran
00:08:56militarily, but that shows the level of
00:08:59cooperation between them and China from there can
00:09:03summon the other players like Oman and it try
00:09:07to from here to draw the
00:09:10future in cooperation. between the one who
00:09:14control the straight of hormos because there is direct interest
00:09:18the Chinese for a trade in there and for oil
00:09:21and a China showing now its ability to
00:09:25influence the regional players and support Iran, but in the
00:09:29future the Americans have to see what the Chinese
00:09:32asking. Thank you so much for your insights, that was
00:09:36Saib Shath, author and commentator join us from the city of
00:09:40Belfast. Navy says a
00:09:43violating oil tanker caught fire after hitting a seam mine in the
00:09:47straight of remoz. According to the navy, the tanker was moving
00:09:51a prohibited and unsafe area east the straight of
00:09:54remoz when it struck seam mine causing a fire on
00:09:58board. The vessel had switched off its navigation
00:10:01systems. The navy warn tanker owners to learn from the
00:10:05fate of such vessels which tried to pass through prohibited
00:10:09areas by turning off their navigation systems. and said
00:10:13unauthorized passage through high risk areas can lead
00:10:17to mine strikes and fires. the
00:10:21IRGC's navy command has said that from October to
00:10:2525th, the date of sendcom commander Brad Cooper's show
00:10:28visit to the straight of Ramus to date that is nine
00:10:32days later, 11 violating tankers have burned in the straight of
00:10:36remooz with some sinking in the depth the
00:10:39sea. the battle
00:10:43for control of congress is becoming a contest of
00:10:47unprecedented financial proportions with wealthy donors
00:10:50and powerful lobbing networks pouring millions
00:10:54into... races. Among the biggest players is the Pro
00:10:57Israel lobby whose growing role in the campaign financing is
00:11:01raising questions about money, political influence and the
00:11:05future the US policy toward
00:11:07Israel.
00:11:1236 US mid-term elections are the most expensive in American
00:11:15history, with campaign spending exceeding even that of recent presidential
00:11:19elections. Billions of dollars are pouring into congressional races, but
00:11:23behind the unprecedented. defending battle is another powerful force, wealthy
00:11:27donors and lobbying networks seeking to shape Washington's political agenda.
00:11:31ProIsrael organizations, led by Apac, have emerged as major
00:11:35financial players investing heavily in races involving candidates who
00:11:39challenge unconditional US support for Israel. According to the latest
00:11:42data, spending on political advertisements and reservations reached
00:11:46$11.21 billion dollars by October 206, compared with
00:11:50approximately $3.2 billion during the 2024 presidential
00:11:53election season. The... Figures underline the extraordinary financial scale of
00:11:57this year's midterms, while billionaire donors such as Elon Musk, George
00:12:01Soros and Michael Bloomberg are financing candidates across party lines,
00:12:05money connected to the pro Israel lobby has become particularly influential in
00:12:09congressional contests. At the center of this network is the American
00:12:13Israel public affairs committee or APAC and its affiliated super
00:12:16pack, the United Democracy Project. The ladder raised
00:12:20approximately $104 million dollars during the 2026 election
00:12:23cycle through June. already exceeding its entire fundraising total for
00:12:272024, much of this money has gone into primary
00:12:30contests where outside spending can determine which candidates advance to the
00:12:34general election. In Michigan, Apax political network spent
00:12:38more than $30 million
00:12:39dollars in the Democratic Senate Primary, backing Congresswoman Haley Stevens
00:12:43against Abdul El Saied, who is critical of United States support for
00:12:47Israel. Elsayed ultimately won the nomination, despite the massive
00:12:51financial campaign against him. The influence these organizations.
00:12:55extends beyond Michigan. In Illinois, Apac affiliated groups poured
00:12:59millions into congressional primaries targeting candidates critical of
00:13:02Israel. In Kentucky, the United Democracy project spent millions
00:13:06opposing Republican Congressman Thomas Massy, another vocal critic of
00:13:10US policy toward Israel. The stakes are particularly high in Texas,
00:13:14Ohio and Michigan, which rank among the most expensive Senate contests
00:13:18the election cycle. More than $534 million has been spent
00:13:21on the Texas race alone, while spending in Ohio has exceeded.
00:13:25$435 million in Michigan Senate Contest has attracted
00:13:29approximately $333 million. The record spending
00:13:32raises a fundamental question: how much influence should wealthy donors
00:13:36and powerful lobbying organizations have over the people elected to represent
00:13:40ordinary voters, and when it comes to Washington's policy toward Israel,
00:13:44how much of that political agenda is being shaped by financial pressure rather than
00:13:48public
00:13:48opinion?
00:13:52Gordon Nixon, radio host and political analyst. in Washington DC
00:13:56joined us earlier for his insight into the upcoming US mid-term
00:14:00elections.
00:14:04Well, what's driving this is the realization the American
00:14:07public that they are not being um represented by
00:14:11the uh the mem the members of Congress and by their political so-called
00:14:15representatives that they're on their own and so what's happening because the
00:14:19issues cannot be discussed um a way that will be
00:14:22attractive to the voters. Instead. they have to try to fool the
00:14:26voters, they have to use creative um ways to uh convince
00:14:30the voters to vote for them that are not related to policy, and that's very
00:14:34expensive. these uh people who are
00:14:37potential members of congress are literally vetted. i have had
00:14:41people running for congress tell me, running actually even for state
00:14:45offices tell me that they had to go to an apec um office
00:14:49to be vetted um to ensure that they
00:14:52sufficiently supported Israel before the... why are we voting
00:14:56um you can't vote why
00:14:57are we voting um
00:14:59you can't vote your way out of it in
00:15:00that is my um
00:15:03opinion that uh
00:15:06their voices are not heard and that there is not
00:15:10democracy for the masses there is a as as you know you
00:15:14kind of illustrated this there is a battle between competing factions the
00:15:18ruling elite and the American people and the working class don't get a say in
00:15:22this and the the American people are starting to see it because It's so obvious
00:15:25and I'll just say this, particularly in the last election where the president the
00:15:29United States ran a platform of peace that was very
00:15:33attractive to lot of voters and he won a coalition that no one.
00:15:37never thought would come together, people who had disperant ideological views
00:15:41all came together because they wanted peace, and when he got in office they
00:15:45got the, they got the opposite, and I think that was dramatic lesson for the
00:15:49electorate here in the United States. After two weeks
00:15:53of school holidays, a student protest resumed across France on
00:15:57Monday, November the 2nd with several high schools blocked.
00:16:01Students have the announced police violence saying they will continue mobilizing
00:16:04despite the pressure.
00:16:10student protests have resumed in France, high school students have now
00:16:13organized blockades as the movement has entered new phase, the return
00:16:17to school has not brought an end to the mobilization,
00:16:21students say their demands remain unanswered and insists they are determined
00:16:25to continue
00:16:25protesting.
00:16:30we knew the movement would not lose momentum during the holidays, and
00:16:34here we are, back for the start the school year, the government. is wrong if it
00:16:38thought we would stop, this is not just a symbolic movement, it
00:16:41reflects widespread anger, and we want things to change. of
00:16:45course, we're not going to stop here. the police violence against
00:16:49us shows the government's hypocrisy. they don't want things to
00:16:52change, so they use heavy police repression to make us abandon the
00:16:56struggle, but that's not going to stop us. find it
00:16:59unacceptable, and it really shows how little the government listens to the
00:17:03people.
00:17:07"now we've been demanding our rights, we're tired the government refusing to
00:17:11listen to us, if they listened, things would be better, it would all
00:17:15move faster, and we would have ended the blockades, all we want is better
00:17:19conditions to study, we want to study, we're not blocking schools
00:17:23because we want to skip classes, we actually want to learn, but the
00:17:26government doesn't understand that, they think violence will stop us from
00:17:30protesting, but it only makes us even angrier, we're going to keep fighting until
00:17:34they give in, because we've had enough, but the return to school was..." also
00:17:38marked by reports of physical violence during police
00:17:41interventions, with students describing what they say were brutal acts
00:17:44against
00:17:45them.
00:17:49police officers violently beat us this morning, one officer
00:17:53even tore my sweater while violently pulling me to the ground. they
00:17:57threw me to the ground, my classmates were being choked,
00:18:00another student was grabbed by the legs and dragged along the ground by
00:18:04police officers. we really didn't expect this.
00:18:16That's mainly so we'll give up, but we're not going to
00:18:19stop, nothing has changed, we're still
00:18:22angry, and in response to that anger, they send the
00:18:26police to beat us, it's absurd. Despite the school
00:18:30holidays, the student movement is continuing, protesters say
00:18:34they will not be silenced and intend to keep mobilizing. until their demands
00:18:38are heard. Casim Hasan reporting for
00:18:42Press TV in
00:18:43Paris.
00:18:47Five people have been killed in freshes radio attacks on the Gaza's trip as the
00:18:51Palestinian death tholl since October 2023
00:18:54rises to 74,609.
00:18:58Gaza's health ministry says 11 palestinians were killed
00:19:02and 38 others injured over the past 48 hours,
00:19:06bringing the total. the wound to
00:19:08175,872,
00:19:12at least 1,500 palestinians have been killed since the last
00:19:16year cease fire. h strikes have continued across the
00:19:20besieg territory despite the truth with civilians
00:19:23including children among the
00:19:25victims.
00:19:30it was an unprecedented large-scale strike bringing
00:19:34together dock workers at more than 100 ports ( across
00:19:37several continents, their message was clear, stop the war
00:19:41and halt arms shipments to Israel for use
00:19:45in its military campaign in the occupied Palestine.
00:19:49watch!
00:19:56dock workers across more than 100 port stage a
00:20:00coordinated global strike against arms shipment
00:20:03in to Israel in occupied Palestine, organiz size
00:20:07under the banner duck workers don't work for war and
00:20:11supported by the no harbor for genocide campaign
00:20:14demanding that port facilities not be used
00:20:18to transport weapons destinated for war zones. over
00:20:2225 unions across five continents
00:20:25participated. the action was described by organizers
00:20:29as the largest coordinated international strike
00:20:33by port workers ever aimed at halting the
00:20:37militarization of civilian ports. key
00:20:41participating ports included Perus in
00:20:44Greece, Genova and Triist in
00:20:47Italy, L have and Mersey in France uh
00:20:51Valencia and Algeries in Spain,
00:20:54Tangermad in Morocco, Hamburg in Germany and
00:20:58NAVA in India. A prominent flash
00:21:02point was Pers in Greece, it stock are
00:21:06Greece's largest seaport and major gateway for
00:21:09cargo and passenger ferries. In Istanbul,
00:21:13protesters gathered outside uh Hyder pasa
00:21:17port with banners reading, no to war. no to
00:21:20armament. Spanish union coordinator uh mobilized
00:21:24across 15 ports including Barcelona, while Swedish
00:21:27workers struck at 11 ports. Their slogan: no
00:21:31to war, no to armament. Organizers
00:21:35estimated the strike could destropt over 40%
00:21:39of Mediterranean cargo traffic with participating ports
00:21:43handling 63% of container traffic in the region,
00:21:47approximately 52 thousand. containers were
00:21:51halted during the 24-hour action and using a
00:21:54un average of $54,000
00:21:58per container, the effected shipments were valued at
00:22:02roughly $2.8 billion dollars. other
00:22:05estimated placed the stalled freight at over
00:22:09two billion dollars. the aim was to target military
00:22:12related cargos. for example, the campaign noted that arms
00:22:16shipments continued flowing through ports disp. had
00:22:20announced export bans, the cargos targeted
00:22:23included weapons, ammunition, military
00:22:27equipment and components for Israel's elbit systems, the
00:22:31country's largest arms manufacturer. the no harbor for
00:22:35genocide campaign tracked 315 shipments of
00:22:38elbit systems components through 56
00:22:42commercial ports in 29 countries between august
00:22:462025 and september 2026,
00:22:50campaigners also monitored 3,400 shipment
00:22:53supplying American military bases through 67 ports in
00:22:5742 countries. Egypt's port said uh was
00:23:01flag said flagged was a transit point where
00:23:05ships reportently listed the port before disabling
00:23:08AIIS signals raising transparency concerns about
00:23:12final destinations. And that brings us
00:23:16to the end of this edition of world news bulletin. Thank you for joining us. And bye-bye
00:23:20for
00:23:20now,
00:23:37crisis, devastating wars,
00:23:40terrorism, the Israely
00:23:44lobby,
00:23:47crackdown.
00:23:51Diplomacy:
00:23:57Iran prepared for any
00:23:59scenario.
00:24:14A story of Iran's resilience today, a US-Israel strike
00:24:18during the 40-day war on Iran. hit a laser and plasma
00:24:21research facility in Tehran and most people would assume that
00:24:25means shut down, silence, damage, end of work, but
00:24:29that's not what happened in the Islamic Republic of Iran, because within
00:24:33days the labs were running again, researchers back in the
00:24:37building, equipment being cleared and experiments
00:24:41restarting, so the first question rights itself, what
00:24:44exactly was the U.S. Israel strike supposed to stop?
00:24:48The answer is quite... clear, it was attempt to attack Iran
00:24:52scientific infrastructure itself. many of you may ask,
00:24:56but why? let's unfold that. the facility is a working
00:25:00research center focused on plasma physics, photonics,
00:25:04biomedical imaging and industrial applications, the kind of
00:25:08science that moves between medicine, energy and materials.
00:25:12and hey, it is not just theory. the inventions are
00:25:16being applied in avance hospitals, industry, pharmaceutical.
00:25:20colds, even for gemstones, so if the goal was
00:25:23disruption, did the US and Israel succeed? the clear
00:25:27answer is, no. another question pops up, how is the work
00:25:31already continuing? because Iranian scientists are framing this
00:25:34as deeper than physical damage. they believe it reflects
00:25:38pattern, pressure on Iran's scientific
00:25:41infrastructure. something, the US and Israel have
00:25:45been doing for decades. remember the target killings of Iran's nuclear
00:25:49scientist. and cyber attacks on peaceful nuclear plants.
00:25:53Anyways, this attack was another desperate attempt to
00:25:56disrupt years of research, expertise and technological
00:26:00progress instead of allowing. the strike to define the
00:26:04institute's future, Iranian scientists returned
00:26:07within days to restore operations and restart
00:26:10projects at the center, the damage equipment is already
00:26:14being replaced and in some cases operated within domestically
00:26:18developed systems, so instead of shutting the work down, the US
00:26:22is really strike appears to have accelerated rebuild
00:26:25cycle, and that's how the Islamic Republic
00:26:28works.
00:26:38Teaching anywhere in the world shares a common language, a
00:26:42love beyond duty and heart that beats for the fate
00:26:45of children. When you are teacher, every morning you leave all your
00:26:49personal pain behind the classroom door to create
00:26:53safe world for other people's children. On February
00:26:5628, 2026, in Iran a school in Minab was
00:27:00experiencing its usual calm. Fatima
00:27:04Shahdadi, an energetic sports coach who saw the world through the
00:27:08joyful eyes of her students and Farid Mokhtari,
00:27:11dignified and kind teacher were present amits the
00:27:14children's bustling chatter, but this innocent routine
00:27:18suddenly turned into dust and ashes with the terrifying roar of
00:27:22missiles, deadly strikes that targeted civilians and educational
00:27:26centers during military attacks by Israel and the United States
00:27:30collapsing the school's roof over the children. children and
00:27:33teachers, at the moment the ground shook beneath their
00:27:36feed and rubble and smoke filled the air, survival instinct dictated
00:27:40that everyone should look for escape route to save their own
00:27:44lives, but for fatima and faide, time stood still a
00:27:48different way, in those seconds of terror and screams, only
00:27:52one image was etched in the minds these women, the
00:27:55children, they ran toward the center the fire and
00:27:58danger, emid the cries of children trapped alone in the flames,
00:28:02They did not survive to return to their classrooms. The
00:28:06next day, both teachers lost their lives right there in the school's
00:28:10courtyard and hallways giving everything to save the
00:28:14children of others. Behind the
00:28:17names these two teachers lay two lives filled with hope and
00:28:21attachment, women who lived like millions of others, yet
00:28:25gave meaning to self-sacrifice in the face of tragedy. Days
00:28:29after the disaster, among fidas few remaining keep. takes a
00:28:33short will was found alongside pair of earrings she had given to
00:28:37her mother before the incident, as if her heart sense this
00:28:40journey had no return. fatima's family too remembers her with
00:28:44grand dreams and heart overflowing with dedication to
00:28:48serve. today no trace remains these classrooms or the
00:28:52laughter filled courtyard, yet the names of Fatima Shahdadi,
00:28:55Faride Mokhtari and dozens of other teachers who fell
00:28:59victim to these devastating attacks have become... symbols of
00:29:03humanity's endurance against the violence of war,
00:29:06educators who embrace death to gift their students the right to
00:29:10live and
00:29:11learn.
00:29:24in today's show we'll be considering the impact of motion that was adopted by the
00:29:28green party of England and Wales at their recent conference in Brighton which
00:29:31clearly stated that zinanism is racism.
00:29:34colonialism is evil, slavery is evil, settler
00:29:38colonialism is evil, racism isn't evil, and
00:29:41therefore this zinism as it's materialized
00:29:45in Israel is racism and
00:29:49therefore must be conduct as an ideology. it's a
00:29:53very significant step, but of course we need to build on it, we need to build on
00:29:57it most obviously by dismantlingism as an ideology and as
00:30:01movement in this.