Than one occasion in the last 24 hours any role in these attacks but i think these kind of contradictory statements certainly are drawing attention to the kind of pressures that iraq a major u. S. Ally is under when of course it is such a huge regional ally with neighboring iran iraq relies on iran for around about 40 percent of its electricity needs its a huge economic player as well a great economic help to this country of course shares a strong religious ties so there has been a lot of speculation as to how these these armed groups these iran armed groups would react to any kind of escalation between the u. S. And iran and of course that puts a lot of pressure on the Iraqi Government or on Charles Strafford there from iraq. As we mentioned china is warning the u. S. Against blaming anyone without evidence u. S. Allies are being cautious too while describing the strikes as outrageous britains foreign secretary dominic rob says in terms of who is responsible the picture is not entirely clear i want to have a very clear picture which we will be having shortly germanys also looking into whos to blame. At. The rebels claimed responsibility for this attack and we are now evaluating with our partners whos responsible for the attack and how it could happen we have to do this with super mindedness but the situation is extremely worrying and this is the very last thing that we need in this conflict is one more one bashar is al jazeera senior political analyst joins us now live from london good to have you back with us marwan lets start with the claims coming from the u. S. That iran is responsible are we seeing an effort underway here to try and build a kind of coalition for some kind of strike or action against iran from the looks of it the last 48 hours the last 24 hours it seems more likely that secretary President Trump are echoing one another about irans responsibility and the need. To respond to that with all options being on the table awaiting some sort of an explanation slash green light from saudi arabia. In order to prepare for any possible action against iran or against its all lies. But on the other hand this could all be part of a psychological warfare that would lead to the exactly the opposite scenario which is hiking up the tension with iran putting a lot of pressure and creating that kind of psychological scare so much so that iran would agree to sit down with you with the President Trump maybe in september or around the United Nations meetings or or some other time in order to discuss or read discuss the Iran Nuclear Deal since i mean the the kind of diplomatic escalation that were seeing and the and that war rhetoric could lead to war but thats a good also lead to diplomacy so that 2 opposing scenarios are an International Conference for peace and security in the gulf with the russian that the chinese and the europeans and the iranians and the saudis of course being that they have irgens and opposite side there is a possibility of an american war against iran and then theres the 3rd which is probably more likely than any is any scenario in between that combines at the worst Case Scenario some sort of a big back been picked strikes against against iran or against iranian installations or against or in our allies bloss some sort of an appeal towards towards diplomacy with iran one at the same time i mean that we always come back to this point what kind of action can be taken and we went through this kind of round a few weeks or months ago with attacks on pipelines the bomb will kind of action ultimately can be taken against iran anyway. By the way i mean just to mention what you just said its because its very important to see i mean we are discussing the temporality of the moment what is happening or whats going to happen next the water the next week but certificate analysts are looking at this on a whole different way were witnessing the further transformation of the war theater or the theater of war in the persian gulf and elsewhere they use of drones the way theyve been used both in syria iraq by israel also by hezbollah of wrong lebanon on from the Golan Heights as well by iran and its allies and now allegedly by the who thiis against the u. A. E. Against saudi arabia and so on so forth that kind of use of drones that will exhaust the Defense Systems of any you know mid mid size country or midsized defenses around the world is actually in the process of transforming transforming at the theater of war and in the gulf is particularly important because iran and its allies can reach any enemy or oil and that should target in the whole persian gulf and so whenever the United States would consider that and their response. If its going to be limited i think the iranians are and then to spawn their limited way as well i mean if anything what we have learned the last 48 hours is that the iranian threats regardless of the facts im talking about the analysis and the electrically speaking and its up for the various people to find the facts and the letting of the speaking the iranians said if we cant export our oil the others will not be able to export their oil if this is not our realisation of that threat i dont know what is regardless whether it was guided by the whole thing is by someone for iraq or regardless of the claim so if one has been fulfilling its threats and what weve seen in the last. 24 hours is the kind of escalation against saudi oil. Facilities that i think we shouldnt make everyone pose about whats next because if anyone was going to start escalating further thats going to mean an out an all out regional war on the other hand if the americans are serious about dialogue with the whole with ease in yemen and they will order one to sit down seriously with or without preconditions probably without preconditions as trump said back in july 2010 with the iranians then we are talking about diplomacy and possibility of the escalation and i think of course the escalation is going to be about that what everyone because once again what weve seen in the last 48 hours is that escalation could lead to disaster all right thanks so much more to one be shot of that. The rest of the days news is ahead including whats next for braggs it to the british Prime Minister holds crucial talks with the head of European Commission plus. I. Will tell you about the city in japan thats become a home away from home for the World Rugby Team thats coming out in. The leaders of Turkey Russia and iran are meeting in ankara hoping to find a political solution to the war in syria turkish president of the island welcomed president s has some rouhani unlike the emir put into the capital for their 5th summit on the conflict the summit focused on the last rebel held area thats where Government Forces backed by russia been fighting to take control the ceasefire was imposed in august but its been tested by attacks such as one last week that killed 6 people turkey worries the armys offensive will send more refugees over the border. Joins us now live from ankara survey found some Common Ground over it. No worse still waiting to find out because all the meetings that have been taking place on have been behind closed doors it started off with bilateral meetings between the truckers president and president rouhani of iran then followed a similar one between our 2 on imports and of russia and were going to have the trilateral summit so to speak just starting or do that title meeting just started roughly about 15 minutes ago after which there will be a press conference whereby we will hear from those days what exactly they have agreed upon this is the 6th such meeting between the 3 countries ever since this kind of tripartite attempt at trying to find a solution syria kicked off roughly a year ago it was a power no line to what the United Nations had been trying to do for several years in terms of bringing an end to the war what this did was it honed in the city of the most Major Players most Significant Players in the conflict and they started by working on an area by area so we remember several months back it 1st started with aleppo and now as you mentioned the focus here has been on italy and an attempt to try and ensure that there would be a suspicion of hostilities there namely by the but Charlotte Assad regime as well as the Russian Air Force as you mentioned their key. Interest is to ensure that there is a safe zone in that area not only to ensure that there are more Syrian Refugees coming into turkey but in fact so that there can be an opposite direction of movements whereby turkey would be able to really house or. Treats some of the millions of refugees that are conquering psyche considering that the issue of Syrian Refugees and become such an important one in turkish domestic but its called discourse obviously the russians as well have their interest with regards to this war and wanting to wind it down and the iranians as well but there are sticking points including the presence of Turkish Military and how far that will go. Including support from the russians and maybe other countries towards kurdish separatists armed groups there as well as obviously what would happen with regards to the future of syria and how there could be some sort of normalization of diplomatic relations with which is responsible for murdering killing a 1000000 people for not more according to some estimates and century displacing more than 5000000 people or of that obviously a long way to go to reach some sort of final solution through this but this process and itself has at least been more successful in reducing the number of those who are being killed albeit not being able to put such also and to the carnage in syria. All right thanks so much to. Britains Prime MinisterAbbas Johnson is in luxembourg for a meeting with the head of the European Commission johnson says hes there to negotiate a break that agreement but the e. U. And john called you have said repeatedly the deal will not be reopened. Joins us now live from luxembourg so what can we expect from this meeting. With the british Prime Minister and the head of the European Commission have had a 2 hour working lunch and when they came out of it they had no comment to make but we were told before it downing street said that Boris Johnson was going to be offering some new proposals and new ideas of alternatives to the irish backstop a contentious issue in the Withdrawal Agreement and one that Boris Johnson and his supporters want to scraps now he said that he was cautiously optimistic going into that meeting but whether he will be afterwards is less clear because we have had a statement now from the European Commission in which it says the drunk load younker believe that there were very few proposals offered by Boris Johnson and certainly not the real alternatives to the irish backstop that the e. U. Believes has to stay within the Withdrawal Agreement because it ensures no return to border on the island of islands and it protects the e. U. Customs union there really seems as if very little has moved theres been very little progress the only positive sign perhaps they came out was downing street and the European Commission both said that they would agree to continue and intensify talks but we are waiting to hear from Boris Johnson the british Prime Minister whos actually having a meeting now with the Prime Minister of luxembourg and he is perhaps possible that he might touch on these issues after. Agreeing to talk is that all being interpreted as willingness to change its position. I think the use very unlikely to change its position because its had the same position for for a long time now that the position is basically that they. Did a Withdrawal Agreement with Boris Johnson is pretty decisive to resume a they say there is a deal on the table they want to keep the irish backstop the only window of opportunity is perhaps that they say they are willing to continue to discuss with the u. K. Whether or not if the u. K. Can come up with any alternatives to the backstop but as weve seen today it seems that no will turn it is are being proposed that would be palatable to e. U. Leaders so for the time being the message really is from the European Union that they are looking towards a possible no deal the u. K. Is supposed to be leaving the European Union on the 31st and if they dont accept the deal on the table well thats whats going to happen in the e. U. Preparations are underway right now to prepare for that scenario we know that they use on blocked hundreds of millions of dollars in order to help. Countries that are going to be really directly affected by a possible no deal braggs it including for example france where theyve been trial runs in ports like cali to prepare for any eventuality or. Fines for. Israel heads to the polls on tuesday to elect a new government the Israeli Palestinian conflict has been at the heart of foreign and domestic policies of israeli politicians Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu benefited greatly when his close ally donald trump declared jerusalem israels capital last year and move the u. S. Embassy there and just a few months ago trump recognized israels claims over the occupied Golan Heights in just the last year Israeli Forces have killed and maimed palestinian demonstrators as they protested in gaza and the west Bank Netanyahu was also approved new illegal settlements and expanded existing ones and only a few days ago and now vowed to our next illegal israeli settlements that are in the occupied palestinian Territory Smith is in west jerusalem. This is. 2 the foreign minister hes in favor of i like seeing how i spotted the old west banks in favor of the settlement construction cutting all ties where i was doing things i listen to lectures will be about certainly my last day getting out the right wing how far right wing in the colleges go walk and they promise a much about the people missing to take land from the palestinians i think thats why im not voting tomorrow because the only one who will win is netanyahu someone clever once told me sometimes the only choice you have is a bad choice so i wont follow it. They are hunting him down you know better than me how much money and how many investigators they used to find something about him but they found nothing. Out holes open to all morning change day at 7 am by the end of. Days in addition we now have and i know whether they have been sending money on his money just going on our own folks in the hole and say im going to marry ferryboat to do too close to call but netanyahu this age might just be a specified. All right his time to catch up with the weather hows it looking have been well we do have a withdrawal of the monsoon but thats happening in the northwestern part of india unfortunate for thailand were talking about a lot of rain over the last couple of days things have been quite active across much of the sara talk about a lot of flooding in the region take a look at satellite as we put into motion for the last 24 hours you notice this big band pushing from west to east here well this band has been really hovering over central parts of thailand over the last 24 hours a received 179 millimeters this is on the eastern part of the gulf of thailand basically for the whole month so far theyve received about 556. 00 when you have this much rain in a short power amount of time scuse me this is what it looks like on the video i want to show the video that has command cross the area they have been dealing with very heavy rain since the weekend that heavy rain has cost massive flooding in the community and we are looking at rescue relief efforts going on right now across much of this area the damage has been quite significant as well lot of roadways as well as homes have been destroyed in this area and theyre still rescuing people because of the very high water that is going on now the next few days we do expect to see more rain across much of this area and you can see this belt of moisture that is pushing across the region unfortunately we do expect to see anywhere between another 200. 00 and possibly even higher amounts of rain millimeters of rain across much of this area and that area that i showed you for the heavy rain thats where we see 200. 00 millimeters of rain but as you see back here towards parts of the islands were looking at rain totals probably into the 252300 millimeters there back to you sooner thanks so much karen while among the stories to come an indian call rules the government must ensure that life returns to normal in indian administered kashmir inside the apartheid era hostiles the south african police. 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