Arab Leaders on Israel-Hamas, Trump Won't Testify, Argentina Inauguration
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The delhi forum resumes today in gutta. The yearly meeting brings together onal policymakers, and this year's gathering is dominated by isa guta.

A, U. S, A, is home to some hamas political leaders. The gulf nation played an active role in negotiating a days long pause and fighting that allowed the release of israeli and foreign hostages in exchange for palestinian prisoners. And IT is still trying to get the two sides to agree to another truth.

Joining me now from doha is n piers a of a tri.

Hi, a morning later.

So tell us what you're hearing at this conference.

right? So this forum is absolutely dominated by the war raging in gaza is increasingly being seen as a threat to regional security. And the key issue in middle east right now now covers prime minister to ham and Fanny.

He told the forum that the war is also showing the size of the gap between those around the world demanding and and to this war. And those were looked into, even call for a ceasefire. Now israel says this war to destroy how much could take another two months. But foreign ministers and others at this form say that can't happen. It's simply too destabilizing.

Now among the attendees is U. N. Secretary general antonio gersh. The U. S. Vetoed his appeal to the security council to demand in an immediate humAnitarian ceased e the war. What did he have to say?

Well, he says he expects public order to break down soon in the gaza strip as hunger continues, israeli bombardment and the spread of disease increases the possibility that palestinians could be forced from gaza into neighbours egypt to seek refuge and something egyptian ti. opposes. Now, despite the U.

S. Veto, guards said he will not give up. It's important to know the U. S. As a veto, the resolution, because I didn't condemn the october attack by hamas, but that vote by the security council on friday really highlighted how increasingly isolated the U. S.

Position is becoming internationally, IT was the only country to veto, with thirteen countries voting in favor and the U. K. obstinate.

Now I asked the conservative chair of britain's foreign fairs committee in parliament, alesha turns, who's at this doha forum, if this substances suggested a growing divergence between the U. S. And U.

K. On the world. And here's where he told me.

I think there's a widening gulf when IT comes to retta. c. I'm very concerned at the lack of recognition, the fact that israel does not have cop launch. Occupying powers have responsibility. E, S, and again, backless basic laws of you of war, about proportionality, distinction, supporting civilians.

Now you point out that the U. S. Seems to be more and more isolated. There's been a lot of frustration and anger from arab leaders with the biden administrations unwavering support for israel war. But was there any support for the biden administration stance on this war at the form?

Well, almost none. But one surprising advocate at this form was republican center Linda gram from south CarOlina's, who, by the way, says he's supports another trump presidency now. He praised cut or for its role mediating during the swarm.

He said there should be a two state solution and insisted hamas must be destroyed. And of course, U. S. Has provided weapons is for that to happen. But he also seems to think the biden administration can simply pick up where IT laugh off before this world erupted, and that basically washington can still get saudi abia to establish diplomatic ties with israel in by may, essentially in the next five months.

I am a republican, a pledge in front of the world to help president bin secure the votes in the united states senate to make IT possible. Faculty are ababa to have a defence agreement with us, which we didn't make IT possible for sari arabia to recognize this. So they were .

guests in the audience at hearing this, because this voting a lot of emotions as people watch these images of mass displacement and the scale of the war, particularly thousands of thousand and and children killed by air strikes. So it's not something that people, this region, likely to forget. And that is going to complicate how erb governments interact with israel.

Um from here on that's P A, A. But try we joining us from to I. Thank you.

Thanks later.

Donald m. Plans to avoid testifying for a second time in the new york civil fraud trial against him and his company.

His lawyers had said he would take the witness then in his own defense today. But on the eve of the hearing trump posted on social media, I have already testify to everything and have nothing more to say.

and b. Andrea bernstein has been covering the case, joins us now from new york to explain what's coming next time.

Good morning. So what happened? Well, IT may be true that when IT comes to testifying, cramp really doesn't have anything more to say.

For a while now, trump's legal team has been saying that erick trump and Donald trump would be among the trial's final witnesses. But for eric and then Donald abruptly change plans. One former Donald trump wyers ticos had even predicted last week on CNN that trump want to show up.

Trump told me last night that's because of the legal risk. The eternal general could cross examine trump on some of his lies and statements, which could hurt his legal strategies. Also, in other cases, that leaves the defense final witness as allibert V, A new york university professor who justified last week that he saw no accounting fraud instead of financial statements. Quote, I have never seen a statement that provide so many details and so transparent as this statement. IT doesn't exist.

Now, trump's lawyers say he was being made to unfairly testify while under a gag order. What is that about?

Right from the beginning of this case, trump started going after the judges clerk accusing her of bias. SHE received so many death threats, he can no longer take the subway to work. So judge Arthur goran said to trump, you can come after me, but not my staff. Trump did anyway twice, and the judge find him twice. Then trump tried to get appeals court to overturn the gag water.

He was briefly successful, but IT was reinstated, so could not go after the judges clerk from the stand on sunday, trump lawyer called this unconstitional tional, the new york age leticia James hugging off trumps cancellation, saying, quote, Donald trump already testified in our financial fraud case against him. He added, quote, we have already proven that he committed years of financial fraud and unjustly enriched himself, his family, no matter how much he tries to distract from that reality. The facts don't lie.

Now, what happened when trump text by the last time?

So I went like this, in that last appearance, trump, he was asked to, yes, there are no question about property values. And he answered, you know, you suit me on the basis that trump had no money. And he wrote up phony statements and defrauded banks, even though they were represented by the biggest law firms in the world and the most sophisticated and best lawyers.

And even though those banks were paid back and full, there was no harm. So that his defense, it's not how a witness is supposed to testify, should have that under new york law. IT doesn't matter if there was no harm.

The law is clear. You cannot have a business model of persistent fraud. In course, the judge had managed trump s lawmakers think this is not a political rally. So maybe trump's wyers is concluded. Having the case in with trump at odds with a judge wasn't the best way to go.

So what do we know about what's next?

So criticisms tomorrow with cross examination of the expert to rebuttal witnesses after that written briefs in january and arguments from each side on january eleventh, and after that a verdict.

And pears, Andrew bernstein in new york. Thank you.

Thank you.

Argentine is newly elected far right president heavier mili was sworn in.

sworn into office over the weekend who .

would .

put up the a the former TV .

personality .

and self described a arco capitalist one in a landslide Victory, promising to bring big changes to an argentina struggling with nearly one hundred and fifty percent inflation. He expressed admiration for former president downal trump in former brazilian president jail. Mosenergo.

the economist, later american correspondent on olenka, joins me now from when .

is good morning.

Hi lisa. Hi so male arian on tackling the country's skyros inflation, but he seems to have back away from his campaign promise ed, to scrap argentina, pay so in favor of the U. S. dollar. What changes can we expect? see?

yeah. So between winning the election and mid november and taking office on sunday, millay back pedal on many proposals, including the one you mentioned, delorier ation, which was like his flag to proposal. And instead his priority is going to be shrinking the size of the state.

So in his inauguration speech yesterday, he said he had cut public spending by round five percentage points of GDP. And he he's expected a table a lot of reforms in congress in the coming days, including cutting the number of government ministries, simplifying the tax system and maybe even privatizing some state owned companies. So it's starting to sound a lot more like a conventional kind of liberal shock therapy program than the an arco capital platform he ran on in the campaign.

So I mean, as you point out, this was his flagship campaign promise and now he's back tracking. How will Milly's fillers respond to this different approach, the softer approach to reform?

Yeah that's a really good question because Milly's whole campaign was anti establishment. He took pride in being this outsider who was coming to blow the system a bit like, you know, trump draining the swamp. And instead, since winning the election, he disappointed a lot of moderate technocrats and establishment figures to the top jobs in his cabinet.

So I think a lot of people close to me lay a bit disappointed. But despite the kind of shifting alliances at the top, he's trying to maintain a close connection to his followers. So for example, yesterday, he delivered his inauguration speech outside of congress, rather than inside congress to legislators as this customer. So I think that if me lay managers to fix argentine's inflation problem in the next year, basically his followers will forgive him. But if the situation gets really bad, I think he's gonna left with very little support now.

But in his inauguration speech, millay didn't promise a quick fix. He predicted things will get worse before they get Better. What obstacles does he face in his first year in office?

Yeah, that's right. So my lay was really Frank in his inauguration ech. He said there is no alternative to austerity. And he also said, we know that in the short term, the situation will worsened. He's king about the next few months, and he's right.

Things are gonna have to get harder and argentina before they Better because that's what you have to do if you want to fix the country. So i'll give you an example. Currently, argentina spends around two percent of GDP on electricity and transport subsidies.

So that keeps Prices low for consumers. But IT costs the state a lot of money, and money doesn't currently have. But if you start cutting subsidies, Prices for transparent electricity will go up, and that will push inflation up to.

So in the short term, me lay is gonna have rising inflation and is gonna to cut spending. And none of those things are popular. And he only has a minority .

congress on the land is from the economist talking to us from us series. Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Before you go.

we've got one more piece of news for you. President joe biden is inviting his ukrainy counterpart, vallois eland's, to the White house tomorrow. It's elenchi third visit to washington since the war in ukraine began nearly two years ago.

The meeting comes as an ideal for ukraine remains stalled in congress. Lawmakers disagree on the package was currently links immigration and border policy changes to the aid for ukraine. I and israel .

and the lenka is also set to meet with how speaker republican my Johnson as well a senate democratic majority, sumer and republican minority, will bring you the latest news here. And that's the first for monday, december eleven.

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