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the voice of the voiceless. press tv. of the headlines this hour. us air strikes its territory, an act of aggression that has in claimed at least 16 lives injuring dozens more in the arab country. the gentidal campaign led by the us and israel in gaza reaches its 120th day with the death doll now exceeding 27,200, majority of them women and children. and on national day of space technology, president ibrahim rais says that iran is now one of the top 10 leading countries in the aerospace industry.

more welcome to our studios in the capital tahan, this is press tv news. thanks for joining us. the us says it has carried out air strikes on 85 targets inside of. and in syria, that's after washington pledged to respond to deadly drone strike on his troops in jordan. iraqi government says that at least 16 people were killed in us strikes in the country. civilians were among those killed and 36 more people were wounded in the bombings that targeted both civilian and security areas. us central command claims the targets include rocket, missile and drone depos. the us president says the strikes will continue at times and places of washington's choosing. however, joe biden says the u.s. does not seek. conflict in west asia.

washington has confirmed the deaths of three of its forces in the drone strike that hit its military base last weekend. it marked the first time that us military personnel died in attack since the start of the israeli onslot on gaza on october 7. strong reactions now to the us attacks are streaming in from regional countries, not least by iraq and syria themselves. iraq condemned the strikes near its western border with syria. as violation of its sovereignty, warned that the attack will have disastrous consequences for iraq and the region. iraq's prime ministry says that it has called in the us charged affairs in baghdad to deliver an official protest. iran's popular mobilization forces said that us attack is violation of the country's sovereignty and a blatant disregard for international laws. syria mewell said the aggression caused casualties among civilians and soldiers and inflicted heavy material damage on the eastern part of the country. added that this is a... region where syrian

forces are battling the remnance of daeshfiry group, and this proves us collusion with the terrorist. iran says the strikes are another strategic mistake by the us, the only that only. serves israeli interest and further embroils the us in the region. the palestinan resistance movie at hamas also condemned the strikes, saying that washington has poured oil on the fire in the region. people are rallied across the uk capital to show solidarity with palestinians as the us israel genocide in gaza enters its fourth month. demonstrates wave palestinian flags enchanted slogans calling for an end to the deadly onslot in gaza. they called on western powers to put an end to their all out support for the regime in tel aviv. the protesters urged

world countries to pressure tel aviv to halt is aggression against innocent palestinians in gaza and the occupied west bank. protests have been held around the globe with people calling for immediate ceasefire and gaza: that's good more correspondent side puras who joins us, he's out on the streets at where this is happening, well say, tell us what you have for us, the atmosphere here is electoring, hundreds of thousands of people, according to the organizers have descended. on the british capital london today right now we're actually outside british uh broadcasting corporation the bbc and the people here have had few words before the bbc too uh saying shame on you and and the like

to the broadcaster for the way they have uh covered the genocide unfolding in the gaza strip but these are people who have participated in the national demonstration. in the past 17 weeks since the start of the carnage in the gaza strip and their demand has always been the same, first and foremost the permanent cease fire, which is yet to happen, of course, also that their government withdraw support for the israeli regime, stop the sales of arms um to tel aviv and give it of diplomatic cover around the world, the crowd has just started moving, they have... come here from all across the united kingdom um and they will be walking all the way to whitehall, the seat of the uk government. of course there were attempts by the police to try and change the destination, but public pressure uh did not allow that to happen uh considered of course by the organizers as

victory for the freedom to protest, they will be going there and making their voices heard. there was a lot of condemnation to go around for from the government. into the biggest political parties, the uk government of course has been very hawkish as far as these protests are concerned, calling them um hate marchers in the past and also very supportive at the same time of the israeli uh genocide in the gaza strave um the labor party, the main opposition labor party has been no better, and of course there is lot of anger and frustration among um people who have traditionally voted for labor. um as well um saying, they've come up with slogan actually, saying no ceasefire, no vote, and that is what they're planning to do, they're tell us to punish labor party at the next general election will will be taking place sometime this year, it is led to independent

candidates um throwing their hats into the ring wanting to um run for election in the upcoming general vote a group. for example, by the name of the muslim vote has been created going door to door and telling people not to vote for labor, and that is not lost on the labor party, and and that is manifest in the fact that it has started what they call an outreach program to try and woo back these people, voters who feel misrepresented or unrepresented or disenfranchised, it's not just really the muslim vote, there are people of other faiths or no faiths who are here. very strongly about what is happening in the gaza strip and of course in the west bank, and they too are telling us that they will be voting very differently from this general election. a few things have happened um since the last national demonstration. of course, i must say before that, that despite everything

that's happened, all attempts at delegitimizing and criminalizing these mass protests, the palestine solidarity movement in the uk is the biggest in europe, the times for example in places like germany um to um stop such protests all together, but not here, it's only grown bigger and louder as time went by, and now to the things that have changed. since we last spoke, since the last national demonstration, as a result, i would think of public pressure, these demonstrations bringing pressure to bear on the government here, one is the admission by the foreign secretary, um, lord cameron, david cameron, that israel has committed war crimes or violated international law in the gaza strip, the announcement of britain moving towards recognizing palestinian statew, and "the changing tone, i would say in the media as well compared to the early early weeks of the israeli massacre of

palestinians in in the gaza strip. um, lot of condemnation again of the fact that the uk joined the us and other european countries uh, more than 10 of them to cut tie uh funds rather to underwa, the uh un agency that provides humanitarian aid so needed by so many palesti." not just in the gaza trip, but elsewhere as well. this of course, comes against the backdrop of the icj ruling, the international court of justice. uh, also very important in terms of mobilizing the crowds and keeping them energized to continue um echoing the same demand that this has to stop, the genocide has to be brought to an end um as fast as... impossible, that is yet to happen, but the people we have talked to are telling us that as long as the carness

continues, so will their protest that there will be turning out under the streets of london for as long as it takes, until that demand is met, thank you very much for that, we appreciate it, there at the side of these protests there in london, thank you said, moving on, intensively attacks meanwhile in gaza have been continuing for nearly four months now, in the latest sp... attacks, at least 100 people were killed across the besieg palestinian territory. there were fresh air and artillery attacks around hannus. that is gaza's main southern city, which has recently been the focal point of israely strikes. medical facilities and units have been affected as well. alamal and al-nasir hospitals have been under an israely siege for more than a week. the un is now warning of serious shortage of oxygen supplies at the two medical centers. after khan yunis, the city of raffa will be the next. target of the israel ground attacks. that is according to the regime's military. rafa is located in southern gaza and hosts

hundreds of thousands of displaced palestinians. un agencies have been warning about the deteriorating situation in raffa. so i want emphasize our deep concern about the escalation of hostilities in kanunis, which has resulted in increase in the number of internally displaced people seeking refuge. in rafa. in recent days, thousands of palestinians have continued to flee to the south, which is already hosting over half the gaza's population of some 2.3 million people. most are living in makeshift structures, tents or out in the open. rafa is a pressure cooker of despair. and we fear for what comes next. spokesman for the un humanitarian office also war. about disease outbreaks in gaza, he added that there is simply not enough food, not enough clean drinking water,

and no protection. the world health organization says people in gaza are enduring unimaginable circumstances. they are exhausted, hungry and traumatized, and unicef says at least 17,00 children in the gaza strip are unaccompanied or separated from their family. it says the palestinian children's mental health is severely impacted and almost all of them are in need of support. over 27,100. people have been killed in gaza since october 7, some 12 and a half thousand of them are children. the un agency for palestinian refugees warns that it may suspend work if funding is not resumed by the end of the month after over dozen countries suspended their financial support for ara. it is very serious and dramatic development actually to to suspend financial resources of the agency, we are talking now about 15 countries that decided to suspend financial

support to the agency, what unra has may be financially, it will be enough till the end of this month and after that this decision have very destructive impact on our operation on millions of palestine refugees in the five fields of operation, not only in gaza but specifically in gaza. we are actually the main and the sole provider for humanitarian services here nearly more than 2.3 million of gazans depending on our aid. and we are we have in our shelters nearly 1 million palestinians either inside the shelters or are registered and around the shelters, we providing health care to hundreds of thousands of of gazons, our health clinics are so crowded with tens of thousand of people every every day, providing also fuel

to desalintation centers, planet destination planners to sewing system. hospitals and clinics, we are the life lifeline of palestinians here, so stopping the fund or suspending the fund will have very destructive impact on everything. president has held the country's remarkable achievement in the space program, saying the islamic republic has become one of the top 10 leading countries in the aerospace industry. r he was addressing events marking iran's national space technology day. he said he want success. will launch of 11 satellites into orbit in the past two years has frustrated the enemy's plot to isolate the country through sanctions. he added that innovation and creativity could not be stifled by external pressures. it further stated that the west has failed to isolate iran, saying the iranian scientists have transformed the challenges into opportunities. he called the country's space technology a strategic

advantage. meanwile, iran's minister of information and communications technology said that iran wants to turn the space. installed on helicopters and can fire a large barrage of missiles both at night and during the day. the missile system has been fully developed by experts of the aviation division the iranian army. the system was put on display at an exhibition where several other domestically developed night vision device, radar and electronic warfare systems were also unveiled in the presence of iran's army commander, major general abdulrahim musavi.

there of reactions that have come through based on the us strikes violating the sovereignty of iraq and syria, you have russia who has also come out in reaction slamming the us for these strikes and said that the un security council needs to based on what they have said consider the situation. the yemanise from all walks of life have taken to the streets of the capital sana and other cities urging the armed forces to carry out larger attacks in the red sea and the gulf of veden. they also refirmed their full support for the palestinian brothers. amit the western aggression against yemen, thousands of people gathered in the capital tana and other cities to urge the yemani army to expand its naval operations against american, british and israeli linked vessels in the red sea and gulf of eden. they also belished to continue supporting

palestinians at all coasts. our message. to the forces of american zinist aggression is that you need to stop killing women, children and defenseless people in gaza. god has blessed us with islam and we will not abandon our brothers in palestine. the westerners will see what we will do under the leadership of mr. abdul malik who does what he says. our hearts are broken over what's happening in gaza, including crimes, starvation and the siege imposed on the people of gaza. they want those who survived the... coming to serve to death, protesters also slamed the european union's bit to send military forces to the red sea aming to protect israeli maritime navigation, the demonstrators said this move will escalate the conflict since the yemeni army will have the right to add european vessels to its list of targets. the european union is america's plaything, they

are indeed many countries, but they follow america's orders to serve american interests. "we call the prosperity alliance the suicide alliance because they commit suicide when they fight us, and we will not change our position, no matter how much they threaten us and no matter how large a force they mobilize to fight us. any european force that comes to the red sea will have the same faith as the american and british forces, meaning that they will become legitimate targets for the yemeni naval operations and will be hit daily by the yemeni missile strikes." " earlier, the leader of the ansarullah movement, abdul malik althi, stated that us attempts to seek help from china mediation to stop yemen's naval operations, show the failure of the us and uk in their aggression, he also criticized. arab countries for exporting goods to israel, calling it an act of betrayal as palestinians starved to death in the beseged gaza. despite the us and uk

strikes, people here insist that yemeni naval operations should continue as long as the genocidal rages on, they urged their army to target the interests of any party that supports the israeli regime. reporting for press tv, another sign of growing. in the west over support for israel, more than 800 officials in the us, the uk and the eu, have released the public letter of descent criticizing the government support for the regime in its ongoing genocide in gaza. the segnatories say that israel has shown no boundaries in its military offensive in gaza, which has resulted in tens of thousands of preventable civilian deaths and the deliberate blocking of aid. they warn that the government's policies could be contributing to grave violations of international law, war crimes and even ethnic lensing or genocide. the signers also say that they have already raised concerns through internal channels, but were ignored. the document does not include the names of

signers because they fear reprisal. the south african youth has used his iconic neighborhood as the perfect canvas to highlight the plite of the palestinians. by dorning the walls of their homes with murals for gaza, community located on the slope. overlooking cape town, hope the message of palestine's fight for liberation will be seen. took look. born of political exiles brought to the cape of goodope by dutch colonialists, the old meleque water of cape town, better known as burkup, is reaching back to its roots as location of protest by raising a flag for palestine. the houses of workup have always been painted in eye catching. colors, but the walls of these homes have now taken a whole new meaning. tourists regularly frequent this area, and the paintings here convey a message that will

travel around the world. as palestinians continue to endure the deadly israeli onslot on gaza, young south african nurse has taken the initiative by painting what some say is the largest mural of its kind for palestine, he says by paint. this large palestinian flag a location overlooking the cape town central business district, palestine cannot be ignored. with tourism comes photography, and i decided to allow the world to protest inadvertently from every angle, from every ad, from every instagram post, anybody who comes to book up will be for palestine. since launching the murals for gaza campaign, khin says scores of residents have asked that their walls be painted to demonstrate support. for palestine, the project has also been taken up in other communities. i'm just happy that i'm going to get it on my wall, because we have all the people walking down

here and and it's it tells a big story, it tells a tremendous sorry about the genocide that's what's happening, if the mainstream media will not report in the atrocities being committed in gaza then the walls will speak, that is what we're working with, so... "we are just making that every wall is going to tell a story from every angle, from the birth of zionism to the atrocities being committed to the strength and unity of this particular neighborhood on where we stand in the genocide. b cap on the periphery of the cape town cbd has had to contend with its own struggle of gentrification as big business and foreigners have tried evict the traditional residents from the ancestral homes, so they understand what..." the enduring struggle of palestinians against the colonial settlers. press tv, cape town. and

that does with this additional world news. do stay with us to recap of the headlines coming up at the top the hour. let's bye-bye for now. it was the epoc of belief, it was the epoc of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, there was a king with the golden crown and iron. bists on the throne of iran. the shaw was a dictator. it was clearer than crystal to them that things were settled forever. the cia formally concluded in august of 1970. that

the shaw of iran was in no serious trouble, but they failed to see the writing on the wall. the american embassy in tehran was wowfully ill informed about what was going on on the street. follow one of the defining moments of the 20th century in what caused the islamic revolution.

us launches air strikes on 85 targets inside of iraq and syria and what washington claims is a response to deadly drone attack on american troops in the region. the us central command claims the targets included rocket, missile and drone depotes. "the us president says that strikes will continue. i ibas condemned the us strikes which kills 16 people as a violation of his sovereignty. syria also said the attacks took place in areas where its forces are battling the remnance of diage tech fury group and this proves us collusion with terrorists."