‘A Siege Like This Requires PATIENCE - Trump Is NOT That Patient’ Says Former CIA Director

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[00:00:00]Hello and welcome. I'm Leanne Gerrits and you're watching W News broadcasting [music] live from the Al Arabiya studios in Riyadh. These are our top stories.

[00:00:12]Iran's supreme leader warns of [music] long and painful strikes if the US resumes military action.

[00:00:21]Oil prices soared to [music] their highest level since 2022 surpassing $126 a barrel.

[00:00:30]The British Prime Minister is heckled whilst visiting [music] Golders Green in London where two Jewish men were attacked.

[00:00:46]In a rare public [music] statement, Iran's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei has vowed that the country won't give up its nuclear and missile capabilities. He also declared the United States defeated and stated that if Washington renews its attacks, it would respond with long and painful strikes. It comes as Trump is set to be briefed on new plans for potential military action against Iran.

[00:01:11]That's according to a report by Axios.

[00:01:14]I'm now joined by Robert Grenier, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency counterterrorism center. Robert, great to have you on the show. Thank you for joining me. As you just heard there, Iran is warning if the US resumes military action, even if limited, they will usher in long and painful strikes on US regional positions. How credible is the IRGC's threat?

[00:01:43]Well, I think that it very much depends on the nature of the targets that the US might strike in Iran in future. If the US were to confine itself to military targets properly so called, uh missile launchers, missile production facilities, drone production facilities, that sort then I would imagine that the Iranians would limit their attacks uh to similarly military targets, US military bases, etc. For the most part, US capital naval ships are beyond the ready reach of the Iranian military. So, I think that the strictly military component of what the Iranians might do is somewhat limited. The key issue is if the US were to go beyond military targets, if they were to strike civilian infrastructure as they have uh threatened on numerous occasions to do, then I think the Iranians would strike targets of a similar nature and that would be a major escalation.

[00:02:40]And if you say strike targets of a similar nature, should the neighboring Gulf countries be concerned if an escalation does occur?

[00:02:51]Well, I think they should be very concerned indeed. Uh what is most significant about the hostilities thus far are the targets that have not been hit on either side.

[00:03:00]The US has threatened a civilian infrastructure, uh particularly the power plants. They haven't struck them yet. Uh Uh similarly, Iran has not struck major oil and gas production facilities except in very limited cases.

[00:03:14]Uh that could change. And then that says nothing about what the Iranians could potentially do if they were to decide to strike desalination facilities on the Arabian side of the Gulf.

[00:03:24]And there's currently a stalemate in negotiations and that's despite a ceasefire. Does President Trump believe stronger pressure could force concessions from Iran? Because we must remember they didn't concede under the first military campaign that we saw.

[00:03:44]Yeah, and I think that that's really the key to the whole situation. As has been said by some, what started out as epic fury is now become economic fury. And essentially what the US has done is settled in for a siege.

[00:03:57]Uh they have cut off all naval traffic to Iranian ports and they're hoping that they can squeeze the Iranian economy in a way which will potentially cause the civilian population to rise up. Uh it's not at all clear that that's going to happen. And in a siege like this, as with any siege, it requires patience.

[00:04:17]And we know that Mr. Trump is famously impatient.

[00:04:21]And it's really interesting cuz you say a siege like this requires patience.

[00:04:25]It's now economic fury. And I think a lot of people out there are seeing oil reaches highest level in 4 years, $126 a barrel at one point. And we talk about the global economy. That doesn't seem to be able to sustain this long standoff that's happening right now between the US and Iran in the Strait of Hormuz.

[00:04:51]Well, the the current cutoff of oil and gas exports from the Arabian Gulf is clearly having an impact on the US economy, but it is not nearly as serious as the impact on other economies in Europe, particularly in Asia and elsewhere. And we we we know a lot now about the potential impact on on food supplies around the world. So, one of the great ironies here is that while the US is suffering now and may suffer more in the near future, it pales in comparison to the suffering which is being imposed on the rest of the world.

[00:05:27]And that I think is going to be the the next major issue that we will see. Will the rest of the world begin to weigh in in a much more strong fashion to influence the US to stand down on this blockade?

[00:05:41]Iran's supreme leader has said there was no place for Americans in the Persian Gulf apart from at the bottom of its waters. The Strait of Hormuz just remains this key sticking point between the US and Iran. Does this rhetoric now coming from the supreme leader signal Iran shift away from a blockade to prolonged control of the Strait of Hormuz, possibly governing it for years to come?

[00:06:11]I think that is very much what the Iranians would like to do.

[00:06:14]They realize that this is a pressure point. This is a point of leverage for them.

[00:06:18]They have said quite openly that if they were able to extract tolls, that this would be a a much more reliable source of revenue than their oil exports are. So, this is clearly something that they would want to do, but but it is probably not something that is going to be acceptable certainly to the Arabian Gulf or to the Europeans, the Asians and others. And so I think that if the Iranians want to see a new security architecture in the Gulf, and that I think is really what they're aiming for, to somehow isolate the United States and Israel, uh then they're going to have to accommodate the views of the rest of the world. And although they would very much like to maintain a condominium over the the Strait of Hormuz, I don't think that's going to be acceptable to the rest of the world.

[00:07:07]What is the answer when we look at the situation and we look at the stalemate?

[00:07:11]Lots of people have said we're waiting for one of the sides to bluff. Do you think diplomacy has still got a chance here and Pakistan mediators are trying to push that there are still talks happening?

[00:07:27]Oh, I think there was still a place for for diplomacy. There's no question in my mind.

[00:07:33]Now, it it is conceivable that the US could exert sufficient economic pressure on the Iranians that they cave politically. I don't think that's going to happen.

[00:07:42]And for any sort of a long-term solution, it is clearly going to require diplomacy. So, I think that sooner or later we will see a recommencement of the talks, most likely in Islamabad, but there has to be a political solution to the situation.

[00:07:58]Robert Grenier, thank you so much for joining me. Really good to have your analysis on the show.

[00:08:07]For more on this, I'm joined by Leanne [ __ ] David, co-founder of the Israeli Coalition for Regional Security, who is in Tel Aviv. Leanne, thank you so much for joining the show. Great to have you on. Let's start >> No worries. Let's start with Iran's supreme leader's statement. He says a new chapter is emerging in the Strait of Hormuz and taking shape following US failure. Is he suggesting Tehran now has sovereignty over the Strait?

[00:08:37]Well, that's definitely the ambition and I think that what he's actually proving to the region, to the US and to the world is that Iran cannot have any assets whatsoever that have such a huge leverage and impact on the region. So, when we're talking about, you know, a nuclear Iran, the fact that their behavior in Hormuz is actually showing exactly what we mean about Iran becoming nuclear. Once they have a strategic asset in their disposal, they will use it and leverage it against the region and against the entire world. And this is exactly what we need to prevent. I think that President Trump was very accurate when they called the Iranian regime lunatics. We cannot have lunatics not controlling nuclear power, but also not controlling uh the global economy, really.

[00:09:33]He might have called them lunatics, but he still has to negotiate with them, of course. But Leanne, President Trump will reportedly be briefed by military commanders on new military options for the Iran war. That's going to be happening today. Will further US strikes end the war conclusively and will Israel be involved in military action if it begins again?

[00:09:58]So, I think that what President Trump is now trying to do is combine kind of the various tools at his disposal, which of course is economic pressure, diplomatic pressure, and also military pressure. We have seen that the military pressure alone was not effective enough, and now he's trying to combine these various tools. So, it could very well be that in a few days or in a few weeks from now, whenever we see the siege over the siege in Hormuz not nudging, not moving the Iranian position, we could definitely see the American approach towards a military action taking place. And in that case, yes, Israel could take a certain part in it.

[00:10:42]Obviously, Israel and the US administration have been completely aligned from the very get-go on on this matter, and this could very much be the continuation of this alignment.

[00:10:56]And when we think about renewed military action in the region, obviously we've had a ceasefire in place.

[00:11:04]Neighboring countries have gone back to normal life. Iran is warning that if the US does restart military action, it's going to retaliate. How concerning is that?

[00:11:16]It isn't very concerning. Iran has showed the region that it has absolutely no borders. It will strike every single country, including countries that previously remained neutral or remained as mediators. So, Iran has absolutely no boundaries in this respect, and it is a major concern, not just from an Israeli perspective, but from a regional perspective. I think all sides involved, including Israel, are not quick to go back to a military action. I think that right now the diplomatic and economic pressure is definitely the preferred choice of action, and hopefully that will nudge the Iranian position at a certain point.

[00:12:02]There's a certain extent towards the Iranian economy will suffer from this, and perhaps the regime as well.

[00:12:10]But yes, the military option is on the table, and everybody will suffer from it, so it's definitely not the preferred one.

[00:12:19]Israeli attacks have killed at least nine people in southern Lebanon today.

[00:12:23]According to Trump, he's told Netanyahu he must attack Hezbollah more surgically, not not knock down buildings, adding it makes Israel look bad. Is Israel going to listen to President Donald Trump when it comes to the situation in Lebanon, Leanne?

[00:12:42]Well, actually Israel is being very restrained right now. There are tens of thousands of Israeli citizens that are being attacked on a daily basis. We're seeing kids running on their way to the schools, trying to find shelter. We're seeing people injured. We're also seeing the IDF soldiers trying to dismantle Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon and being killed in that action. So, it's a very complicated situation, and actually the IDF is doing this in a very surgical manner. We are in a difficult spot right now when we are trying to give room and leeway to the very constructive negotiations happening right now with the new Lebanon government, Lebanese government, and in parallel we have this Hezbollah threat ongoing.

[00:13:36]There's no real ceasefire there.

[00:13:38]Hezbollah continues to to shoot at Israeli citizens and towns every single day. So, it's a very complicated situation. What is really important here, Leanne, though, is to make sure that we now start detaching between the Iranian influence and what's happening in Lebanon. We have a new opportunity here for Lebanon. We have a new government that wants peace in the region and wants peace with Israel and is anti-Iran and anti-Hezbollah. We need to strengthen this government, and the key to that is to completely detach Iranian influence over what's happening in Lebanon. Hopefully, the next few months will bring us closer to that.

[00:14:19]And finally, Leanne, I want to end with the strong worldwide condemnation after Israel intercepted a flotilla bound for Gaza. There's been a lot of outcry from various countries about this today. Is this an act of piracy on Israel's part?

[00:14:39]Actually, on the contrary, it is an act of piracy and provocation.

[00:14:44]We know these flotillas that the only basic thing that they want to do is upload TikTok videos onto social media. They have no real purpose. There's human humanitarian aid flowing in, coming in. There's no real claim about this towards Israel right now. So, what is it is it is it exactly that they're trying to achieve?

[00:15:08]Israel has agreed to the 20-point Trump plan. We got to a ceasefire, and now it's all about how to dismantle Hamas and how to create a new future in Gaza.

[00:15:18]What is it that they want besides TikTok videos? I truly don't know. Israel cannot allow these flotillas, piracy flotillas, coming in on its waters every now and then. So, this this this was expected, and it's really a provocation.

[00:15:35]Leanne Pollock David, thank you so much as always.

[00:15:39]Thank you so much.

[00:15:46]Oil prices have soared to their highest levels since 2022, surpassing $126 a barrel. It comes as a US military is set to brief President Donald Trump on potential new military action in the Iran war. The speaker of Iran's parliament has also mocked the US over the surging prices.

[00:16:08]For more on this, I'm joined by Nour al-Din al-Humaidawi, chief market strategist at Equity Group. Nour al-Din, as always, really good to have you on the show. Thank you for joining me.

[00:16:18]>> Thank you for having me. Pleasure. Oil prices highly volatile, surging towards their highest levels since the war began, then quickly falling back. Why are we seeing these huge swings at the moment?

[00:16:34]It is part of what we call it the rebalancing. Last night during the Asian session, we topped almost 125, and then today we're trading about 114 or so far 114.

[00:16:44]Of course, the the continuation of the verbal interventions that we're seeing from at least from the US administration is also playing part of it. And there might be also at the same time some sort of intervention, not just verbally, but actual intervention by the US government or other governments.

[00:16:59]At the same time, it's a little bit worrying now that we might be reaching a point where it is basically hitting what is called the demand destruction when the prices are are hitting new record highs, or at least not for now, but the record high is still far away, but it's still it is still possible. These high swings when you're talking about the war might return. Just few few hours ago also Israel said that we might have to to attack Iran once again. This doesn't basically help the prices to go to go lower. It is on the contrary. In addition to that, Strait of Hormuz still still closed. Yes, there are very few tankers are are actually moving out of the strait, but it's still the supply is still disrupted, and even with high production, it's still the deliveries are now are the issue.

[00:17:52]And the speaker of Iran's parliament has actually mocked the US over the surging oil price, taking aim at the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and saying oil will surge to $140 a barrel. How accurate is this estimate?

[00:18:08]Could we see oil going to that level?

[00:18:13]Remember about like maybe the middle of the war when we when we were talking, it was about, you know, between 90 $90 and 100, and then we we we kept the idea of reaching 120 and even 140 and even 150 on the table. And this is still the case. So far, at the beginning of the war, it was a delivery issue, and then we had also production at some point because of the attacks from Iran on on multiple countries and multiple production production lines.

[00:18:40]Now, yes, this has been fixed, but still the the supply is the problem now. And I guess even when you talk about or the US is talking about, we have the oil we can sell everybody, but at the same time you still have about 700 tankers are still stuck in the Strait of Hormuz. So, this won't also help at the same time. So, at the in in addition to that, I think as long as the Strait of Hormuz is closed and the supply are still are still very very short. In addition to that, we're still using also reserves. This won't basically tame the prices lower, on the contrary. 140 as we speak, that might not be that far away.

[00:19:18]And despite geopolitical tensions and higher energy costs, the US stock market is actually inching closer to all-time highs. It's pretty phenomenal when you see the two things together, oil surging, the US stock market just on an absolute rally. Why is this? Is it down to the strong corporate earnings that we're seeing?

[00:19:40]It's a combination. On one side, you have the continuous verbal intervention or the continuous also selling the hope to investors by the US administration that this war will be ending soon.

[00:19:52]Yesterday, Trump was saying we are on we're negotiating on the phone with the Iranians.

[00:19:57]This this war will be ending very soon.

[00:19:59]It's not might end before the Ukraine war. All these interventions basically keeps the hopes all the hopes trade going. In addition to that also most of the earnings that we saw if I'm not mistaken 84% of the companies that released their earnings came in much better than expected. We have also in addition to that not to mention the the capex pending on AI is also reached a new record. That's this is still basically going to keep on keep on the market happy, but there will be a question also here when the market or when the high energy prices will start affecting equities. I don't think so that's going to take too much time from now. I would say within maybe a couple of days maybe even within a week or two. This is when we if we keep seeing the oil elevated.

[00:20:45]This will start basically hurting stocks which I think that would be a correction that is needed after that rally. Unless if things basically change or if they announce a deal which I believe the world now cannot afford another two or three weeks of another war with the oil also at these levels in addition to that the Strait of Hormuz is still closed.

[00:21:06]So you think another two to three weeks.

[00:21:09]I'm sure a lot of people are watching this thinking and hoping that we get a deal by then. But I just want to talk to you a little bit about central banks cuz we've had a slew of central bank decisions. [clears throat] Of course the Fed, ECB and the BOE have all kept interest rates on hold and that's really amid the Iran war. Was this widely expected and is the concern about rising inflation in the future?

[00:21:37]Absolutely. I mean yesterday was the last the last press conference for Jerome Powell as the the Fed chair before his successor comes in the next month.

[00:21:47]But all of the three central banks basically talked about the one thing which is most important thing is the stagflation risk. We're talking about lower growth even today the GDP data from the US came in also slower than expected. Inflation core PCE by the way that's the one of the most important thing today when the US administration says there's no inflation. Core PCE today and the PCE are at levels the last time we've seen that was in 2022 when the Federal Reserve was actually raising rates when PCE was 3.5 and the core PCE was 3.2%. Now that Trump is asking the Fed to cut rates.

[00:22:22]This is not going to happen anytime soon. On the contrary markets are all also pricing in a possibility of a rate hike now.

[00:22:28]The ECB the same thing now in June estimates are over 80% chance for the ECB to raise rates. Same thing also from Bank of Bank of England.

[00:22:37]The central banks right now they're are stuck or cornered between um slower growth and higher inflation. And at the same time if you're asking the question which way the the central banks will will will will go. They will definitely fight inflation even if this means the economy would slide back into recession or to see a much slower much slower growth.

[00:23:00]And as I always say to you Nouraldin recession makes everyone a little bit frightened when you talk about recession. Interesting when it comes to stagflation too and I'm sure Donald Trump won't be happy if the new Fed chair is not cutting rate. But just a quick thought from you on Japan because reports suggest Japan has stepped in to support its currency the yen. How is the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz affecting the yen and prompting intervention by the Japanese authorities and do you think we could see this more worldwide?

[00:23:36]I I don't think so that we'll see it more worldwide, but here the yen is a little bit different. It's a carry trade it's a carry trade currency. This is basically we've seen this multiple times before.

[00:23:46]Verbal interventions also the same levels whenever when dollar yen reaches 160 we hear either from Bank of Japan or the the finance ministry. Today we had a we had a double double intervention. First the verbal intervention from the finance minister saying this is the last warning before we take action and then the the vice the vice president also said that we cannot actually rule out a bold action.

[00:24:13]A couple of hours later we saw also Nikkei reporting that the the government basically entered in a buying operation.

[00:24:19]That's something to be expected. Does this mean it's going to spill over the rest of the world? I don't think so at least for the time being. But the 160 now we know for a fact the 160 now is becoming the ceiling for dollar yen and the Bank of Japan to intervene to intervene again. And I think the longer the the longer the the the conflict in the Middle East continues there's still more possibilities of an intervention like that, but most likely it's going to stay contained much more than it would be spilling over anywhere else.

[00:24:48]Nouraldin Alhomoud, I feel like I could talk to you all day, but let's end on an optimistic note. Hopefully two to three weeks and everything will be in a much more positive place. Thank you so much as always for joining me.

[00:25:03]Thank you for having me.

[00:25:09]Counter-terrorism police in the UK are continuing to investigate a stabbing in North London which they are treating as a terrorist incident. Two Jewish men were stabbed and a 45-year-old man has now been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. The government's advisor on terrorism Jonathan Hall has said attacks on Jews were the biggest national security emergency in almost a decade. For more on this I'm joined by journalist Juliet Foster. Juliet, thank you so much for your time and for joining me today. The Prime Minister Keir Starmer has visited the area today.

[00:25:47]Tell us about this and why was this such a significant moment?

[00:25:53]Keir Starmer was doing what I would expect any Prime Minister to do in this situation. You go into the neighborhood, you talk to people. Walk into that lion's den. There will be people who will be very polite as they were. He met community officials etc. But there were also hecklers. We have to be clear there is a lot of anger in Jewish communities not just in London, but around the country.

[00:26:17]Because you know we hear about the attacks against Jews, the attacks that make it to the news, but there are there are attacks which are not reported to official bodies. You may hear about them if you have organizations which are actually trying to collate the data to give us a picture about how threatened many Jews feel. And you have to ask yourself why is it that cases of abuse, threats, harassment etc. are not being reported to the police. Is there a lack of faith in the police, their ability to do something to respond to it appropriately? Only the community elders can tell us. But yes, the Prime Minister went down there. He was met by people who told him what had happened, community leaders. But there were also people who heckled him because he condemned the violence. Fine, but words don't really carry. So yes, it was important that he was there, but let's also not forget as well that you had leaders of the opposition who were there too. They went to Golders Green yesterday, some went today. They were talking to members of the community again amplifying that anger. But again it points to a to a Prime Minister who they feel is not doing enough that yes, he's listening, but he's not really absorbing the feelings, the anger to get to the grips of that. So it was important that he was there, but it's what comes out of it. And yes, he has announced initiatives today so that in itself is quite significant. And that brings me on to something I wanted to talk about next because I found this something that a lot of people are are saying the government is facing so much criticism over this attack and also the effectiveness of its counter-extremism program prevent after it emerged that the suspect was actually referred to this program back in 2020. So many people are asking what's gone so wrong with the authorities and these programs in place?

[00:28:07]Yeah, you make a very very good point as well because the suspect from what we understand he has a history of mental health issues. He's had a history of violence etc. And he had been referred to prevent. Now there are some people who would tell you that prevent is very effective in terms of catching people on time and find removing them taking them out of that extremist vortex into which some of them have slipped. But then there are others perhaps who were known to prevent and it didn't work. Critics have argued that the reason why prevent has should we say a patchy track record is because its brief is very very broad and because the brief is quite broad it's picking people up who perhaps are neurodivergent and because they're neurodivergent then their behavior is not understood. They could be people who may have mental health issues, people who have other concerns etc. But it's almost as if you're putting it into a very broad sweep of terrorism. So I guess that the argument is is that if your if your remit is very wide then you're you're capturing the wrong people.

[00:29:19]That's the primary criticism because they said that disproportionately there are more people who actually being referred to prevent services to wean them away from terrorist thoughts, terrorist actions, terrorist sympathies etc. There are more of them who are there who shouldn't be there than are if that makes sense. I'm probably not expressing myself terribly well so I do apologize for that. But it's basically seen as a flaw within prevent. And what happened here with this man will be seen as an example of its failure.

[00:29:48]And no, you explained it perfectly, Juliet. It's a rarely complicated and as you say, broad program which makes it that more difficult. But what more do we know about the attacker at this stage as I mentioned, was referred to prevent, but what more has emerged about him?

[00:30:06]Well, what we know is that he is 45 years of age and he was born in Somalia.

[00:30:13]And he came to Britain legally in the 1990s. Now, in terms of anything else about his background, in terms of how he supported himself, his family, these are things which will come out over time.

[00:30:25]Now, the background is very important because um I have to be very I'm going to be very careful, diplomatic in the way that I phrase this, but very recently we have found that the police have actually been talking about the ethnicity of people because this is also quite political as well because um there are concerns about people who are coming into the country, particularly from certain nations and questions about their vetting, etc. So, I'm sure that questions will be raised about this man's background, whether there was anything in his past which perhaps pointed to his future, to what he would do yesterday because this is attempted murder.

[00:31:04]We know that the men who were attacked, they are alive, they are in hospital, they are being treated. But in terms of this attacker himself, it is a fact that he came to this country in the 1990s. He is now 45 years of age. So, the question is what sort of a background did he come from? What criteria did he was he what what what was was he put through to determine that it was okay for him to live here? These are questions which will be asked and as I said before, they do have a political connotation because one of the hot button issues in the United Kingdom is this whole talk about immigration and people, where they're coming from and the criteria that is in place to allow them to come through, what is being done to help integrate them into communities, etc. that they don't fall through the net and perhaps connect with people whose intentions towards this country are hostile. And that's really interesting cuz when you talk about a hot political topic, a lot of people will criticize the Labour government for not doing enough to tackle the migration problem that's been seen in the UK and that's why there could be a four uh a rise of parties like Reform when you have a look at the polls. So, this could be very political as you do say, but this isn't the first attack. How are the government proposing now to prevent other attacks from this happening?

[00:32:25]Well, what they've done is that they have said they're going to put aside 25 million pounds to put extra police officers on the streets in Jewish communities because the key thing is safety. We had a lot of Jews who were heckling the Prime Minister. They were basically saying, "Look, we don't feel safe. We've lived in this country for years. This country actually gave shelter to many people who were escaping the persecution of the Jews in Nazi Germany."

[00:32:50]So, you had people who left Germany, they built up their homes, they had families here, those children have had children and so on and so forth.

[00:32:58]And there's something very wrong when people who have a connection with this country, who were born here, whatever, basically feel that they can't make it their home. So, they've basically said, "This is the government, we're going to put aside 25 million pounds."

[00:33:09]The other thing which they said is that they're going to fast track legislation to tackle state sponsored attacks or to put state sponsored of groups, I should say. Now, this is important because you've had this this this attack that happened in Golders Green.

[00:33:26]And yet we also had another attack happening in the same area involving four ambulances, okay? Two or four ambulances, but they were torched in March. Now, these were investigated and these crimes were linked or that crime was linked to Iran.

[00:33:44]Now, the reason why I'm I'm sort of gesticulating about this is because when we talk about Iran in the global context, Iran is presented as engaging in in proxy warfare. In other words, it's sponsoring various groups, the Houthis, Hezbollah, Hamas, etc. But it also goes beyond that. There's there's there's what I call microscopic backing, so to speak. So, if you've actually got individuals who've been radicalized online and they they have these connections with Iran in whatever way, shape or form and it's happening it's it's manifesting itself in attacks on the community. This was an example of that because there was security footage which showed the the individuals involved or allegedly involved, I should say, actually scoping the joint in the run-up to this attack and then attacking and then setting fire to these ambulances.

[00:34:29]We've also had petrol bombs that were thrown at a synagogue in North London, not actually far away, in fact, in an area called Finchley, not far away from Golders Green. This happened in April.

[00:34:39]The police said this was anti-Semitic.

[00:34:42]The really frightening attack happened in Manchester.

[00:34:46]Now, that happened last year. What happened was that you had an attacker who drove into the gates of a synagogue.

[00:34:52]Two men were killed. They were stabbed.

[00:34:54]Now, in context, that was the first fatal anti-Semitic terror attack in Britain since 1994 when the records began. So, it's understandable why the community is feeling frightened and why people are basically questioning whether it is worth staying in this country. The question is, where else can you go?

[00:35:14]Because this whole issue about community safety, it is being mirrored in other European countries, too, other parts of the world. So, this latest attack, it is part of a long line of attacks. But remember what I said at the beginning, that there are people who are abused, they're harassed, they and these are these are things which perhaps don't make their way to official quarters, that make their way to the police. So, these are the things which don't get recorded in the numbers, which makes you wonder, well, just how accurate are the numbers when you're when when police actually submit data about about the attacks against the Jewish community? How how authentic are they if there are numbers which are not being picked up?

[00:35:51]Juliet Foster, thank you so much for your analysis and all your points.

[00:35:55]Really interesting. A pleasure to have you on. Thank you.

[00:36:05]Britain's King Charles has paid tribute to victims of the September 11 attacks during a high-profile visit to New York.

[00:36:12]The royals also met community and business leaders on the third day of a trip blending remembrance, diplomacy, and cultural outreach. Chris Gilbert has this report.

[00:36:26]A moment of reflection as King Charles and Queen Camilla honored those killed in the September 11 attacks almost 25 years ago.

[00:36:34]The royal couple laid flowers and met families of the victims. They were very nice. They they were asking about uh they asked about our father, they asked about you know, being a fireman in New York. We are grateful that they uh they're obviously extremely busy and they took time out of their schedule.

[00:36:49]They then drew crowds in New York's Harlem neighborhood where they visited a community gardening initiative joining children to feed chickens and plant vegetables.

[00:36:58]We love y'all and if you ever are back in Harlem in in here in America, you're welcome to come and visit me. But not everyone was a fan. I think maybe there are more productive ways to be spending our tax dollars for sure, but I don't think it's necessarily hurting anybody.

[00:37:12]Queen Camilla marked a cultural milestone reading from Winnie the Pooh at the New York Public Library to celebrate a hundred years of the beloved character.

[00:37:21]The King met business leaders as part of efforts to strengthen economic ties between the UK and the United States.

[00:37:27]But the visit has not been without political undertones.

[00:37:30]New York City's mayor said he would raise the issue of the UK returning the Koh-i-Noor diamond to India if given the chance to speak privately with the monarch.

[00:37:39]At a gala marking 50 years of the King's Trust, prominent figures gathered to celebrate the charity's work supporting young people. Uh well, I think it's wonderful that the King and Queen are visiting uh United States at this particular moment. The King's speech emphasized transatlantic ties.

[00:37:56]Which of course is a relationship rooted in shared creativity, enterprise, and values, reminding us that we are truly greater together.

[00:38:07]And across the city, the Empire State Building was lit in red, white, and blue, a symbolic show of that relationship.

[00:38:14]Chris Gilbert, Al Arabiya English.

[00:38:22]Turning to the sports news now, in PIF has told Al Arabiya English it's made the decision to fund LIV Golf only for the remainder of the 2026 season. The substantial investment required by LIV Golf over a long term is no longer consistent with the current phase of PIF's investment strategy. This decision has been made in light of PIF's investment priorities and current macro dynamics. The LIV Golf board has created a committee of independent directors to evaluate strategic alternatives for its future beyond PIF's funding horizon. LIV Golf has substantially grown the game globally through its transformational and positive impact. It has forever changed the game of golf for the better.

[00:39:13]PIF remains committed to deploying capital internationally in line with its investment strategy including its substantial current and future investments in various sports and priority sector.

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