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assets they value more highly. >> what do you think it means for the prospects of a wider, lived in the region? >> it definitely increases the prospects and it has always been true that this is a conflict that is poised to lead to something larger. the reason is, iran has many allies. most of its allies are like the houthis. proxy fighters. hezbollah, the houthis, hamas , of course the houthis have done, they have found a way to inflict a cost on business as usual. so, the united states has to respond and it has to try to achieve escalation dominance. but, it also has to try not to
thank you forjoining us. the us 2024 presidential race kicks off on monday, when iowa republicans hold caucus meetings to pick the party's nominee. political analysts and the wider public will be particularly focused on who will lead the pack of republican challengers and what the results in iowa may suggest in the run—up to november. but it's notjust in the united states where ballots are being cast. polls are open in taiwan, where voters are choosing a new president and parliament. the economy and education are key issues for voters. but one sobering issue looms large — how taiwan should address the threat from china. it's election day in taiwan and hours ago the candidates how the last rallies before voting on the island's residential election and as we heard they are addressing the threat from china and that's one issue dominating and on the ballot is the current vice president
when iowa republicans hold caucus meetings to pick the party's nominee. political analysts and the wider public will be particularly focused on who will lead the pack of republican challengers, and what the results in iowa may suggest in the run—up to november. but it's notjust in the united states where ballots are being counted. polls are open in taiwan, where voters are choosing a new president and parliament. the economy and education are key issues for voters. but one sobering issue looms large: how taiwan should address the threat from china. steve bbc presenter steve lai is in taipei and wasjoined earlier by celia hatton, bbc news�* asia—pacific regional editor. coup china's view on this election — how would you sump it up? election - how would you sump it u? ~ , election - how would you sump itu? it up? well, china's unhappy that these — it up? well, china's unhappy that these elections - it up? well, china's unhappy that these elections are - it up? well, china's unhappy i that these elections are taking place — that these elections are taking place at — that these elections are taking place at all. they view this government on this island of taiwan— government on this island of taiwan as _ government on this island of taiwan as being illegitimate because they believe this territory belongs to beijing.
the us 2024 presidential race kicks off on monday, when iowa republicans hold caucus meetings to pick the party's nominee. political analysts and the wider public will be particularly focused on who will lead the pack of republican challengers, and what the results in iowa may suggest in the run—up to november. but it's notjust in the united states where ballots are being counted. polls are open in taiwan, where voters are choosing a new president and parliament. the economy and education are key issues for voters. but one sobering issue looms large: how taiwan should address the threat from china. steve bbc presenter steve lai is in taipei and wasjoined earlier by celia hatton, bbc news' asia—pacific regional editor. coup china's view on this election — how would you sump it up? election - how would you sump it u? ~ , election - how would you sump itu? it up? well, china's unhappy that these — it up? well, china's unhappy that these elections - it up? well, china's unhappy that these elections are - it up? well, china's unhappy i that these elections are taking place — that these elections are taking place at — that these elections are taking place at all. they view this government on this island of taiwan— government on this island of taiwan as _ government on this island of taiwan as being illegitimate because they believe this territory belongs to beijing.
concerns of oversharing details about private civilians with a much wider audience, publicizing names and addresses and phone numbers. encrypting radio channels from the public would mean that only authorized emergency professionals could access this information about an urgent matter in real time. we found several examples, for example, this, an elderly man in wisconsin who was in distress. >> 70-year-old male that fell in the kitchen, unable to get up. >> of course, one could argue that police scanners help the public identify individuals that might be a danger to themselves or to others. >> a violent, possibly mental elderly black male subject, walking with a stick or cane. he's going to be in front of the store wearing all black. >> but at what point does a radio channel that's meant to uphold public safety infringe on the private details of
don't see what else we could possibly do. >> i would like to dig deeper into that, because with the middle east broiling, and every day the potential for this escalating into a much wider, much more dangerous, much more close to home war, i guess my questions are, what kind of data and information caused eurasia group to make america against itself the number one threat? >> if you look, we've been doing this for 26 years now, and the way that we rank these likelihood eminence and impact. and so of course the fact that the united states is not just facing an election that is increasingly seen as a legitimate by large percentages of the population, but also the scale of impact of any real problems with u.s. democracy for the rest of the world. i, mean you travel around the world, and the level of concern or were you about what this will mean for american
emergency channels due to concerns about oversharing details about private civilians with a much wider audience. publicizing names and addresses it worries some in public safety. encrypting radio channels would mean only authorized emergency professionals could access the information about an urgent matter in real time. we found several examples, for example this, an elderly man in wisconsin in distress. >> 70-year-old male fell in the kitchen unable to get up. >> of course one could argue that police scanners have the public identified individuals that might be a danger to themselves or to others. >> violent possibly mental elderly black male subject. he is walking with a sick or pain in front of the store wearing all black. in but at what point does a radio channel infringe on the
i'd say probably, this particular radar was not included in that initial set of targets. and the analyst said, you know, we ought to go back and make sure that radar is down, because alex, at the end of the day, but the houthis have been able to do is use those radars to create the targeting so that they can launch these long range cruise and ballistic missiles. so, this is a one-off, not designed to be an additional strike per se, i think at this point, everyone is going to have to stop on the coalition side, and wait and see what the houthis do next. >> the last 48 hours, could these actions spark a wider, more violent conflict across the region? any worries on that? >> yes. in the sense that's i'd scored right now, alex, about a one in three chance that this thing could go high order. that being defined as u.s.,
submarines and destroyers. and aircraft, and they flew fighters out of cypress. so it was a substantial strike, carefully modulated. now the rebels are saying that they will respond by escalating the conflict. so it's a very dangerous situation. >> how real is that? that these strikes could trigger a wider, regional conflict? >> i think there already is, to be blunt, a wider, regional conflicts. in some 77 attacks have been made on u.s. military forces. very small presence in syria. 50 something odd strikes against the west forces in iraq. 27 strikes by the houthis with shipping in the red sea, so where on the edge of a major escalation. the good news is, the biden administration, secretary antony blinken has brought together a coalition.
wider conflict. the latest from the region is coming up on cnn. but first, why do we keep giving donald trump exactly what he wants. tonight on laura coates live. but ♪ ♪ ♪ donald j j trump got exactly what he wanted today. and i mean again. a giant megaphone to call the 370 million dollar civil suit against him, say it with me, we all know the phrase, a witch hunt. but >> as you know, this is an unconstitutional witch hunt. its election interference at the highest level. but >> then in the courtroom, right in front of the very judge who is going to decide just how much he has to pay. again this is not a jury trial. no dye audience, he's talking to the person who is going to