Sebastian Usher

And they keep on harping on this idea that the US has just shown itself not to be serious. Their idea of seriousness in negotiations is we sit down and we're there for the long haul and we kind of talk through everything. And obstacles are in place and we know they're difficult, but we try to work through them and build on that. That's not President Trump's style.

I think the Iranian leadership believes that. And President Trump, I mean, he was talking about time running out. From his position, President Trump's position, he's essentially saying there is a deal in place. That's the deal the Iranians are going to have to sign up to, come to the table and do it. And we're going to keep a ceasefire until they do that. The Iranians see that as bluster. They see that as just a beginning part of what should be a long process. They don't seem ready to commit to even the image of

Kiitos puheenjohtaja.

Different types of events will have different impacts on elections. For example, a heat wave is the type of thing that is likely to keep some people at home. Elderly people, pregnant women, for example, who are more vulnerable to the heat might be less willing to go out to the polling station if it's extremely hot. On the other hand, something like an earthquake or blood is going to mean that people are not located where they should be located when they need to go to the polling station.

In some cases it's possible for countries to regularly change the date that they hold elections in some Canadian provinces that is being put into place in order to hold elections on a regular basis at a time of year that's less vulnerable to a particular type of hazard.

Joten jos sitä ei voi tehdä, voidaan tehdä asioita, joilla ihmiset voivat valita. Esimerkiksi, että ihmiset voivat mennä polttoaineistoon yli yhden päivän aikana. Jos se on todella kivaa yhden päivän aikana ja hieman vähemmän seuraavaksi päivän jälkeen, kun polttoaineet ovat olemassa, ihmiset voivat mennä toisen päivän jälkeen. Tai aikaisempien valinnat, joita he harjoittelevat Yhdysvalloissa, mutta myös Meksikossa, Kolumbiassa,

En katsota roolini poliittisena poliitikkoa. En halua mennä keskusteluun hänen kanssaan. En usko, että viestintäpäivä on tarkoitettu vahvistaa niin kuin jotkut tekevät. Pidän jatkuvasti puhumaan ääntä vahvistuksesta, haluan tukea rauhallisuutta.

Most of the executions last year were for murder or drug offenses, as is the usual pattern in Iran. The Norway-based Iran Human Rights Group says the number was almost 70% more than for 2024. The figure has been rising significantly in the years since the mass demonstration sparked by the death of a young Kurdish-Iranian woman, Masa Amini, while in the custody of the morality police in 2022.

Still to come in this podcast, the Philippines accuses China of using cyanide to poison the waters in a contested part of the South China Sea. These Philippine soldiers were not able to catch any fish. In case if they catch any fish it could be contaminated. And the second reason is also destroying the corals nearby. This is poisoned water.

This is a contested area. Both countries have a claim. And there is a reef over which the Philippines deliberately landed second World War era ship. And this is where a few of the Filipino troops, they are staying there. The reason why the Philippines did this was to assert their sovereignty. And the second Thomas Shaw, this has been a bone of contention. There have been clashes even before this.

Now the Philippines is saying that basically some of these Chinese fishermen who come around, they were pouring cyanide, these are accusations, into the water surrounding the shoal basically. So what it means is that these Philippine soldiers were not able to catch any fish. In case if they catch any fish, it could be contaminated. And the second reason is also destroying the corals nearby. This is poisoned water.

And in the long run, what the Philippine officials are saying is that the Chinese were hoping that this old ship will corrode and then it will automatically disintegrate. That is one of the reasons why they are pouring this. And they've been noticing this for the last one year. There have been different occasions. They have taken some bottles from water and they've tested these waters surrounding the area.

It contains cyanide and it is a very dangerous sign. That is why they had a big announcement today about these efforts by Chinese fishermen, accusing them of pouring cyanide. If true, that would be devastating for the marine wildlife there, let alone for any humans that tried to eat the fish they caught. What's the Chinese response been, if any?

The AFP News Agency and other journalists have tried to contact the embassy in Manila, the Chinese embassy in Manila. They have not responded. But it is not only this occasion. There have been other clashes in this particular area in the last few years, where it was quite common incident when Chinese coast guard vessels ram into the Filipino vessels. And also resupplying these troops is a big challenge for the Philippines. Some of the ships...

They have been blocked by the Chinese. Once they had to deliver food by helicopter. So it is a challenge, but they don't want to give up, because giving up that area means that China will take over this reef immediately. And this is a very contested area and a busy shipping lane, and that's why the Philippines want to stay there.

The collapse of what exists of a Lebanese state, potentially a full-out civil war again. That's why it hasn't happened. Netanyahu knows that. Israel knows that. Anybody who has any understanding of the situation knows that. But it's in Netanyahu's interest and the Israeli government's interest to kind of pretend that isn't so, that it's the Lebanese government who for some reason is holding out on trying to disarm Hezbollah. I mean, it could have done that. It just isn't the case.

Joten jos hän edelleen laittaa lebanilaisen hallituksen siihen, että hän tekee sitä, se ei menetä mitään. Ja sanomukset, joita Netanyahu teki, joita Israelin katsojat tekevät viikon tai kaksi viikolla, joissa heidän suunnitelmansa on lebanilainen, ovat yksityiskohtaisia.

Kiitos, että katsoitte.

I'm not sure that this is really going to go that far, but it's a holding position, I guess, that Washington wants, because it doesn't want the talks that are due to take place in Islamabad with Iran to be overturned before they started. And Iran has reacted very, very negatively to this. The Strait of Hormuz essentially saying that that's now going to remain closed. We've seen Hezbollah fire some missiles again into Israel. The whole thing

Luulen, että siinä on kaksi asiaa. En usko, että se on oikeastaan tällainen jatkuva ratkaisu tällä hetkellä. Se on jatkuva ratkaisu jollakin tavalla, joka odottaa ratkaisuja aloittamalla yhdellä puolella Yhdellä ja Iranilla, jotka ovat, kuten tiedämme ja näemme tällä hetkellä, edelleen hyvin lähellä toisistaan.