we do know in fact that there was a meeting at the pentagon on friday where some of those options may have been discussed it was a team of military officials along with the president's national security advisory team. to tightening sanctions on iranian oil exports the u.s. government is giving iran's civilian nuclear program some breathing room the u.k. china france and russia won't face any repercussions if they continue to work with iran the countries are involved with its civilian nuclear program and three facilities the waivers were first introduced under the twenty fifty nuclear accord signed by european union china russia and the us president donald trump withdrew from that deal year ago threw it up r.c. is a professor of middle east politics at georgetown university joins me now via skype from washington d.c. good to have you with us on the program sir waivers over oil have been withdrawn yet they're sort of ambiguous over their position on the iran nuclear deal having withdrawn from it a year ago that are sort of confirming support to their european allies to continue

with it to counter any or a new nuclear material development interesting position to take. it's a temporary position at the end and they are all signs out of the trumpet mr asian is going to withdraw those waivers as well as well as going after other forms of tray whatever is left in order to just completely isolate iran and the bizarre situation that iran is facing is that it is now under more sanctions now when it is actually abiding by international agreement then it was when it was accused of having violated international agreements now it seems like the plan of the trumpet restriction is to essentially force the iranians to get out of the nuclear deal and once they're out other options open ups opens up for the. bolton. group within the white house and the option they seem to be gearing towards is a military option i mean it seems basically they would take that path are

they trying to see firstly how sort of the oil wavers and the situation there works out before they then start sort of throwing all their eggs in the same basket and dealing with the nuclear issue as well because they've seen that europe. and russia have sort of pushed back on trying to sanction iran whether it be with oil or certainly with the nuclear deal. i think you're quite correct in the sense that if they were to throw all of their things at once the pushback would probably be much firmer and as a result they're calculating that they're ending all of the oil waivers now and then they'll go for the nuclear waivers in the next round because remember they've only renew them for about ninety days which is completely insufficient for any company to feel comfortable doing this and getting engaged and the civilian nuclear activities and but at the same time i do have to say the europeans are saying that they're pushing back twenty rupee and have not been buying iranian oil for the last

six months so they're only signaling political opposition to what a trumpet ministration is doing but when it comes to economic field they're really doing very little if anything of value at all to show that they are willing to pay a price to ensure that the nuclear deal survives and i think if the iranians have a word to be were to withdraw from the deal then we will be back in a situation in which they're having a nuclear program that is not. as limited as it is right now the europeans of course don't share as much blame as a trumpet ministration does but they nevertheless have not lived up to their obligations to make sure that this deal is alive before trump came into the presidency iran was still selling its oil when it had american bar goes against it if it continues same way as we will see in that's couple of months in iran surely house customers and options. potential avenues to sell its oil

products that surely cannot stop can it. it can still be put down i don't think it can be completely stopped but it can lead to a scenario in which the writer has essentially cannot sell their oil outside of the black market and the spot market and that's going to be much much costlier to the iranians it's going to be far lesser volumes and it's going to be much more prone to corruption because it will be done on the black market that's not a good option for them it's particularly not a good option for them mindful of the fact that they actually are and hearing to the nuclear deal it is the united states that has violated not only the indian could be of but a u.n. security council resolution so it's again a rather bizarre situation that the iran is being punished for actually living up to its obligations just very briefly and finally i mean iran is good at playing the long game they've been at loggerheads with the u.s. since one thousand nine hundred ninety six u.s. presidents come and go do you think they know how to deal with trump now and sort of beyond a second term if he wins in twenty twenty. i think if he wins in twenty twenty the

question mark of the iranian strategy of essentially waiting out trump is going to have to be revived enemy end up being revived earlier than that as well because both in europe as well as in iran and other places there is a belief that trump will not win in two thousand and twenty and the u.s. will go back to some form of normalcy but i think that's a dangerous strategy at the end of a truck may end up winning and even if he loses it is not entirely clear if the united states can go back into the nuclear deal as it was three years ago but we'll see what happens for the moment for the farce is that so much for joining us from washington d.c. . plenty more on the news hour including growing calls for the british prime minister to step down after the main parties were hit by the backlash in local elections plus the death toll rises from the a bowl at break in eastern congo and in sport back on track caster semenya races to

win in the arctic eight hundred meter victory in doha that's all coming up ahead in school. the united nations is accused hungry of violating international law by deliberately depriving asylum seekers a food groups right wing government has taken a hard line towards refugees since the migrant crisis of twenty fifteen called bread and possible the two transit zones on hungary's border with serbia a testament to the uncompromising stance of the budapest government refugees arriving via serbia and applying for asylum in hungary must do so from within the confines of these detention camps and since twenty eighteen the default position of the authorities has been to reject every application. at that point detained

refugee finds themselves stuck they cannot leave the transit zone they cannot return to serbia and in the midst of all that your thirties refused to provide them food. to human rights in geo hungary and helsinki committee has been representing those affected you might actually call it. torture definitely and inhuman and degrading treatment even in the cases where for example children and family might. imagine. what it means for children that they receive or why they are watching their parents being barred the hungaroring government strategy began in august last year with five cases of food deprivation the policy then halted but since february this year another eight cases have come to light bringing to twenty one the total number of people involved they include an iraqi family with three children the parents were denied any food for five days in march an afghan mother

and one of her four children were denied food for two and a half days and an afghan iranian family whose children were fed but the father was denied food for three days in all the cases food was only reinstated after urgent legal action by the hungarian helsinki committee and now the united nations is turning up the pressure on the hungarian government the deliberate deprivation of food is prohibited under the mandela rules and violates the rights to food and to health as well as the prohibit of torture or other cruel inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. we are asking hungary to ensure that it fulfills its human rights obligations towards those deprived of liberty godless whether they're in transit zones or in other places where migrants are detained and gary and prime minister viktor orban is unapologetic on thursday he took the italian deputy prime minister matter salvini on a helicopter tour of the border security fence both governments have found strong electoral support for their tough anti migrant policies and there is no sign that

they're willing to soften their stance in the face of international criticism paul brennan al-jazeera the turkish coast guard says two with five children have been dry or have drowned in the mediterranean as they tried to make their way to greece they left the turkish town of alec which is where many by crowds of refugees leave to reach the greek islands of less boss five others were rescued the boat was believed to be carrying seventeen people when it sank. fighting over libya's capital tripoli has further divided already fractured political system fifty two members of the to brook based parliament of oppose warlord khalifa haftar military offensive to capture the city and they're setting up another parliament headquarters in the east mood of the wellhead as more. full weeks of fighting is toll on the libyan capital. but they were in a good nice to play minister face. there will be no cease fire deal with forces

fighting for. have to unless they retreat to where they came from in eastern libya or. only after the enemy forces stop its aggression and go back to its bases then we may be able to have a discussion on the format of resuming the political process that has been severely damaged by these brutal attacks that caused civilian casualties damage the infrastructure the schools the shops the ambulances the airport. have to said last month he would capture the capital within a week but the battle has dragged on to the concern of his backers particularly in egypt and the united arab emirates the spokesman for the e.u. and the recognized a government of national accord in tripoli accused and neighboring country of sending weapons do have to his forces units did not name the country but it's widely believed to be egypt last month the speaker of the house of representatives

the parliament in the eastern city of tobruk approved have to as offensive to seize tripoli but some members are opposed to aguilar salis declaration of support more than fifty of them have met in tripoli to condemn have to as a fence of on the capital. the forces who came from the east of the country to attack tripoli have no legal standing from the parliament the message we want to convey is that we as members of the house of representatives can never approve any war on any libyan city in the month long battle for tripoli has already killed nearly four hundred libyans have terrorist forces are facing fierce resistance from fighters defending the capital for the enter recognized government in tripoli the crisis between the eastern and western regions of the. began in two thousand and fourteen after the world have the

launch of his military campaign known as operation dignity now fears are growing that his offensive to capture tripoli could intensify the division between the two regions some analysts say. the speaker of the base department is allied to egypt and the united arab emirates which back have to and they say has violated the constitution by unilaterally approving the war on tripoli obviously in the light of a decision which was taking the absence without any consultancy to this body by the invasion decision through the military obviously. it was the. most. the members of the house of representatives homemade untrue police say they're planning to replace aguilar sila and elect their own speaker as well as to de beauty's if that happens other state institutions all over the country could

possibly split each with their rival factions back in tripoli and the battle for attrition shows no sign of ending the un is renewing calls for a truce to end now he humanitarian aid to be delivered. tripoli the united arab emirates is being accused of using chinese made drones for missile strikes on tripoli in support of warlord khalifa haftar some military analysts say chinese drones are cheaper than american ones and easier to obtain your own monitors have accused the gulf state of violating a weapons ban interior minister of libya's un recognized government and said they have evidence foreign planes are taking part the u.a.e. and egypt are months countries believed to be backing after. well troops in between stopping any protests following two days of post-election violence hundreds of people have been demonstrating since wednesday against exclusion of opposition

candidates from last weekend's parliamentary polls nicholas haq is in. bed in economic capital. while the opposition promises it more protests in the days to come the military continues to patrol the streets of the commercial capital here to try to reassure the population after days of violent protests just days ago the military used live ammunition to try to disperse the crowd killing some of the protesters before that protesters overrun security forces protesters calling for president to step down and for a new vote or revote from sunday's parliamentary election an election that was widely boycotted with a historic low turnout eighty percent of the population of the registered voters did not come out to vote in an unprecedented move the two former

presidents in a press conference called it a electoral kuku calling for a new vote to happen since then there's been protests and the military has cordoned off the house of the former president. with some fearing the government want to arrest him course he hasn't broken any laws but whatever he he says influences the people here been has not seen protests like this in the last decade this is unprecedented and there's a sense that more protests are to come the clergy has offered to to mediate the situation the opposition are calling for international actors to step in to try to bring back peace here in cotonou. well staying in africa the u.n. says a break in the democratic republic of congo has killed more than a thousand people be that alarming increase in the number of cases in recent weeks

the world health organization says fighting in the areas affected and attacks on health workers are making it difficult to contain the outbreak well earlier we spoke to dr ibrahim a such a fall who is the assistant director general for emergency response at the world health organization and he says there are many challenges for health workers to come but the outbreak. is really the security because when you have attacked from group you have disruption intervention and difficult access to areas where we need to i don't have the patient to bus to lead people who are at risk so anytime we have. major disruption an increase of the number of cases this is our measure telling the government was really not present when we are just new outbreaks seeing more many people coming from outside to a very difficult on the start of the same time you have some local politician manipulating the population you know to get bored so everything is complex but we

are engaging more and more communities to really legs them understand what is going on because we are seeing very electives dying so we are seeing more commitment from zambia the same time friends are certainly very difficult to have full engagement. still ahead here on the avs there are news are a gesture of peace by afghanistan's data to the taliban before the beginning of the holy month of ramadan. and in sports with peter it's a rinaldo to the rescue for eventers in the cheering darby. i love i think floods are in mind at the moment and many states in the us it may not look much but this line of cloud here telling us down towards texas is part of

an area this sort of hard to shift it's got most just the size and it's got a bit cooler weather to the north as usually represents a line of heavy rain with thunderstorms the south it does this time as well slowing leaving going eastwards but it's going eastwards over for many of these states saw ground so this is why flooding is still possible there has existed to be on to study in detroit recently and you probably know the story in quebec so much of this office pregnant or flooding but you can see by sunday the sun's back out in texas the ohio valley and most of the east coast should see it you think by monday wouldn't be the exception might be florida in fact florida the bahamas in particular will see those potentially heavy thunderstorms maybe return on saturday been through and back again keep it also sees a frequent searing crease a likelihood of showers and this mass of grain is covering. all of hispaniola may well produce one to light showers based it is disappointing skies out salvador seem

big showers recently might see a few more and they're increasingly likely in mexico. how have you changed since you missed seven. charting the lives of the children of apartheid over twenty one years each story reflecting a history of dramatic social and political change twenty eight up south africa three on al-jazeera. when the news breaks. when people need to be heard and the story needs to be told will shout out to all of them with the exclusive interview very dangerous for journalists to choose

publishers all around the world and in-depth reports are real big canadian courts and they're with al-jazeera as teams on the ground i cannot make world to bring you more award winning documentaries and live news. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera news hour with me as a whole robin a reminder of our top stories at least eight people have been killed and millions of being moved to higher ground first sign flown moves towards the indian city of cutter the powerful storm is expected to hit bangladesh on saturday. but as well as opposition leader one continues his fight to win the support of the powerful

military against president nicolas maduro he wants his supporters to march to army barracks on saturday to soldiers just. switch sides. the u.s. is also giving iran civilian nuclear program some breathing room the trumpet ministration is exempting the u.k. china france and russia from sanctions allowing them to continue working with iran on some nuclear projects they are aimed at preventing iran from reactivating nuclear weapons programs now returning to our top story on the cycle and its approach in bangladesh after hitting the indian east coast just rubble calway has the latest forecast for the region hello updater unfunny who's obviously made landfall now not far from now as the thing developed over the bay of bengal you saw an eye it almost made the highest category possible country five hurricane equivalent and it took a long time to cool down so was even over land it was acquitted or category two or

three other words the winds were still strong now the winds aren't normally the biggest problem in this case it's that it's done a lot of damage but as you can see when the wind circulation the whole thing goes up towards bangladesh over the next twenty four hours it takes you into the middle of saturday but that's only part one of the problem the amount of water that came over land is still to be determined the amount of rain that comes out the sky that at least we can forecast for some accuracy this is the track over the next two or three days anything from two hundred to five hundred millimeters of rain still to come out in any one place that will happen in twenty four hours is already shown as two hundred millimeters in places like. to another cycle and this time in mozambique where around twenty one thousand people have been displaced towns in northern parts of the country are battling cholera outbreaks the bad weather continues to limit aid delivery to areas cut off by the flooding not cycling kenneth is the second major storm to hit south east africa in six weeks that has killed at least forty people how rumah tarsa has more from

a coma in the north of the country. cyc lone canot was so powerful that in some places entire communities were destroyed rooftops were blown off walls from houses were toppled to the ground is live thousands of people homeless some people are sleeping in schools tains and community halls until they can rebuild their homes others say they really have nowhere else to go right now to this have these makeshift shelters for anything they could find something to keep them going and till they can rebuild their homes aid workers say the biggest challenge they face the moment is trying to access people who are still in remote areas like this place it took us about five hours to get here by boat on really rough waters and by the time we got there was so much devastation in many parts of this town a lot of people are sleeping in a makeshift hall because they say their homes have been destroyed now for aid workers of course it's not just access in places like this sometimes roads are

impossible because trees are for them blocked the roads or bridges have been destroyed and some places only be accessed by air and that means of course all depends on the weather is not been raining as hard as it used to last week but it is still raining and that does have relief efforts aid workers are also concerned about the outbreak or spread of diseases like cholera and malaria the government has warned that there is a cholera outbreak and people should be careful the biggest concern now is that it's a race against time for aid workers and government officials to help people who are stranded to make sure people who need food and urgent help get it as quickly as they can. be more protests in cities and towns demanding military leaders power to civilians. efforts are underway to unlock the deadlock in talks between the transitional military council organizers of the protests that have been going on for months now the deadlock is centered over their lack of

agreement over how to form a transitional council that will leave the country through a transitional period until the country is ready for democratic elections and there to our tents currently at play one of them is by. sudanese personalities people who are respected all of us and that comity of prominent person out of this will only come out with two proposals the creation of two. consuls one which will have a military majority and will deal with security and defense modes is another one that will be a political one led by a head of state which will have a civilian majority the african union has also dispatched a special envoy he is mom but all the house and bought he is in the country is saying that he is having talks with both is there a you already has given

a sixty day diet that led to the transitional military council for them to hundreds of power to civilian authority this seems to be the position of the united nations as well which has thrown its weight behind the african union force of course the protesters are saying that for them a huff a revolution is not enough and that will spell the death of saddam and therefore they will continue with their protest until they get what they want which will which is a ton to civilian rule. an israeli air strike has killed four people in the besieged gaza strip positions of a palestinian faction were targeted in central gaza comes after two israeli soldiers were injured by snipers near the border fence. said south asian afghanistan's presidential guard has agreed to a series of recommendations from regional leaders for future talks with the taliban more than three thousand delegates gathered in the capital kabul for five days of

what's known as a jirga. kabul. afghan your forces helicopters buzz the hills of west in kabul a sign the loya jirga was coming to an end and president ashraf ghani was about to arrive more than three thousand afghans meant to represent every sector of society ready to present him with the recommendations a guideline on how to negotiate for peace with the taliban i the loya jirga is a centuries old afghan tradition mean to decide issues of national importance this was the largest ever. after five days of debate delegates presented their requests to the president they included in traffic and talks the withdrawal of foreign troops a political office in afghanistan for the taliban the release of prisoners by both sides and a sustained cease fire the immediate demand of the afghan people in urban and in

the immortal sparks that are represented there their demand is immediate ceasefire . and prolonged. danny had to decide whether to accept the recommendations as the government's formal position. that i know made i have heard your demands from now on these are not just recommendations this will be the roadmap for the afghan government. he addressed the taliban directly. jankovic we have fought enough. off sometimes we have war and sometimes you have why sometimes you were defeated and sometimes we were the result is that most of our poor people are living in how they want peace president danny told the loya jirga that he is all of the release of one hundred seventy five taliban prisoners and he will hand them over in a place of the taliban's choosing with honor and dignity he's called it a transporting nation and hopes that the taliban reciprocate with

a gesture of their own during the muslim holy month of ramadan but the taliban leadership is in qatar capital doha meeting with u.s. negotiators they are close to finalizing an agreement on a foreign troop withdrawal and agreeing not to allow afghanistan to be used to launch attacks overseas the main sticking point is what to call the taliban its leaders are demanding it's known as the islamic emirate of afghanistan its name when it was in power in the ninety's the u.s. is refusing because that would undermine the current afghan government and taliban leaders have repeatedly said that only when they have a deal with the u.s. with a talk with president danny the recommendations of the afghan people that ballast al-jazeera. the king of thailand will be crowned in the coming hours to a half years after sending the throne. call or the tent paid homage to his own services as part of the preparations for the elaborate coronation

ceremony when he has more from bangkok. in a serial many lasting three days thailand will march into a new royal heir of king mark how would your long corner will be formally crowned inside the grand palace in bangkok his father king a do new day died in october two thousand and sixteen paving the way for his only son to ascend the throne thailand is a constitutional monarchy meaning the king is supposed to have no political power but it's strict less majesté laws designed to prevent defamation or criticism of the royal family are instead used to stifle political dissent landing many in jail . among them some york. who spent seven years in prison before being released last year he doesn't see the laws changing any time soon william decision has to change because the last two exist the mechanisms that the state uses to abuse people rights are still there all at least a situation to same it can take

a turn for the worse but many thais view the king as a father figure and board commemorative pins to mark the coronation ahead of his crowning rama ten as he's known made a surprise announcement that he had married his fourth wife is the deputy head of his personal security force and is now queen. at the time of king kong we pointed to new day's coronation and nine hundred fifty there was political instability in thailand and instability around the monarchy itself there are similarities today the first election since a coup in two thousand and fourteen was held almost six weeks ago we still don't know the results and like nine hundred fifty the army is in control of the kingpin we pond reigned for more than seventy years so few thais have experienced a coronation ceremony historian sulak see what i did he supports the monarchy but has campaigned for its reform attracting several complaints against him for. their monarchy. is the only it's a douche and. for all work so we don't use. to get to

a very very easy but the preserve it is much much more difficult but it's worth preserving. i think the new king means really real about his country and you want to do something significant. he's already done that taking control of the palace his fortune and changing a constitution that was passed in a referendum to give him greater power many thais look to the king to provide guidance in times of crisis kingma how would you along corn may be called upon to do that early in his reign given the uncertain political future wayne hay al-jazeera bangkok the chief of police in cyprus is the latest official to be sacked by the president over a botched murder investigation the island has been left reeling after the bodies of seven migrant women and girls were found dumped in a toxic lake a greek cypriot army captain has admitted killing them over

a space of three years protesters sales ortiz failed to properly investigate the murders because the victims were low status immigrants both of the u.k.'s main political parties are suffered heavy losses in the first local elections since bracks it was delayed the ruling conservatives were expected to suffer but the labor party also took a hit that in barber has the latest from london thank you everybody and we're doing . under pressure like never before to resume is conservative party was braced for a bad result in the local elections but it's fared worse than many predicted and that in large part can be explained by frustrations over bricks it i think there was a simple message from yesterday's elections to both ask and the labor party just get it all and deliver bricks it. dozens of people have shared photos of her spoiled ballots on social media most wrote mess.