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iranian celebrations after world powers reach a historic deal on iran's nuclear program which will see sanctions lifted. ♪ hello, i'm mary ann and this is al jazeera live from london and also coming up iranian president says the deal meets objectives but some of iran's neighbors are not so happy and prime minister netanyahu denounced the deal and president obama phoned him for u.s. backing from israel. also ahead in yemen rebel houthi fighters have been driven out of
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the international airforce in aiden. and close encounter, nasa's new horizon swings by pluto with a climax of a decade-old journey. ♪ it has taken a decade to reach and finally iran and six major world powers agreed to a historic nuclear deal and see iran limit the nuclear activities in return for the lifting of crippling sanctions and destroy 98% of weapons and remove two thirds of center fuges used to enrich uranium and access to the sites when and where necessary and by mutual agreement and if iran breaches the agreement a clause has been put in place which will allow sanctions to be reinstated within 65 days and al jazeera's
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diplomatic reporter james base reports from vienna. >> reporter: the moment agreement was finally reached. after hours of intense negotiations into the night the key players here said it was a historic deal. its opponents believe it's a dangerous, historic mistake, even one of the main negotiators admitted it was very much a compromise agreement. >> we are reaching an agreement that is not perfect for anybody but it is what we could accomplish and it is an important achievement for all of us. >> reporter: within minutes reaction in washington d.c. president obama making it clear that if congress tries to block the deal he will act. >> so i will veto any legislation that prevents the successful implementation of this deal. >> it's not clear if it was coordinated in advance but immediately after the u.s. president spoke his iranian counterpart followed suit.
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>> translator: today is a new beginning, the beginning of a new trend, the beginning of happiness, the beginning of hope, the beginning of a better future for young people and the beginning for our beloved iran to accelerate its development. >> reporter: the eu foreign policy chief told al jazeera the deal could go well beyond the nuclear file and contribute to positive change in the middle east. >> i'm convinced the political will of the iranian leadership is there to use the window of tune opportunity to build trust in a constructive way and has an opportunity to show constructive show engagement and positive role in the region. >> reporter: the last sticking points resolved in a luxury hotel in early hours of the morning were about lifting u.n. sanctions. the most controversial compromises were the decision that the arms embargo on iran
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could be lifted within five years and the restriction on the country's ballistic missiles in eight years with the u.s. congress starting a 60-day review and expect these will once again be the most scrutinized parts of the deal al jazeera, vienna. celebrations in the iranian capitol tehran. iranians moved on to the streets after the ramadan fast ended, many sounding car sounds and showing their appreciation and iran's support leader has also expressed his thanks to iran negotiators but the deal has long been a contentious issue inside iran and some welcome the lifting of sanctions others see it as giving into western demands and erica wood has more. >> reporter: in iran's capitol the newspapers front pages are all centered around the nuclear negotiations, after years of
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tough sanctions people say they are happy to see an end to their economic problems. >> translator: every iranian will be happy and went through a lot over the years, well i'm happy anyway. >> translator: my personal opinion is i wish they had done this sooner so people wouldn't have to go through all these difficulties. >> translator: for sure it's a good feeling and moving the sanctions that put a lot of pressure on our country and maybe people would say everything is okay but you can see the effects on people. >> reporter: not everyone shares their positive approach, the negotiations dragged on for a reason there are some in iran who take a much harder line and they consider the nuclear issue a matter of sovereignty, a right they insist they should be able to pursue without outside interference, it's a political issue post rohani and his negotiating team have had to handle carefully here at home and internationally. when he ran for the president in
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2013 rohani vowed to negotiate an end to the sanctions that were hurting the iranian people and he also promised not to crumble in the face of western demands. there will be a lot of discussion from inside iran now the deal is done but has support from the very top because as with any major political decision in iran nothing goes ahead without the approval of the supreme leader. >> there is scrutiny about the deal but will stick to it because they see that this deal is, well a success, it's not something that is bad, iran traded transparency for sanction relief and that trade is fair in general opinion in iran. >> reporter: chief negotiator conceded this was not a perfect deal but iran has managed to
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maintain its position as a tough negotiating partner and help the economy in the process. erica woods, al jazeera. well u.s. president barack obama is making his case to the american people that he got the best possible deal with iran so let's go live to washington d.c. and speak with patty at the white house and it has been hail hailed as a deal by all but when the dust settles this is still an agreement that has to be implemented and what is the next step for the president? >> well, at the white house expect the president to get very involved and working the phones because it's not necessarily completely done when it comes to the united states. we do know as you mentioned he called prime minister benjamin netanyahu to try to reassure him and putting phone calls in to congress, the leadership because he still has 60 days to get their approval.
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americans woke up to an unusual, early morning address from president obama with details with the public and sending a warning to the u.s. congress. >> precisely because the stakes are so high this is not the time for politics or posturing. tough talk from washington does not solve problems. >> reporter: congress now has 60 days to review the veel opponent deal and opponents need to go against them to stop them from u.s. sanctions and seems less likely now after one of the most powerful democrats hillary clinton running for president endorsed the deal. >> based on what i know now and i will be briefed as soon as i finish addressing you, this is an important step in putting the lid on iran's nuclear program. >> reporter: but republicans intend to put up a fight. >> going to end a dangerous regime and billions of dollars in relief while paving the way
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for nuclear iran and this is not about democrats or republicans, it's not a partisan issue at all, it's about right versus wrong and we are going to do everything we can to get to the details and if, in fact, it's as bad of a deal as i think it is at this moment we will do everything we can to stop it. >> reporter: the pros government lobby in washington is expected to push very hard in congress against the deal and scheduled lifting of u.s. sanctions but even opponents admit it's going to be very difficult to scuttle this landmark agreement. >> it would be a transformative event in the middle east. whether you like it or dislike it whether you support or deplore the sorts of changes that it will set in motion it is a very big entry in president obama's legacy book. >> a win for the president's legacy and now he just has to convince the country and
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congress it's a win for u.s. national security as well. >> a great deal of work ahead for president obama party and this deal already facing doubts and opposition as we saw in your report and what can congress do to block it? >> well that is an interesting thing here and seen several senators and house members come out saying they will kill the deal and agreement and one problem is they can't. the congress does not have the power to do that. if the president is not able to maintain his own party, not voting against him, it seems pretty unlikely that would happen but if that was the case the only thing the congress can do is stop the president from waiving sanctions on iran. now here at the white house some people in washington say if the u.s. walks away then iran will as well but look at the total sanctions relief, what the u.s. is promising to do pales in comparison and clear that iran would walk but it doesn't look like it will come to that because so far the president's own party members, the important
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people in the house and senate said they are willing to listen to the deal and not ruling out supporting the president. >> all right patty thank you very much, live for us there in washington d.c. as you are hearing that the usz u.s. president has been on the phone with israeli prime minister trying to assure him that the agreement is not going to endanger the national security and netanyahu described the vienna deal as a historic mistake and we report from west jerusalem. >> reporter: hours before iran's nuclear deal with global powers was formally announced the prime minister benjamin netanyahu made a televised statement denouncing the agreement. >> this is a bad mistake of historic proportions. >> reporter: he then made a second address later in the day after reviewing the deal and his criticisms were even more pointed. >> the world is a much more dangerous place today than it
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was yesterday. >> reporter: netanyahu is under increasing pressure by opposition politicians at home who blame him for failing to prevent the deal they accuse the prime minister of straining ties with u.s. president barack obama which they say harmed israel's ability to influence the outcome. >> after ten years obama will not be the president, nobody knows who is going to be the president and two or three presidents will be in place at that period of time and they will be committed to stop iran if iran tries to go nuclear and we don't know. >> reporter: in west jerusalem israelis were nearly universal with criticism of the nuclear deal. >> going to get all this money and going to fund more terrorism and it's just made everything so bad. >> you ran just like north korea cannot be trusted and i hope the u.s. congress, the house of representatives and the senate
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will go over this agreement very carefully. >> reporter: the united states congress has 60 days to review the agreement, netanyahu will likely use that time to pressure him political allies in the republican and democrat parties to reject it but president obama has already said he would veto any bill that would block the deal. the agreement between iran and global powers has achieved a rare show of political consensus here in israel. politicians from across the spectrum have criticized the deal saying any kind of iranian nuclear program poses a threat but with the accord all but certain to hold there is very little they can do about it. al jazeera, west jerusalem. still ahead for you on al jazeera this half hour the campaign to discourage young british girls from traveling to
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>> al jazeera america, weekday mornings. catch up on what happened overnight with a full morning brief. get a first hand look with in-depth reports and investigations. start weekday mornings with al jazeera america. open your eyes to a world in motion. ♪ welcome back the al jazeera and let's take you through the top stories that we are covering iran and six major world powers agreed a historic nuclear deal and it will see iran limit its nuclear activity in return for the lifting of crippling sanctions. celebrations in the iranian capitol tehran and gathering on the streets after ramadan ended
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and they have thanks for the iran negotiators who worked the deal out himself and we have a journalist with the global think tank and she joins he in the studio and great to see you and we are looking at pictures of iranians the street and honking horns in celebration now the deal has been done and what does this mean for ordinary iranian and how it can impact their lives? >> it means a lot. they are tough and crippling sanctions as you mentioned and have slowed down the economy in iran, the inflation and spending is down and unemployment is up young people couldn't find jobs and people were really i mean i was in touch with people in iran during this time and everyone was complaining about how their
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life has been affected in a way it never has before during the 37 years. so it means a lot. and rohani came into power and he got the mandate of people and you know in order to lift the sanctions and make the negotiation and make it successful and that is what he in two years he tried so hard he and his team with mohammad javad zarif worked very hard to make this deal happen. and that means a lot for people but saying that saying that it doesn't mean that this is the end of the issues. it's only the beginning of the change. >> so what problems might president rohani have now in terms of managing those domestic expectations and people expecting change very quickly? >> a lot, a lot. so far they were all concentrated on this deal and there was one thing so from that
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there are lots and lots of other issues. the implementation of this agreement is the key to lifting the sanctions. and the sanctions are lifted and there are lots of problems in iran and first of all they want to go to iran to invest business men to keep the economy running but there are lots of hurdles in iran's judiciary is not independent. iran's laws are not quite conducive to this. >> this is crucial, isn't it because foreign investors go to any country and any emerging market that the structure and legal framework has to be with them to feel comfortable enough to take the risk and we see a period of economic reform and pushing through reforms before parliamentary elections next year. >> otherwise he would not have delivered what he promised to
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people and one of the things he has to do is to make sure that election of iran's assembly of people is coming next year. >> parliamentary. >> measures come and go and he has to make sure that these elections are done fairly and people who support his plans, those who support his plans would have the chance to get into it. otherwise he will be having enormous difficulty because any law he wants to change there would be objection from the right wingers who at the moment they are saying that all this is a treason and this has been a 1990 agreement comparing it and getting less. >> and could be problems ahead for rohani depending how the election goes. >> and he has to make sure that
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they do curtail the opposition and does it in his talk today he has warned that they are welcome and the constructive criticism but he said if you want to make criticism that would shatter the hopes of people and would not tolerate that. so for him he sends this message to all people, i think mainly to the -- >> thank you very much it was really good to get your thoughts, appreciate it. >> thank you very much. well let's move to yemen now because anti-houthi fighters are in the city of aiden and defeat for houthi fighters is the combination of a four-month battle in the city and lost control of the city's police headquarters and the greek finance ministry says a new austerity bill for bailout has been submitted for parliament and the government has until wednesday to pass it in brussels in order to access more money
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but some members of the ruling party are preparing to vote against the bill and prime minister has defended the deal reached in brussels. >> translator: we will meet to agree to the witches of the most powerful people in europe with blackmail and we can go bankrupt and leave the euro zone. 43 women and girls in the past year left to join i.s.i.l. and are worried that more will join them during the holidays and police have warning signs and charlie angelo reports. >> reporter: they looked like three friends off on holiday to turkey but when these three teens left london they left forcier yeah to join islamic state of iraq and levante and two married fighters and the families are trying to
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understand why. they attended this school in london the green academy and since their disappearance in february another five girls had their passports constated by authorities who say they could follow their former school friends to syria. ♪ sensing more may follow police are running a radio campaign aimed at british ethnic minorities appearing to help. >> you can talk to your daughter about feelings and see signs she is able to travel to a conflict that thousands are trying to escape and you can get advice calling 101. >> reporter: she has her own message for any girl thinking of joining i.s.i.l. >> i say please don't do it. you are being fed terrible lies by people who are trying to manipulate you and lure you into traveling to syria and you might be told you are going to marry a fighter and help him in his work
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but actually you are going to become a sexual partner of someone you have not chosen and i'm sure you will become the victim of abuse. >> in the last year 43 girls and women have left, some of them teenagers and mothers themselves and taking their children in the war zone and chances of any of them returning unharmed diminish day by day. the lawyer representing the families of the girls from green their disappearance is a social and political issue. >> we need to think of push factors of why people are running from home in the first place because we can do something about that rather than the poor factors and propaganda and what have you and the attraction of war generally and actually we can't do anything about, what i.s.i.s. does is what they are going to do. >> reporter: these girls were not on a watch list despite being interviewed by police and their parents oblivi occasion us to plans and could have been stopped and undoubtedly many more will follow in their
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footsteps, charlie in london. hundreds of contract workers in india because of maggie instant noodles and taken off the market when they were found to contain lead and we report. >> reporter: for the past six years 30-year-old has been employed at a contract worker nearly everyday at the local nestle plant and now he spends a lot of his time at home waiting to hear if he will work at another plant at least for the day. last month several samples of the popular maggie noodles product made by nestle india was positive for mercury and msg for taste and some have found other work but lack of a regular salary hit people including he and his family hard. >> translator: it seems really bad and it's causing so many problems. my kids' school are opening
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soon how am i going to pay the fees? other jobs don't pay as much. >> reporter: after the layoff some workers left for their home villages and other areas to save on rent but officials say the local economy has not been affected as much. >> translator: there are about 100,000 workers here in different companies so 1011010 doesn't have an impact and no specific area affected economically. >> reporter: some warn if the layouts are felt now it could hurt the company in the future nestle declined an interview but trying to find work for the people who lost their jobs and business experts say this situation with the workers is only adding to the company's image problem. analysts say other companies in similar positions have done more to protect their workers.
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>> give people paid holidays and put them into training and i'm sure nestle will have to spend many times more to restore the faith of its employees in the company as a brand. >> reporter: despite what happened he will happily go back to the necessarily plant if production starts again because it's the best paying job in the area but with a 90 day ban on maggie noodles he worries that the late could be a long and difficult one, al jazeera. new horizon space craft made the closest visit ever to pluto and celebrations at nasa headquarters over the successful mission and science editor has more. >> reporter: about the size of a grand piano the new horizon probe was launched in 2006 and it has taken since then over nine years and a journey of more than five billion kilometers to reach its goal, the dwarf planet
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pluto. >> the space craft a few years back passed through jupiter to get a little gravity pull to increase the speed and that was an opportunity to test the equipment and cameras and got nice images from jupiter so the cameras will resolve details about 50 meters only in size on the surface of pluto which it has completely unprecedented and we see it has craters and mountains and we don't know what the i'm i'm analyzes images will show. >> the cameras and scientific instruments sent back surprising images and instead of being gray as previously thought pluto appears to have a red and orange surface. >> we are seeing these crazy black and white patterns we have no idea what those mean and seeing a lot of circular things and wondering are those craters
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or something else and saw circular features on the moon of triten that are not craters and we should know in a few days but now we are having a lot of fun speculating. >> reporter: flying past pluto it will continue the journey into a region known as the kiper belt. >> going to the edges of the proper solar system where the materials of the planets change from rock and gas to ice and this is pluto is the first and we know very little about it and in this kind of objects we find or expect to find a little bit more evidence of the pristine material out of which the solar system and the earth of course was formed more than 4 1/2 thousand million years ago. >> reporter: radio signals from new horizons already take more
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than four hours to reach earth making communications slow and difficult and it's an ongoing challenge for the scientists as the probe travels deeper into one of the last unexplores employered parts of the solar system. more at al jazeera.com. a show about innovations that can change lives. wildfire. >> we're going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity, but we're doing it in a unique way. this is a show about science... >> oh! >> oh my god! >> by scientists. tonight: >> [crowd chanting] hell no, gmos! >> techknow investigates gmos. >> you can't just tell me it's safe. >> strawberries that battle bacteria. tomatoes that resist to spot
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