Hes a really high profile tv presenter for Iran International. Thats a Persian Language tv news station. Its based in london, but its available all around the world, including in iran. And i should add, iran denies any involvement in this attack but previously it has said it considers Iran International a terrorist organisation. And Pouria Zeraati is now out of hospital and he and his wife are said to be in a safe place under the police s supervision. But clearly, the whole story raises broader questions about the safety of iranian journalists. And weve got one of them with us here. Sima sabet used to be a presenter on Iran International. Shes also worked on the bbc world service. Thank you so much, sima, for coming on the media show. Thanks for having me on your show. Youre very welcome. I wondered first, in terms of your situation, what impact did fridays attack on mr zeraati have on you personally . Whats your Current Situation . Pouria was attacked around 4 45, 2 45 on friday last
where talks on the deal have been taking place, support for a return to stormont. i think everybody from an economic standpoint would like stormont back, and that way the money will be released to the services that need them, such as education and the health service. money isn t being allocated to the areas that needed it. so absolutely. so it s a bit of a vacuum. yes, yes. we are almost two years - without a devolved government and it matters to people, - because it feels like there s no one in charge, no one in control, - no one there to make decisions. schools are not functioning some days. hospitals are not functioning any day as they should. there are massive problems across the entire public sector. two commentators on the perils of a power vacuum and, from a leading unionist newspaper, strong forces suggest a return to stormont. i think there are two things that are pushing jeffrey donaldson and his party back into stormont. the first is ideological. they believe in de
a greater risk to civilians. what u.s. intel is saying about how many are being used. and in about face for the former new york mayor. rudy giuliani backing down from testifying at his defamation trial. closing arguments underway as we speak. following these major developing stories and more all coming here to cnn news central. counterterror agencies have been on high alert in wake of the hamas attacks on october 7th and the ongoing war with israel. today, officials of several european countries have made terror-related arrests. details are still coming in, but here is what we know as of right now. german authorities say they have arrested long-standing hamas members for an alleged terror plot. officials in denmark have apparently made what they call unrelated terrorists. let s bring in cnn s fred pleitgen in berlin. there are so many moving parts here, it s a little confusing. tell us what we are learning from germany about all of this. reporter: first of all you
israelis are saying seven, and danish are saying seven of them, three in denmark, and four in netherlands, but even is agreeing that they were arrested in connection with the terror plot. the fbi and the fbi equivalent is saying that they were plotting to kill civilians on european soil, and the people were acting on behalf of the hamas terrorist organization. the statement from the danish security services going on to say that the three arrested have been charged with terrorism offenses. so of course, this is far away from this war. w wait, and of course, we have fact in gaza has led to a huge amount of anger across the arab and muslim world, and it was a concern that we could start to see a new spike in terrorist attacks. this plot was stopped thankfully before it was carried out. there was a series of raids in denmark resulting in the arrests that israel is saying that was targeting european citizens on european op asians let s reiterate the important points here as there
we are following breaking news this hour. israeli intelligence officials say a hamas terrorist plot set to be carried out in europe has been foiled. multiple terrorist suspects are now behind bars, but where they targeting? we will dig into that story. plus, a federal judge pumping the brakes on donald trump s 2020 election interference case, potentially delaying it further into campaign season. what does that mean for trump? and the republicans running against him. and a top white house official in israel right now meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu and members of his war cabinet. this as cnn s the first western media outlet to get access to southern gaza and report independently. we will show you that report this hour. a very busy day for us. we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here too cnn news central. thank you so much for joining us this afternoon. i am boris sanchez alongside pam brown in the natio