people here are certainly breathing a
sigh of relief that Donald Trump appears
to be less belligerent than he has been
in recent days and indicated that he
would not be retaliated for last night's
attacks which were aimed by the Iranians
on bases here in Iraq which have US as
well as Iraqi and other soldiers in them
having said that he has said that there
are going to be more sanctions and the
Iranians well you're getting mixed
messages on the one hand the foreign
Mercer has suggested that last night's
attacks completed the operation on the
other hand there's still a lot of fervor
and a lot of fury and I think it's far
too soon to say that that's an end of
what the Iranians are going to do to
retaliate for the the killing of general
Soleimani you know it's the old thing
they say you know talk softly and carry
a big stick
so far what the Iranians have done is
talk very loudly but have carried just a
small stick because the attacks on the
bases here in Iraq last night they were
really largely symbolic
Iran fired ballistic missiles at 1:20
a.m. the same time that General has them
sulemani was blowing up in Baghdad last
Friday but the attack on I now Assad
base was less deadly killing neither us
nor reportedly Iraqi troops because the
Iranians had given the Iraqi government
advance warning a satellite picture
seems to show limited damage to several
sections amongst them an aircraft
shelter this morning Iraqi forces found
missile fragments near Erbil where
another base was hit Iraq is in the area
were cleaning up there the thankfully
not fatal
collateral damage at 2:00 a.m. we heard
a very loud sound and when we walked
outside we saw the broken windows and we
were terrified we didn't know that there
was an American base nearby we don't
know why they even hit us yesterday some
NATO troops including US Marines would
choppered out of the Green Zone in
Baghdad but the bulk remain on three
bases outside the capital including
those hit speaking to an audience in
Tehran after the strikes Iran's supreme
leader was greeted by customary chants
of death to America all est leadership
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a few hours before the body of general
Soleimani was finally lowered into its
resting place in his hometown of
chairman the crowds who mourn him may
not be satisfied with a slap as the only
retaliation for his killings we did not
start this process of escalation the
United States waged an economic war
against Iran the United States has to
come to its senses the presence of
Iranian people in the streets of many
cities unprecedented in the history a
sea of humanity has to bring the United
States to its senses the Iranian
government says it remains determined to
avenge salim on his death victory is
close they hope but victory for Iran
means US troops abandoning the Middle
East completely and it will take more
than a couple of missile strikes to make
that happen now the other thing that
President Trump said was that there
would be even more sanctions on Iran now
that does worry people here in Iraq
because this country since the 2003
American invasion it's really been
pulled between those two power bases the
u.s. on the one side and Iran on the
other and it's very dependent on Iran
for a lot of goods also for electricity
a large amount of the electricity here
in Iraq comes from Iran there's a waiver
on sanctions at the moment which allows
that to happen but that's up later this
month and if the Americans don't
continue with that waiver well it's
gonna go dark here a lot of the time and
that is something that really worries
people people here lived through
sanctions under the time of Saturn was
saying they know what it's like I was
talking to one a rocky woman today she
said look my family and I we've already
changed all our Iraqi dinars into US
dollars because we're so worried about
the currency losing all its value people
here are very concerned that this this
is not contained it's not just Iran and
America it's here one Iraqi man I spoke
to said look
it's like a football match he said well
you've got these two ferocious sides
battling it out
we Iraqis he said we're just the pitch
Lindsey thanks very much Jackie as long
as I'm president of the USA Iran will
never be allowed to have a nuclear
weapon there was no doubt what Donald
Trump wanted to emphasize in his
televised address this afternoon after
praising US forces for last week's drone
strike that killed top Iranian general
Qasem Soleimani mr. Trump demanded the
UK and others walk away from the Iran
nuclear deal well our Washington
correspondent Shuang Kennedy joins us
now she born well Jackie as you can
imagine everyone was on tenterhooks here
in the US waiting to hear what their
president would have to say he had been
making those same fiery threats right up
until yesterday afternoon when he
promised that if Iran did strike that
they would be met with severe
consequences yet today he is clearly
sought to bring those tensions back down
but I have to say those red lines are
still very visible
he said that Iran will not be allowed to
have a nuclear weapon on his watch
Jackie but remember it was he who walked
away from the only deal on the table
that its supporters said had a chance of
achieving that he's also threatened as
Lindsey was mentioning their fresh harsh
sanctions against the regime so while
today yes we are seeing something of a
conciliatory tone from the president
here it is by no means guaranteed an
Iran will play ball after a nervous
night and addressed to the nation from
the grand foyer of the White House
commander-in-chief Trump flanked by his
most senior generals and advisors
delivered his response to Iran's
ballistic missile attack on American
troop locations would an unpredictable
president call for revenge or call for
calm the American people should be
extremely grateful and happy no
Americans were harmed in last night's
attack
by the Iranian regime and that appears
to be the key factor as to whether this
crisis would escalate or allow both
sides to take a breath
Iran appears to be standing down which
is a good thing for all parties
concerned and a very good thing for the
world the president announced additional
punishing economic sanctions requested
help from NATO in the region and
demanded allies walk away from the
nuclear deal with Iran just as he had
done in 2018 sparking this current
crisis the time has come for the United
Kingdom Germany France Russia and China
to recognize this reality they must now
break away from the remnants of the Iran
deal or jcpoa and we must all work
together toward making a deal with Iran
that makes the world a safer and more
peaceful place the response to the
killing of that Iranian general has
begun it didn't feel safe overnight the
most dangerous moment in our lifetimes
as the president watched from the
Situation Room surrounded by his
advisors the first indication of his
mood came unsurprisingly on Twitter all
is well missiles launched from Iran at
two military bases located in Iraq
assessment of casualties and damages
taking place now so far so good we have
the most powerful and well-equipped
military anywhere in the world by far I
will be making a statement tomorrow
morning Trump brings chaos to the whole
world
Trump lives on Capitol Hill this morning
protesters lined the corridors but
Republican senators say these
developments are proof of a big win for
Donald Trump I think he is taking it as
an opportunity to not just deescalate
but start negotiations we this hasn't
happened you guys since 1979 and so it's
a major thing
I know all those people out there hate
Trump he's accomplishing something here
that is just really magnificent if there
was ever any doubt that when you're
dealing with evil people weakness
invites the wolves
I think Ayatollah got the message he's
either a really bad shot or he
understands if he spills American blood
he he will receive great vengeance and
furious anger but this is by no means
mission accomplished god bless america
thank you very much this is an
unpredictable president juggling a
crisis his critics say is of his own
making and one that he has repeatedly in
flames after days of edging towards the
brink now a tentative pause but will it
last
Siobhan Kennedy there well joining me
now from New York is Ian Bremmer the
president and founder of Eurasia group a
political risk research and consulting
firm and from Erbil in Iraq is the
journalist he were Osman who served on
us as an advisor to former president of
Iraq Jalal Talabani thank you both for
joining me in Bremner first has
president Trump whether by accident or
design pulled off a significant victory
here well he has today of course let's
keep in mind that this was self-imposed
I mean the reason that there's been
escalation from the Iranians over the
last number of months has been because
the United States decided president
Trump decided to unilaterally withdraw
from the Iranian nuclear deal all of the
American allies of credit including of
course the United Kingdom opposed that
and when the Iranians couldn't get
anyone to still work with them and do
business with them under the terms of
the deal because the United States much
more powerful they started to escalate
including even hitting 50% of Saturday's
oil they were taken basically offline
and so finally the Iranians started
hitting the Americans directly then you
saw this very significant hit from Trump
last Friday killing Qasem Soleimani
and the Iranians have indeed backed down
substantially the last weekend the last
72 hours I think reflects a tactical win
for Trump there is an opportunity to
engage in negotiation now in long term
that opportunity should be taken but
it's important to put in context because
we wouldn't be where we were in the last
72 hours if Trump hadn't pulled out of
that deal I mean there's speculation
that this last 24 hours has been a
little bit of theater perhaps from both
sides you know the u.s. say they were
warned no Americans were killed
President Trump said there was minimal
damage to the bases is it possible that
this is some sort of slightly elaborate
theater so that both sides can now back
down pull away from escalating the
crisis I think it's really one-sided
there's no question that you can people
say in the United States Trump got lucky
and it's true but it's a lot easier to
be lucky if you're the most powerful
country in the world if you're the
president with the most powerful
military and so I just think the
realities of asymmetry really matter the
truth the Iranians didn't understand
where the red lines were when they hit
the Saudis not only did Trump not
respond but the Saudis were so unnerved
by that they started negotiating with
Iran and they ended up with a prisoner
swap between the two clearly the
Iranians thought that the only way they
could get the Americans to pay any
attention and have a chance of actually
getting getting their economy moving
again is by showing that they were
willing to escalate and that really hurt
them they miscalculated and they also
tried to thumps Trump's nose in it the
Supreme Leader even tweeting that the
Americans couldn't do anything about it
again the events of the last 48 hours I
wouldn't call it kabuki I would call it
the Iranians recognizing the realities
of massive power imbalance between the
two countries he was meant to just bring
you in there the Iraqi Prime Minister
had been urging both sides to pull back
warning of a devastating all-out war how
satisfied do you think the Iraqis will
be now that in the words of President
Trump Iran is standing down that this is
for the moment over
well it certainly sends a signal to the
Iraqi people that Iran without Qasem
Soleimani is is a bit more moderate than
the previous one and probably wiser
a catastrophe could have taken place
over over last night but many Iraqis say
thank God it didn't no one no one died
and it was it came as a sigh of relief
because had there been serious
casualties in this attack and the
Americans would have responded with even
stronger power and the arena of all of
this would have been Iraq though so the
main collateral damage would have taken
place on Iraqi soil and by Iraqi people
and this was this would have been
catastrophic for for quite a lot of
Iraqis and it would have derailed the
the the demonstrations and the calls for
reform process that are taking place in
the various areas again areas of Iraq
against those who are today in
government and are mostly on the Iranian
side or backed by the Iranians I mean in
the early days after the assassination
of sulemani Iran had vowed severe
revenge will all Iranian --zz be
satisfied that this strike is in fact
enough
well the contrary to the expectations
the the revenge seems to be quite mellow
as some Iraqis were describing it today
and if this was it I think this will be
time for to start negotiations between
the two countries and in addition to the
various other issues that they discussed
I think and many Iraqis believe that
discussing Iraq and each science
involvement with Iraq should be put down
on paper and not be done in enclosed
rooms or through third parties like
proxies of this side or people who are
closer to America or people who are
closer to around or through
intermediaries like Iraqis I think the
two countries today should decide on
their on each one's standing on Iraq it
could be a topic for negotiations
between the two countries should they
start negotiations again and Ian Bremmer
we heard President Trump some think of a
rollercoaster of a speech today you know
tough rhetoric we won you lost you'd
expect a bit of that but at the same
time some pulling back offering
something of an olive branch to Iran
saying to the people we want you to
prosper and thrive so what is next for
president Trump do you think here he
wants negotiations this is a president
not inclined to wag the dog try to start
a war in order to win reelection as the
president climbed to pet a dog in other
words trying to come up with deals that
shows that he's the best deal maker in
the world even if the deal isn't all
that much and he's tried through the
French president through the Japanese
Prime Minister through the Swiss
president the cutter ease the Kuwait
ease he's tried to engage directly with
the Iranian president in thus far the
Iranian president had none of it he said
no not unless you go back to the old
deal well after this climbed down I
suspect the Iranians will be much more
willing to engage in negotiations and
they're gonna have to give more than
what they had with what was a limited
nuclear deal with Obama some of that is
about the 10-year time frame and ending
the sunset clause some of it is about
expanding it to include things like
ballistic missiles which are under
sanction and the Iranians just
demonstrated that they
have and they use just last night but I
do think that if you asked me looking
forward to the end of 2020 are we closer
to war are we closer to negotiations
we're actually quite a bit closer to
negotiations bringing those negotiations
home for this Trump administration of
course is it is a challenge of a very
different order Ian Bremmer and he was
mum we have to end it there but thank
you both for joining us thank you Kathy
thanks Jackie
well Boris Johnson has spoken in public
for the first time about the Iranian
crisis since returning from his Korean
holiday a prime minister's questions he
condemned last night's missile strikes
and backed president Trump's decision to
kill general Soleimani who he said had
the blood of British troops on his hands
but the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn
questioned whether his killing in a
foreign territory had been an illegal
act our political head said Gary Gibbon
reports his first public appearance
since 17 days his first on-camera
response to the u.s. killing of Iran's
top general most reasonable people would
accept that the United States has a
right to protect its bases it was close
to a full endorsement of the Americans
killing of a man he said had many crimes
to his name supplying improvised
explosive devices to terrorists who are
I'm afraid killed and maimed British
troops that man had the blood of British
troops on his hands
surely killing somebody in a foreign
territory is an illegal act and should
be condemned as such the prime minister
said the government was trying to stop
the crisis escalating and to be a bridge
between the EU and
u.s. the UK will continue to work for
de-escalation in the region I think
we're having a great deal of success in
bringing together a European response
and in bridging that the European
response without a course of our
American friends and working both with
the Iranians and with the Iraqis to dial
this thing down
only a few hours before President Trump
called for Britain and the EU to abandon
the Iran nuclear deal or as Johnson said
Britain still we think that after this
crisis has abated which of course we
sincerely hope it will that that wave
forward will remain it is a shell that
has currently been voided but it remains
a shell into which we can put substance
again why it all does not think the
overnight missile attacks from Iran on
US bases in Iraq is the last test of
Western nerve and unity it expects more
attacks directed from Tehran but it
carried out by others the Iranians have
got militia forces who take instructions
from Tehran all over the region so
they've got many forces in Iraq they've
got forces militia forces operating in
Syria they've got Hezbollah in Lebanon
they've got militia forces the Houthi
rebels in Yemen and in Afghanistan - it
has to be said and if you add on to that
the military dispositions of British and
American forces then there's an awful
lot of potential targets that can be
made to feel pretty uncomfortable if
they stay there they're instructing
their militias to do it so they keep
this plausible deniability that's how
they like to operate they like last
night was the first time that they've
said we have attacked America they never
normally say that they attack America
and then say nothing to do with us and
now they revert you think to their
normal way of doing they revert in my
view back to clause about deniability so
that's really with much bigger acts I
suspect so all of which could bring Iran
a great prize 17 years after the
invasion of Iraq removing all remaining
Western forces from that country if the
Americans and the British for that
matter can't get out of their bases
safely then all they do is hunker down
and protect themselves and people in the
West will say why are they there what
good are they doing and in reality I
think the military mission to Iraq is
now probably at an if
to vend the wreckage of general
Soleimani x' car after Friday's attack a
moment with still untold repercussions
for force deployments alliances and
conflict three Britons are known to be
among the 176 people who died when a
Ukrainian international airlines plane
came down shortly after taking off from
Tehran Airport it's still not clear what
caused this morning's crash which came
just hours after the Iranian missile
strikes the airline says the Boeing 737
plane was only three years old and had
recently been serviced as Parker Bryan
reports this footage purports to show
the last moments of flight PS 752 North
is good if the the person filming
exclaims the plane is on fire then
moments later it crashes into the
surrounding countryside the crash site
up close burning debris spread over a
very large area this is just a few miles
from Tehran airport or the Ukranian
International Airlines flight took off
bound from Kiev and with sunrise
a sense of the scale of the tragedy the
plane broken up into thousands of
fragments scattered across Gardens
fields houses there were a hundred and
seventy-six people on board mainly from
Iran and Canada no one survived one
eyewitness said that in the last few
seconds the pilot managed to steer the
plane away from a built-up area then
when he go by them the only thing that
the pilot managed to do was steer the
plane towards a football field here
instead of a residential area back there
he crashed in the field and in the water
canals the plane came down
hours after Iran's missile attack
targeting bases in Iraq housing US
forces there is at this point no direct
evidence that the two incidents are
related Iranian media immediately blamed
technical problems but the Ukrainian
president warned against quote
speculation on furlough Fischer reports
were completed Ukraine International
Airlines flight PS 752 took off from
Tehran bound for Kiev shortly after 6:00
local time this morning the last
recorded signal came from the plane only
minutes later at 8,000 feet 12 miles
from the airport shortly afterwards it
crashed into a field in the suburbs of
parind the plane was a Boeing 737-800
delivered to the Ukraine Airlines in
2016 it was not the Boeing 737 max
grounded worldwide after two fatal
crashes if you're a UK passenger and
you've flown with Ryanair recently this
is what you've flown in there good
airplanes they got very reliable engines
the cfm56 and crucially this was a new
one this was a new one three and a half
years old the reliability of the plane
and the experience of the crew have
fueled speculation that something
external brought the plane down
throughout the day family and friends of
passengers showed up both at the crash
site outside Tehran and at Kiev Airport
there were three British passengers on
board
Engineers SIA Thomas Evy Carter Masada
here with his new wife nella for who was
with him on the plane
Mohammad Reza was also a passenger as
was Sam's Akai from southwest London
also among the dead the nine crew
members just some of the 176 lives lost
you