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cause of the explosion is unknown. >> now this incident follows israeli strikes at a military base in iran. >> yesterday or ron's president did not mention that strike while praising last weekend's iranian strikes against israel real attention between israel and iran is sparking fears of an expanding middle east conflict. cnn's paula hancocks is following all of this for us. tell us what the latest is and what the expectation is. there in the region is this as it appears to be over resolved well, victor, that's certainly what everybody is hoping at this point and it's face value it does appear as though neither israel nor iran has the appetite for a full scale war. >> so let's look at what really happened over the past 24, 48 hours. i mean, that explosion in iraq at the iranian back military base of
against israel last weekend, approximately 170 drones, 120 ballistic missiles, and 30 cruise missiles, most of which were intercepted which brings us to this most recent attack. so how does it all end joining me now is admiral james staff redis he spent more than 30 years in the navy rising become the supreme allied commander of nato he's also the co-author with elliot ackerman of a recent and terrific novel called 2054 admiral. this looks like this dictated theater. in other words, it's got to take an awful lot of planning to fire so many weapons back-and-forth without hitting anybody. so either that was deliberate or both sides are in competent explain i think both sides are signaling. and so a way to think of it is iran sent a mob 350 drones, cruise missiles, ballistics send a mob to try and get into the house. i don't think you ron wanted
it had no involvement in the coalition of militias mean will only sing the explosion was an attack and did not blame any particular source. the blast happened a day after israel hit i wrought with a strike and response are ron's recent missile and drone attacks. i run at the moment appears to be downplaying the attack perhaps signaling it is trying to move on. when you come back out here live in israel you can get a sense of people are sort of going about their daily lives. we've seen a lot of people out today going to the beach as they normally would. so far no comments directly related to the strike coming from any israeli government official or anyone involved in the military. >> seems like they are trying to calm things down for let's hope it continues. jeff paul live in tel aviv, thank you. super key senate race in pennsylvania may end up deciding the balance of power in the upper chamber for democrat senator bob casey and his republican challenger david mccormick are both stomping across the keystone state ahead
him the weekend prior that it would be immediate is that just bluster or how keen do you think iran is to actually lower the temperature look, i think iranians absolutely. >> i have no interest in an all-out confrontation with israel or the united states, which from a conventional military perspective, are much stronger than ron and could inflict much more harm on iran that the other way around but also, i think it's important for them to make sure that they do not signal weakness. the reason that iran mounted, but very calibrated the massive attack on israel, which resulted in no casualty, was precisely because it wanted to say it in an attack on its own soil would be a red line and it was worried that israel, after attacking its constant, which is akin to another country so it would feel that it can cross that line as well. >> so i don't believe that
mornings starting today at eight on cnn knew this morning and explosion at an iran-backed militia base south of baghdad killed a member of iraq's popular mobilization forces and injured at least eight others out. this incident follows israeli strikes at a military base in iran yesterday, ron's president did not mention that strike while praising last weekend's iranian strikes against israel the tension is between israel and iran is sparking fears of an expanding middle east conflict. cnn is not bashir is following all of this for us. >> so where do things stand right now? >> not in terms of the tensions and the fear of escalation well, if suddenly has been mounting concern over the potential for this to escalate more broadly in the region at this stage, it appears as though a broader regional war has been averted for now.
away from making a bomb& prediction has been proven wrong time and again supreme leader as i can tell you, given the permission for my government to freely negotiate on these issues so you do have that authorization? yes. >> the eye light is behind that deal or rather easing klein, he supports the deal on the other hand, you must read allies that the only important group that whole heartedly do support the law of the and all of them have actually risen against the, against the deal. >> if the united states doesn't solve this problem with you ron ron has no incentive to talk about anything else. this is the most important issue. >> no deal is better than a bad deal. but the world will be better off if arise. hello, the
for a long time that the house would pass these aid packages $95 billion as you mention two ukraine, israel, and taiwan for the white house has just released a statement, president biden is saying quote this package will deliver critical support to israel and ukraine, provide desperately needed humanitarian aid to gaza, sudan, haiti and other locations by conflict and natural disasters around the world. it comes at a moment of great urgency with israel facing unprecedented attacks are my ron and ukraine under constant bombardment from russia. one think speaker johnson, leader jeffries and bipartisan coalition with lawmakers who vote to put our national security first. i urge the senate to quickly send this bill to my desk so that i can sign into law we can quickly sent weapons and equipment to ukraine to meet the urgent battlefield needs. earlier, just a few minutes ago the white house and president biden reauthorize the signing of isa section 702 to protect it
absolutely. thank you congresswoman. >> president biden is spending his weekend in delaware. he is praising house lawmakers for passing 95 billing our foreign aid package. lucas tomlinson joining us live at the white house today. lucas it sounds like the president wants us package on his desk asap. >> that is right the president was excitedly foreign aid bill was passed quick to release a statement saying in part it comes at a moment of great urgency of israel facing on precedent attacks are my ron and ukraine under constant bombardment from a russia party want to thank speaker johnson leader jeffries and coalition of lawmakers in the house who voted to put our national security first. i urge the senate to quickly send this a package to my desk i can sign into law we can quickly send weapons and equipment into ukraine to meet the urgent need needswe also heard from nato secretary-general saying quote i welcome the u.s. house of
israel, his message to the israelis had been, look, you shot down 99% of these take the win. whether or not a ron can be convinced to do the same given that perhaps this was rather late limited and the incoming may have been shot down. it seems at this point can iran be convinced to do the same and just let sleeping dogs lie all right. scott mclean there in istanbul. >> appreciate it. good to see scott now reports of these explosions in iran sent oil prices surging merely 4% us oil prices climbing above $85 a barrel. let's have a look at the prices they're at right now. brent crude, the world benchmark at $1.79. that sorry, up. 1.7 but 9% at ada dollars 67 floating with $90. and wti crude is at $84 so both of them up one and three quarter percent. meanwhile, the news
here it seems that american officials have confirmed that something happened. there seems to be good reporting that something has happened. what i would call those is a strategic spoiling attack. i purred guest after guest talk about the full barrage and assault that israel has been under from a ron, from all the proxies, hezbollah, houthi, hamas which is all true. when you're in that kind of defensive mode all you are doing is catching jobs. one of the only things you can do our... strategically i think trey has