Hello everyone, youre watching press tv live from the studios in tehran, thank you for joining us. Now todays top story, Palestinian Resistance movement, hamas warns warns that israels planned operation in overcrowded rafat could cause tens of thousand. Of casualties, hamas said that any military action would have catastrophic repercussions. Meanwhile, many of the palestinians and rafaz say they will not abandon their homelands. In a statement, a large group of families of displaced palestinians and rafa called on all world powers to prevent an Israeli Massacre in gaza. Israels plan to invade rafah, which lies on the gaza strips border with egypt has also drawn international reactions. Jordan says another blood bath in gaza cannot. Be allowed, spain and germany warned of humanitarian catastrophe if the plan went ahead, according to the un, some 1. 3 million palestinians are living in on sanitary conditions in rafa and have no access to running water. Survivors and witnesses of israels latest air strikes on rafat describe their harrowing experiences including losing friends and family members. My sister and her husband were sleeping there in the room and my mother and my other sister with her children in the living room and me and my father in the room over here suddenly rocket fell on us my sister her husband and their children including my niece who is two months old all gone around 11. Oclock the whole family was asleep, including the displaced people staying with us. We were broken by a massive explosion. I woke up to checked and looked around the house only to find that the ground floor was completely fine. The building above was burning, the fourth and fifth floors were hit by rocket, possibly an f16 aircraft. We were shocked to see the entire house burning. We began searching, but couldnt find each other because of the darkness. We sat for about a quarter. After an hour until we could see each other, we entered the room where my son was sleeping and found him along with his wife, children and motherinlaw, all dead and torned to pieces. Whether the israeli army inter rafa or not, our safety must be ensured. This means we should leave and head to safe place, even though we are convinced there is no safe place. We have witnessed this in the north and khan unis and in the middle, they tell you there is safe place, but on the way they bomb people, as long as there is no safe place, as long as there is a government like this, nazi like government, there is no safe place in gaza, they came with the intention to kill, alti abu musabe joined us earlier from gaza with more details on the intensified israeli attacks on rafat city, lets take a listen, the israeli. Artiller maintain targeting and shilling the uh eastern boss of the rafa city, the city which absorbs at least one b to 3 million Palestinian Civilians who were pushed for sibly by the israeli occubation forces to reach the city under the claims that that the city is safe now the israeli incubation forces are threatening and vowing to attack the city and carrying out a ground offensive against the city which means another genocide yet to be committed against the Palestinian People, uh, those Palestinian Civilians are stranded in rafa city, they of dont know where to go as the israel incubation forces uh destroy. Uh their residental buildings and their residental neighborhoods across all areas of gaza strip, those families have no access to the basic humanitarian needs, as uh about only 10 of the humanitarian relief and aid is breaching the city nowadays, which which Means Nothing compared to the dire need of the people there, in kanyuni city, as we speak, the war on the hospitals, particularly naser hospital is still continued as the israeli soldier. Are tobbing the buildings in the vicinity of the hospital and shooting at every palestinan civilian moving in the vicinity and moving inside the hospital, the the the famian in rafa city and the gaza city and gaza city is just matter of time as the israeli incubation forces still deny the Palestinian People any access to those basic humanitarian needs and the people inside gaz city were inforced. Even to use the animal food in order to make a bread for their children. During visit to the lebanese capital beirot, irans foreign minister Hussein Amir Abdullah han reiterated tehrans call for a cease fire in gaza. He also demanded washington stop his support for the israel regime, saying it will only sync the us in the swamp of war. Heres more. In his third visit to lebanon since the. Beginning of the genocide in gazza, irans foreign minister Hussein Amir Abdullahyan called on the United States to immediately stop its support for the israeli war on gazah. The zionist regime looks forward to bringing the u. S. Down with it and drowning it in the swamp of war in the region. The us must stop a support for the israeli regime, the killer of children. Irans top diplomat met with the lebanese caretaker Prime Minister najib mikati stressing the need to exert all effort. To reach an end to the Israeli Aggression against gaza. He also met with libinese Parliament Speaker nabi and libanese foreign minister abdah habib who uncovered that lebanon has presented a proposal for a possible solution. Lebanons suggestion for sustainable solution to reinstate common stability in South Lebanon includes a comprehensive basket of solutions which guarantees the implementation of Un Security Council resolution 1701. Ending all israeli violations of lebanons sovereignty and guarantees the withdraw of Israeli Forces from all lebanese territory, including the sheba farms and khafar shuba hills. Irans foreign minister reaffirmed his countrys position of calling for a stop to the israeli hostilities in gazza. If the us genuinely wants to reach tranquility in the region, then the means for that will be through stopping the genocidal mass killings and crimes and enforcing. Call to the war launched against gaza in the west bank. The iranian minister also met with hazballah secretary general said hasan nasarlah and discussed with him the latest political and security developments in the region, especially in the gaza strip and South Lebanon. Observers believe abdullah hans visit differs from the western envoy visits since the Islamic Republic of iran considers the security of lebanon as a security of iran and the region. Usually visits by irans foreign minister. Include back to back meetings with top lebanese officials including hazbillahs leader sayid, but this visit is different since it comes a time when the region is on the verge of a possible war and despite all attempts by Amir Abdullahyan to push for sease fire, the us and israel are continuing the massacre of palestinians. Mariam saleh, press tv, beirot. I was a journalist during the revolution, they said is coming to paris. Its a very old story, 41 years ago, i arrive here, you just told me like a grandfather, you know, the the the interesting part of the story is not me, im not the one important, what is important is to continue what you have done in iran, someone called me telling me you should come to paris quickly, because the imam for many is going back to terron and we want you to win the place. The imam khumeni during the flight was sleeping upstairs, when the imam arrived from paris with a special plane. The first stop he made was here and it was a way to say, now i am in charge, its finished, the time of of the shah is over. Welcome back, thousands of israeli protesters. Have rallied in tel aviv demanding the resignation of Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. Protesters demanded the release of israeli captives held by Palestinian Resistance groups. They called for holding snap elections. The premier has been under fire for prioritizing his political interests in gaza over the lives of the captives. Netanyahu has been in hot water as he is embroiled in series of scandals. The israeli premier is charged with fraud and breach of trust in a number of cases. This has prompted protesters to take to the streets almost every weekend to call for his immediate resignation. Meanwile thousands of yemenes have once again gathered in the yemani capital san aar and other cities in support of palestine. Press tvs abdul latifhali reports. Yemenes from all looks of life have taken to the streets to reaffirm their solidarity with the Palestinian People. They have also expressed their willingness to join yemans armed forces and preparation for a potential large. These million marches take place every friday in the capital sana and other cities to send message to the world that we will not submit to intimidation and also message to the people of gaza that we are with them and they are not alone. The spread of military courses in various covernuts and the willingness of yemenis to join them is evident. The readiness of all yemanies the confront american and British Forces in a ground war. Protesters chanted slogans denouncing us and uk aggression against their country and demanded that the yemani army continue its Naval Operations against those who initiated a war against yemen. These millions who took to the streets are reserve army and are ready any moment to join the Yemeni Armed Forces in their battle with the enemies of palestine. Our protest today is to express the steadfastness of our support for the Palestinian People and the people of gaza in particular who suffer under the siege by america and israel who kill their children, women and the elderly a daily basis. We affirm our support for palestine and we will continue to support it, whether through Naval Operations or by going out to the streets. Since january 11th, the us and uk have launched multiple rounds of strikes against the many territories aimed at undermining the yemini armys capabilities and holding yemens Naval Operations. However, they have likely failed to achieve their goals as yemeni naval attacks have continued. People gathered here to protest holding their weapons to send the message to their enemies, that they are well prepared for any act of aggression. They believe that the us and uk are not. Now pakistans main Political Parties have stepped up efforts to form a Coalition Government, this after independent candidates backed by the countrys jailed former premier imran khan emerged as front runners in the general elections. Our correspondent nasa kasmi has more from the pakistani capital, islamabad. Pakistan has been mired in turmoil after the Political Parties of former Prime Ministers and fears rivals nawaz sharif and imran khan declared victory on saturday in the general elections tinted by late results and deadly clashes. The followers of jailed khan ran as independent candidates rather than a single Political Group since his party was banned from the elections. They ended up winning the most seats overall, three time former premier nawaz sharif declared victory as the Single Largest Party. Shariefs part is in talks with rival Political Groups to join hands in order to pull pakistan out of its current political and economic crisis. Pakistan Muslim League is the Single Largest Party in the country today after the elections and we must bring this country out of crisis. Whoever has the mandate, whether independence or part. Is we respect the mandate they have got, we invite them to sit with us and help this rounded nation regain its feet. Meanwhile, the tarike insaf or pti party of jail former premier imran khan also declared that it is ready to form the government, saying the mandate of the people of pakistan is being stolen by prepole rigging, manipulation of results and oppression. What has happened is that despite imran khan being jailed, despite the party being effectively banned and banned on tv, despite the symbol the party being taken away, despite cases against almost all of the top leadership, despite a large chunk of the top leadership being broken, despite the party not being allowed to campaign and not having it simple. Voters have gone out on election day an atmosphere of terror and voted in record numbers for pti. In theyve swept the province, theyve won all the National Assembly seats. The possibility of a Coalition Government looms large in pakistan as the pakistan Muslim League and the Pakistan Peoples Party have held back to back meetings following the election results. Although the Political Parties that won the most recent elections are prepared to create a Coalition Government, experts point out that the new Pakistani Administration will face many challenges such as dealing with countries deeping economic crisis and escalating militancy in the bordering regions the country. Nasik azmi, press tv. Islamabad and the eu farmers protest have picked up again with people staging demonstrations in several countries like spain, italy and france. Earlier in our explain program aliarzade elaborated on the issue. Here is what he had to say. Uh, the uh formers protests in europe have picked up again. With roads blocked in poland, hungary, spain and belgium. Formers are not backing down, and their problems are very significant problems, problems that have been compounding for years. Formers are basically having difficulty making ends meet in the modern world. So why are these formers protesting though . First a look at the general complaints that is common to all countries before looking at it country by country. In most countries formers say they are not paid enough. There are several issues. Issues that affect their income, one issue that bites into their income is taxes. Formers also complain about excessive red tape when it comes to their products, then theres the issue of excessive environmental rules, the green deal transformation, which carries costs, and another big complaints that farmers have are cheap food imports. So uh, lets look at the last complaint, cheap imports and why that poses a problem for farmers, especially whether its imports overall or cheap imports specific. Large amounts of imports from ukraine, for which the eu has waved quotas and duties since russias invasion and renewed negotiations to conclude a trade deal between the eu and south american block, mercosur have fand discontent about unfair competition in sugar, grain and meat. The farmers resent the imports because they say they put pressure uh european prices while on on european prices while not meeting Environmental Standards imposed on eu formers. Has the eu listened to the farmers complaint though, and will it do anything about it . Well, it seems like it has taken some action. The European Commission has given a concession on this matter and has proposed to limit agricultural imports from ukraine. It has introduced emergency break for the most sensitive products, poutry, eggs and sugar. Is that enough satisfy the farmers though . So far, the producers say the volume of imports would still be too high. Another issue that uh formers have is what is called fallow land, that is a terminology not familiar to many, so that needs to be first defined as to what it actually is. Fallow land is arable land that is left without sewing for one or more vegetative cycles. Uh, sewing meaning the process of planting seeds. Farmers must meet certain conditions to receive eu subsidies, which includes devoting 4 of farmland to nonproductive areas where. Nature can recover, that can be done by leaving landlying fallow. They have also slammed excessive bureaucracy, which french formers say their government compounds by overcomplicating implementations. The next big issue farmers have are high energy costs, and this is not a surprise given the fallout from the ukraine crisis. In germany and france, the eus biggest agricultural producers, farmers have railed against plants to end subsidies or tax breaks on agricultural diesel. For example, greek farmers want tax on diesel to be reduced. Both paris and berlin have both relented to the pressure and rolled back on their plans. Basically farmers will no longer get tax breaks for diesel they use whilst farming, nor an exemption from car tax for farming vehicle. So are the list of complaints for each eu country the same or are they different . Lets take a look a breakdown of some of the countries and their. Complaints, the list of countries in the eu is growing longer as more countries are joining in on the protests, this is no longer just a couple of countries that are having problems, formers in france have proved. That against high energy costs, fertilizer cost, transport and use of pesticides in belgium slightly different problems, 4 of landfallow, cheap imports and subsidies favoring larger forms or their complaints in poland, cheap imports from ukraine tops their list, eu regulations are also a problem, especially when it comes to the green deal, spain has cited bureaucracy, trade deals with other countries, cheap imports and water restrictions, spain has uh had dr drought problem uh portuguese far. Have complained about insufficient state aid and subsidy cuts, and like other countries, heavy red tape referring to the government, romanias list includes high cost of diesel, expensive insurance rates, the green deal transformation and cheap imports, and finally, germany has complaint about subsidy removals and high energy costs. Perhaps the best way to show how severe of a problem the farmers are facing is to look a case study. In this case, we looked at one involving french farmers. Take the case of a french former, he said when it came to his grandfather, he did not have the worries of today, his grandfather had 15 caus and 15 acres, he raised his kids, his family without any problems and led a comfortable life as a former. Fast forward to today, this former now says today, he and his wife have 70 acres, 200 sheep, and they cant even pay themselves a salary. For example, for the year 2023, he said costs have increased by 38,000 driven up by increasingly expensive fertilizers, fuel, electricity, and pesticides, and to make matters worse, formers are protesting against local supermarkets profit margins, which have been squeezing the farmers across the board in the eu, a problem that has been persisting for some time. And with that we come to the end of this bulletin. Thank you for being with us, take care and byebye. Only 13 countries around the world used to possess destroyers. Today these vessels are among the most important surface vessels to navies around the world, but not all countries have the capability to build their own. Irans Muhammad Riza shah pahlavi decided for the first time to purchase number of destroyers from the United States, but when the 1979 Islamic Revolution happened, the us refused to deliver the purchase. In 1997, leader of the Islamic Revolution issued an order to iranian experts to build irans own destroyer indigenously. In 2009 and after years of hard work, iranian experts unveiled the jamaran, the first home built destroyer in iranian history, but western powers started calling it a frigate, letting iran in the 13 member destroyer Manufacturing Club was bitter pill to swallow. In 2012, iran launched its second destroyer, the jamara. Two in the persian gulf. In the same year, iran designed new class of combat vissles named the persian golf cruiser. This time even the western powers wouldnt call it a frigate. In the waters of west asia, irans persian golf cruiser is now the largest existing combat vissel. Hello and welcome to press tv spotlight, im marza hashimi, thanks so much for being with us, tragedy after tragedy