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Middle East conflict is not NATO war, but 'entwined' with US position on Ukraine
Issued on: 16/03/2026 - FRANCE24
US President Donald Trump said he has demanded about seven countries send warships to keep the Strait of Hormuz open as Iranian strikes continued to rain down on Gulf countries. Trump has warned his allies not helping him could lead to a 'very bad' future for NATO. And although the conflict in the Middle East is not a NATO war, it is very much 'entwined' with the United States' position on Ukraine. FRANCE 24's Angela Diffley tells us more.
Video by: Angela DIFFLEY
US realising it 'needs help from allies even if all-powerful militarily'
Issued on: 16/03/2026 - FRANCE24
President Donald Trump criticized US allies on March 16 for their lukewarm response to his call to help protect shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Despite that, he did claim that some countries had agreed to help - but from what has been heard so far, this isn't true as FRANCE 24's Kethevane Gorjestani explains.
Video by: Kethevane GORJESTANI
Issued on: 16/03/2026 - FRANCE24
President Donald Trump criticized US allies on March 16 for their lukewarm response to his call to help protect shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Despite that, he did claim that some countries had agreed to help - but from what has been heard so far, this isn't true as FRANCE 24's Kethevane Gorjestani explains.
Video by: Kethevane GORJESTANI
US allies 'know how to deal with Trump' amidst threats over Strait of Hormuz
Issued on: 16/03/2026 - FRANCE24
US President Donald Trump has demanded seven countries send ships to the Strait of Hormuz to secure toe crucial passagepoint for global oil flows. He threatened that refusal to help would mean a 'very bad' future for NATO. But US allies refuse to be dragged into the ongoing war in the Middle East. FRANCE 24's Kethevane Gorjestani tells us more.
Video by: Kethevane GORJESTANI
Issued on: 16/03/2026 - FRANCE24
US President Donald Trump has demanded seven countries send ships to the Strait of Hormuz to secure toe crucial passagepoint for global oil flows. He threatened that refusal to help would mean a 'very bad' future for NATO. But US allies refuse to be dragged into the ongoing war in the Middle East. FRANCE 24's Kethevane Gorjestani tells us more.
Video by: Kethevane GORJESTANI
US media coverage of the war in Iran: Fact, fiction and propaganda
Issued on: 13/03/2026 - FRANCE24
Polls in the United States suggest the war in Iran is unusually unpopular compared with past US military conflicts. There has been propaganda, video-game footage and facts spun into fiction, but also excellent reporting and crucial analysis of the innocent lives lost. This week, FRANCE 24’s media show Scoop looks at US media coverage, and our guest is Negar Mortazavi, an Iranian-American journalist and political analyst.
Issued on: 13/03/2026 - FRANCE24
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Polls in the United States suggest the war in Iran is unusually unpopular compared with past US military conflicts. There has been propaganda, video-game footage and facts spun into fiction, but also excellent reporting and crucial analysis of the innocent lives lost. This week, FRANCE 24’s media show Scoop looks at US media coverage, and our guest is Negar Mortazavi, an Iranian-American journalist and political analyst.
‘Radical acceleration’ in AI military targeting raises oversight fears
Issued on: 11/03/2026
FRANCE24
13:18 min
Speaking with FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney, Elke Schwarz, Professor of Political Theory at Queen Mary University of London, warned of a “radical acceleration” in the speed at which military targets are identified through the use of AI, and how quickly action is taken against them. She said this raises concerns about the lack of human oversight, especially given that AI models have “25 to 50% reliability, which means they are wrong very often”.
VIDEO BY:
Sharon GAFFNEY
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