All right, Alexander. Let's talk about what is happening in the Middle East. Let's talk about Blinkin's trip in the Middle East. How did it turn out for Blinken? Let's also talk about, I really want to discuss the ICJ, South Africa's ICJ suit against Israel. I think that's picking up a lot of momentum.

Saudi Arabia is now supporting it as well. And Blinken and Netanyahu administration,

you can tell from their statements, they're worried about this ICJ hearing. They say it's meritless,

but you can tell that they're worried about it. And we can also

probably touch on last week a big escalation for conflict with Iran, but you always have that

threat lingering of a wider war. Anyway, what's your take on everything that's going on in the

Middle East? I think this is actually an interesting point because

you asked me at the start, you know, what is happening in the Middle East? Last week, all the

indications were that we were going to see strikes on the Houthis. At the very least,

there were warnings of the US government. There were warnings to the Europeans. The British were

weighing in, making all kinds of aggressive statements. It looked as if some kind of missile strike

on the Houthis was just about to happen. And we have Lincoln going around the Middle East,

trying to tell everybody, stay calm, you know, let's avoid a wider conflict, all of that.

He's received in all kinds of capitals. Nobody seems particularly interested in what he has to say,

because, to be frank, Blinken is coming up with nothing new, absolutely nothing that he hasn't

already said at various points in his various trips of the Middle East, which he's been

making now repeatedly since October, since this current crisis began. But the fact is that the

one country that in a way, in a sense, has the initiative, which is the United States. And we made

programmes discussing the fact that there is this constant

Cecil within the administration between various different people, the hardliners who want

to go after Iran, who want to strike the Hussis, who want to strike Hezbollah in Lebanon,

who want an advanced by the Israeli

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