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out in public jamesburg out his era of the united nations well let's find out more about the humanitarian situation in adelaide ben speak tomorrow watch who is a communications officer at the world food program she is via skype from damascus in syria thank you so much mara for being with us this is being described as the bombardment in syria in months how have civilians been affected by this latest bombing campaign on at least what sort of conditions are they facing well certainly after 8 years of crisis in syria. needs are strikes staggeringly high is specifically in it live because of the latest escalation we know that there is from 150-002-1800 extension 00 people who've been displaced from north hamma and. the southern parts of it live to the northern camps where we've been receiving them and providing food assistance and humanitarian aid however more needs to be done and we're doing our best through our partners on the ground to get people where there
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is need and the region is covered by a truce which was brokered by russia are you able to reach people who have been displaced by the fighting certainly since 2014 the world food program and the entire u.n. body has been able to reach the north west of syria through our cross border operations by a turkey. alone is able to reach just a bit over half a 1000000 people on a routinely and regular basis however we have had to stop some of our assistance to parts in southern italy to the fighting. at the people who have been displaced by the latest round of violence and the latest round of fighting where are they headed to you mentioned camps that they are going to but we've also seen people who are sleeping out in the open air what sort of assistance are they getting. yes unfortunately we've spoken through our partners to some of these families the
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happened to be the families who were unable to provide transportation for themselves it's a long road from the southern parts of it live to the northern camps and so they've ended up being stranded we're doing our best to reach them and in fact our partners tell us that as of last evening we've managed to reach all of them with food assistance and shelter it's also important to recognize that after 8 years of crisis a lot of people are tired it's not just the folks in it live who are now under fire but also the 75 percent of syrians who are living in areas that have been settled but they are facing a new enemy that of poverty and we're doing our best as humanitarians to elevate their suffering or alleviate their suffering by asking donors to also work with us to help them to rebuild their lives and that the syrian government and the russians will of course say that they are attacking armed groups right now and hama what is
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your message you know to to the international community as the imagine terry and situation seems to be worsening. well basically that crisis continues and it continues in different forms yes it's in its. shelling form and it lives but there are millions of syrians inside the country who need help who need hope they need people to give them hope and to have them realize that they're not forgotten this hope can come through forms of livelihoods assistance ways to generate income i met one father who have returned has returned with his family to his home in one city and we met him while he was trying to rebuild his home and he told me look i can't afford to buy cement or steel because the prices are so high so we have to recognize that the crisis boils down to the to the humans and the people in the families who are trying to provide something and hope for themselves and we must
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help them thank you so much for speaking to us i hope they hear your message marwat is the communications director at the world food program in damascus thank you for your time and. still ahead on al-jazeera we'll look at how months of demonstrations have deepened the economic crisis in sudan and we are in delhi way small political parties are making significant changes in the regions educational system. we still have plenty of spring showers or even longer spells of right across central and eastern parts of europe also clouds showing up on the satellite picture areas of low pressure we got some right just for the coming in samoa rather nasty storms down towards the asiatic pushing across into the aegean sea kwacha weather
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will come back into western parts of us still a few showers there just around the by of biscay 4 tiber high pressure will build as we go on through the next couple of days i says that does look disappointing yes just 14 celsius for london paris also cloud and rain around there for a central possible source germany over towards the east side of the country we are going to see more weather coming through but then it will drive its way further raised as a cane north late there's some snow there could be back you know over the alps once again but 5060 celsius there for london in paris by sunday and 27 in madrid that's the place to be for warm sunshine not seep out into the southeastern corner of your mind 23 in athens but we got some showers there longer spells of right around italy into the balkans arad across the age of the attic on the other side of the mat this lousy fine and dry let's get here over the next couple days lots of warm sunshine around temperatures in cheetah's will fall back to around 23.
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they're watching al jazeera live from doha a recap on top stories yemen's who the rebels say they will unilaterally withdraw
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forces from 3 strategic or so over the next 4 days they say they will redeploy troops from the force of her day destiny and ross isa but the yemeni government says it will seize offer is inoculates and misleading. the united states is sending a 2nd warship and a missile defense system to the gulf streatch inciting threats from iran iran dismisses the claim as psychological warfare aimed at intimidating the country and the u.s. and china have agreed to continue trade talks even after president donald trump began the process of him pausing tabs on all chinese imports the us president says he is in no rush to reach a deal with beijing as the latest round of negotiations ended with no breakthrough . now the wait for even the most basic commodities in sudan is reaching crisis for fuel bread and cash are just some of the items in short supply a month after protests led to the removal of president all mob
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a share monitored till reports from car too. q all full fuel in. seems like these on our common site in most parts of the city multis say sometimes they spend the entire day waiting to fill up their vehicles. the fuel crisis shortages of bread and electricity outages are posing a major challenge for the country's transitional military council moderate men on the run and everything is as before there is no difference between the old regime and the military council we still have shortages and queues for bread and fuel will go. back used to fill money at banks and the few tell a machine starts to will hold koch under the c.n.n. hit dozens of people wait patiently in line to get money out what the most out of interest of and it may take us up to a month sometimes to withdraw full salaries st government imposed limits it's
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ramadan and people are fasting it's unfair to wait for this long to collect our own money our own right according to bungle fishbowls it's been taking an average of 6 hours for the few a.t.m. . talked to be emptied. the financial ecosystem they say house quite simply seized up. yet since that immobile of a model bashir from office the sudanese palm pedley strengthened against the dollar on the black market sulfides it again almost a 3rd of its value but that is yet to fully combat into law prices will basic commodities. while lying on the oil prices had begun coming down but have once again risen due to the massive demand for commodities during ramadan we can only pray that things get better for us. a decision to cut food and fuel subsidies and last year increased discontent with all bullshitters government and must protest in december that ultimately led to remove the from office the pull to start still
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going on the people of sudan i used to making do with the little lady how of course totally voting with you a little thing and coming together to find new ways to make it will effect the release of political on the clinic isolation they say is threatening to break the law to militias and push them over the edge mohammad uglow does it or how to use a gun. in venezuela opposition leader who is calling for his supporters to take to the streets to protest against a growing government crackdown on opposition figures several politicians have been supporting great deal in his attempts to oust nicolas maduro as president have been arrested or sought refuge in foreign embassies the vice president of the opposition controlled national assembly edgar's and brando has been put in a military prison in response to his arrest the u.s. has impose new sanctions on shipping companies involved in trade with venezuela.
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cuba meanwhile has announced widespread rationing of food and other basic goods the commerce minister has blamed the shortages on expanded u.s. sanctions but economists say a drop in aid from venezuela is to blame shop shelves have been increasingly empty with people for secu for hours for scarce products like flour and chicken officials say the measures will prevent hoarding by people who sometimes resell goods on the black market and online many cubans have been sharing their own photos of the queues they've been standing in they've been tweeting that this. satisfaction under the hash tag a q. challenge him as minister of internal commerce says the government is now looking at other options to mitigate the crisis that a proton in the country. product regulation involves selling limited quantity and so that there's equity in distribution so more people can purchase and therefore access the product it as well also avoid hoarding which is the scourge which we're
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now experiencing as there are limited quantities of product and we're depending on imports that come from the united states and that means that we have to look for alternatives to ensure that the product will arrive in the market. i shrank and court has given permission for d.n.a. tests to be carried out on the suspected ringleader of the april attacks a confirm he was one of the suicide bombers that compare the d.n.a. of mahmoud zahar and with his 4 year old daughter who survived a raid on a safe house a week after the easter sunday bombings and now for 9 days has been talking to some of the families of those involved in planning and carrying out the attacks which killed more than $250.00 people. a moment who is and his mother mother the struggle to explain what happened. on easter sunday horder the emotion actually i don't have words because. he is gone. because he's gone
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she's pregnant. she has to keep. his sister who's in custody was married to a. police killed as well he was defending people involved in the attacks in this safe house 5 days after the easter sunday bombings twin creators formed by some of the explosions to rip through this house inside the mouth of the in cullman in there were 15 people including 6 children who were killed here authorities say that if the safe house hadn't been found there's no telling as to the damage. the people here could have caused yes his family paint a different picture of the man. here is really kind everybody knows. everybody ignores him carter is a really kind of a glowing. piece of mind and he has a very good connection with his family and. i don't know what
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was happening his mind i think actually he has. brainwashed. some people doesn't think. a number of those involved in the attacks related and lived in this part i'm pretty all within a few 100 meters of each other we also met the mother in law of one of the easter sunday bombers in a twist of fate her daughter was killed in the signed about a degree. a sister in law of another bomber also spoke to us they both said they did not know of the plot. mohammad zahir and seen here just before he detonated his bomb at the shangri-la hotel was the leader of a local group linked to i still police told large 0 that his wife who survived the sign the model to read is being questioned by investigators with advice from doctors who are treating her. she has admitted to being among this group of 3 women
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buying clothing at this department store a few weeks before the attack members of the muslim community here say the killers have no place among them. they're not muslims those involved are not muslims we have proved that we didn't accept their bodies there's no connection between islam and suicide. the relatives of the killers say they did not nor their intentions not everyone here believes them but will now have to find a way to move forward without creating further division in f. and then there's 0 east in sri lanka. as a long election process continues across india the ruling party in the capital city is highlighting education reforms it and veiled after taking control 4 years ago and is now helping to replicate this regional success in palm entry elections with delhi voting on sunday saya raman reports. like many homes across india.
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is helping his children with their reading writing and arithmetic mahomedan are sent to horror wants taught in a private school that parents believe that state schools were not up to the job until now the father is a local politician the aam aadmi party which has promised to improve state education in india's capital region. when i ask my children about the change they say government school teachers are teaching us better than the private schools private school teachers are very qualified they are paid less our teachers are more qualified and i get to know this from the children many. many government run schools in other states look like this badly in need of repair very little furniture and no support materials it's not easy to get a good education in conditions like these. few parents in delhi would send their children to state schools for the same reason but a major investment in schools has seen the modern classrooms emerge with new
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equipment and sporting facilities that have attracted more parents back to the state system to develop it with our situation was pathetic we never wanted to step in sight now the building is amazing the infrastructure is great and the number of teachers in the school is also increasing that's why we are getting our children admitted to the government schools here set up the system but tracking them die a county. is credited with turning delhi schools around she was brought in as a senior advisor to the state's ruling party she's now contesting a parliamentary seat in delhi and hopes the party's education policy will get her votes and people are now beginning to talk about the fact that in just 4. such a transformation can happen then why did it not happen in 20 years before that and this is a false time this question is that i think an elected its mind that yes government schools can be improved yes government hospitals can be improved and therefore we need water for parties who believe in delivering this was not to love followed from
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last 5 years but the project foundation which is a non-governmental agency says the focus needs to be on those who educate the children do they have increased the number of buildings and the quality of environment and infrastructure but the child wants school only the quality offered you question. the quality of education is more important as compared to other aspects educational reforms in delhi a more being debated across the country but the need for reform and change is because change is here a big associated with a smaller regional party more responsive to change many voters asking what how among the stop list parties started in their state to hold all the al-jazeera italy . close again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera yemen's who the
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rebels say they will unilaterally withdraw forces from 3 sorties of ports over the next 4 days they say they'll redeploy troops on the ports of her data saif and ross isa which are important transit points for food and aid the yemeni government says the whole fees offer is inaccurate and misleading the united states is sending a 2nd a warship and a missile defense system to the gulf region citing threats from iran the u.s.s. arlington will be joining the abraham lincoln strike group which passed through the suez canal in egypt on ferries say iran has dismissed the accusations by the us as psychological welfare aimed at intimidating the country. the u.s. and china have agreed to continue trade talks even after president donald trump began the process of imposing tabs on all chinese imports the u.s. president says he is in no rush to reach a deal with beijing as a latest round of negotiations ended with no breakthrough china's vice premier and top trade negotiator he says there's been progress despite temporary challenges but
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over 200. we have come here with sincerity on behalf of the chinese government for the 2 sides of conducted candid and constructive talks we both agree that the 2 sides need to maintain the good momentum of the consultations despite some temporary friction and obstruction we also agreed to meet again in beijing or to continue their consultations in the future and in venezuela opposition leader who is calling for his supporters to take to the streets to protest against a growing government crackdown on opposition figures several politicians have been supporting his attempts to oust president nicolas maduro have been arrested or sought refuge at various embassies the vice president of the opposition controlled national assembly edguy zambrano has been put in a military prison and in response to his arrest the u.s. has imposed new sanctions on shipping companies involved in trade with venezuela europe states with the headlines on al-jazeera as always is more news on our
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website al-jazeera dot com inside stories coming up next to stay with us. al jazeera where ever you. carry your save me around you clear deal the e.u. says it's committed to the 2015 agreements with world powers but iran says the europeans are submitting to pressure from the united states can a way forward be found this is insight story.
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hello and welcome to the program i'm hala marr here in european leaders are scrambling to save the iran nuclear deal from collapse after years of on off to pull mostly the agreements known as the g.c. was finally signed with world powers 4 years ago but the united states with drew last year one year on and sereny in leaders are threatening to produce more enrich uranium which could be used to make nuclear weapons unless other parties to the deal protects its economy from u.s. sanctions iran has given the european union china and russia 60 days to comply and ultimatum already rejects it spoil sport they say they remain committed to keeping the nuclear deal alive and they're urging iran not to abandon its. yes france has stayed in it and will stay in it and i deeply wish to iran will too it is up to us to work to convince everyone and iran to stay in it we remain fully
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committed to the full implementation of the disappear way of the nuclear deal it's a matter of security for us and for the entire world the european union investment in nonproliferation continues to be a top priority for us. their own foreign minister says europe's response is not strong enough mohamed judd serif tweet seats the e.u. statement today is flying the j. c. p. o. a is where it is the u.s. has blinked europe ants the rest of the world's for a year and a you can only express regrets instead of demanding that iran unilaterally abides by a multilateral accords the e.u. should uphold obligations including the normalization of economic ties well europe had speed working on a system called instincts to allow trade with iran and avoids u.s. sanctions so how does it work well it's an alternative payment channel being set up
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by france germany and the u.k. instax allows iranian companies to sell to european customers without having to rely on international banks which face penalties on the u.s. sanctions instax will then process the payments due to iran and vice versa the system is used to initially cover norms sanctions items such as food and medical supplies but leaders hope to eventually expand it to include iran's most important exports oil. well let's bring in today's guest joining us from room by skype is a not to the touchy director of the italian institutes of international affairs and a special advisor it's a you foreign policy chief federica mo greeny from austria is the hard see an economist at the vienna institute for international economic studies and also by skype from a center yes or met in france is false we're nicole look
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a former french ambassador to iran thank you all for joining is if i could start with natalie to see we're hearing over the past couple of days about the difficulty the g c p is 8 do you think this agreement can be saved. yes i absolutely do think it's still can be saved letters i think i think it's important to highlight what the difficulties are and the difficulties are due to the fact that one of the key parties to the jason here way the united states decided to withdraw you cannot for a disagreement exactly one year ago now obviously the j.c. rests on the let's call it social contact which on one hand saw the revocation of all nuclear related sanctions on the one hand in return for the containment of iran's nuclear program now obviously where one side of the bargain
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goes missing clearly the entire architecture of the deal starts traveling now her opinions have been trying over the course of the last year is essentially to do what it takes to try and compensate for this fundamental flaw in the implementation of the chase a cure may now i think you know before when he even goes into sort of criticizing we're not criticizing what europeans have done so far i think it's important to highlight the fact that there has been the genuine commitment of europeans to try and do what it takes to save the jason get away and at the very difficulty in doing so is that clearly we are faced with a situation in which the application of u.s. extraterritorial sanctions makes it extremely difficult not only by the way for europeans but also for the russians and the chinese that are also signatories to
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the g.'s secure way to actually live up to the effective. revocation and implementation therefore of sanctions visibly iran now that's the question is this going to be is it still possible to same. deal i personally think that it is i think that although it is technically extremely complicated to actually get the insteps mechanism to actually operate not only to the pulley operational in its current form to essentially concerns humanitarian goods but most significantly it's actually be expanded to meet use of other countries such as for example russia and china and eventually to be expanded to be complemented by another financial mechanism to allow trade in what is the most significant good impression which is see oil so there are clear technical
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difficulties involved there clear political difficulties and more because this is inevitably going to cause friction between europe and the united states but i actually do think and i believe the same about this notwithstanding reining in declarations as to their eventually. sort of suspension of that side of the bargain that actually aren't still does have a lot to gain from the meaning of the j.c.t. lake and what the united states lots around to do is precisely to buy the j.c. ok i'll pick you up on some of these points in just a 2nd so let's turn that's a false one equal do you believe that this deal can be saved and your reaction so what we've been hearing from that's a touchy and room to believe though that the mood. but both i'm a little known perino for most of the. there were all of the profile
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but the. whole. we've gone further than it is working with or with the problem with the bill in truth removing you know do you think you are in fact. what for what for them to produce a little more you real enriched uranium that. the reunions are not going to produce a bomb and then they're gone to the wrong thing the risk to produce them on they don't need enrich uranium for the on only reactor nuclear reactor function the functioning of the present moment within the musha react up because the russians are providing father father the feud with a further reach your resume so they're hung in fact no immediate interest in up in leaving the disappear way because leaving the disappear with them we will lose
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this kind of high moral ground on which there are and. will as and then we learnt are going out of the lure of pairs of russians that the chinese saw we see of course it's a really difficult moment difficult moment especially for rouhani you know whose quarter between the united states of course and then it's on a position that either the radical conservatives who have always been against the d.c.p. a way they have to find a middle line a middle ground. he has given i wouldn't call it a night he made them because frankly it was a very gentle a very soft of the minister of. but we have a you have 2 months and then after that 2 months and then $22.00 months on rouhani
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run he's going to say to face time and on the moment which you say to him and so they're very long and a very long and a very long time saw him yesterday and i'm sorry to interrupt but openly do they perhaps that this is this declaration from iran was perhaps both. and i say frustration because they would argue they're not seeing the benefits of being in the steel they aren't seeing these benefits the economic benefits have not started to fall so if they have nothing to free this why not develop a bomb and get invited to a summit by president donald trump know it through and through and they know better from her and of course who really disappointed her create a very difficult situation no repeat of the regular pollution or core which is the suffering. created by our economic recession
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but. if not on the western and reconnect western no moral ground at the question of general political general proposition i hope i hope. to run. considering or or the proven club we will make for to remain in the disappear also hold on to the european. court of the loan be. maybe read in the present moment not total let's let's see if we can set break then some of these solutions medical and see if i could turn to unite this instead. vehicle this mechanism that the europeans have been trying to develop as a way to circumvent these sanctions from the us do you think this is a possible solution to the situation we're in. sure well
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actually i believe and i share similar opinion as other honorable guests and i believe that also that the measures that iran implemented 2 days ago and the 60 days is also very cautious and i believe that in sticks could be very good for iran because there's several other things that in stix could do because it's a barter trading system so it can not only help europeans european firms to do business with iran but it could also help 3rd countries to do business with iran and it can fill in the gap and it can act as an accounting the can as i'm so it's like iran can expect can import some products from european countries or from other countries and then it can really explored as a central hall up to other central asian countries of gunnison to many other countries so this could produce some revenue for iran if in sticks become a parade in fact iran has been has been placed on the ancient silk road so it can benefit much from it and if investment comes into the iran and if
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europeans are willing to give some loans to the ring in government then it can also boost some revenues to the government is can boost the budget in the government so it can certainly help iran if in economic terms and let's let me give you some also personal view on this because i've been residing in the e.u. for about a decade one 3rd of my life and i believe that european values at these difficult times could come to the help of uranian nation and i'm sure that on their delayed their ship of miss renie. europe can some of facilitate some more economy activity so it needs some incentivization for european firms to do business with iran actually i'm an economics and i know for sure that how how to enable firms how to incentivize firms one needs to give them some subsidies. and
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europe has its own mccown isn't too fond as a means for instance a small and medium enterprises so that they can be. they would be able to do business with iran and that could be also achieved in within 60 days because europe has the political will as a pause as i see but is this not see is this that nibbling round the edges we're talking about tree in in foods in medicines and in developing small and medium sized enterprises but that the arena an economy needs funds not you it needs to be able to shift their soil and it needs to be able to get big companies like one or like air bus back into the country it needs to be able to shift the soil why is it not able to do this under this proposed in-state system. well because these are mostly offered by the very large technological technologically advanced frontiers
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in the fields and those are mostly more to national enterprises and according to this it is to sure that european commission is also sharing this city's sticks the majority of multinational companies in europe are owned automated me or controlled by american companies so it is indeed very difficult for those companies to do business with iran but it still s. i mean there are lots of us i mean for instance in austria that are very technologically advanced in certain different fields so they could also transfer technology into iran so that it gives a boost to the long run development in iraq ok and that's a way to see the this in step solution sounds like it sounds like a piecemeal approach it sounds like were papering over something until a bigger change can be made which you agree with that. no i wouldn't i mean i think it's worth highlighting simply how complicated this mechanism here is and just to sort of simply sum it up me basically what we're talking about are 2 parallel
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mechanisms one in your i'm actually wanted around itself which essentially functions carol bartz a systems now the point is that in order to make this significant meaning that in order to actually create sufficient flow to the full credit if you like 30 year aliens which they can actually use the dentist started mechanism to then import european goods in a significant number of european goods unique think that can really make a difference is indeed well now i think what it is we've highlighted is the fact that oh no europe and iraq i'm actually not. so the slaves so we're really just meet the imagine a situation in which we have another party and this is why i work of art of participation so i want to. to chip into this mechanism so for example if one were to imagine a situation in which iran actually exports its oil part of its oil so russia
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therefore does not use its own domestically produced energy and rather uses that to chip in to insects that creates a credit with it in states which then iran could use into imports european model so this is a triangulation which as you can imagine is quite complicated to get up and nothing now if such a mechanism work to be set up if it is being set up and if it were to be fully implemented it actually it would be very significant. because there is no way that the united states can actually absolute directs a direct role of european companies in direct trade with iran so i think it is absolutely worth pursuing this route now of course one thing you can do is point the guns at the heads of european and other companies basically saying
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saying you have to invest in iraq now that we cannot do what we can't do that is actually signal and act upon our signal in that we are serious about this and i think that we do have and the iranians if you like 60 ultimately plus 60 days actually do suggest that there is still a window of opportunity to actually get this up and running do you think the europeans naturally taught she are being robust enough in tackling this because they have been accused by the iranians of a timid response to the u.s.s. decision to withdraw from the j.c. . i think you know let's be very clear about it i think yes indeed so far rather than timid i do think this is a gradual approach and i think it's a gradual approach because it's really something that goes well beyond around the j.c.t. away i mean this is really part of the must largest story about a very slow and gradual acclimation of european tahnee these are the the united
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states both economical to me and eventually also told me in security and defense now we have been in a situation of asymmetry with the united states for the last 70 years this is not going to be reversed over the course of the next weeks or months it's a very slow process but i think there is this gradual cami it really is gradual realize ation that this is something that we have to do not only for the j.c.t. away not only for iran but above all our own interests and values because today it is about iran what if tomorrow the united states the sites are imposed actually saratov sanctions on the european union for its trade with china then will we do so i think this is something that we have to do but as i said reversing a situation of asymmetry that has consolidated over the course of decades is not something that can be done over the course of needs force for the color which you support this the search continued push to a separate system rather than operating in parallel with the united states and do
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you think the united states would just sit back and let the europeans get on with it. well either the solution is that of course instead of through the solution then the whole program and how long it will take to take shape you know and to. know its number in state is a very small thing you know it is not yet operational because we're still waiting for the reunions to adopt the antiterrorism rules that's that would allow or allow the euro up to 2 to create a greater chance of iran and we're going to instate system so it's not going to operational. one they didn't work this is a solution but at we were we were thinking in another span of time you know if we were probably in 2345 years the half 1000000 more and now the difficulty is
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that we have to find a solution in tools for 6 months and this is the dilemma we're facing at the present moment do you think a solution can be found in this time frame for when you cannot i believe that yes i mean i want to be optimistic we run when you're a diplomat to have to be optimistic on though i will have to choose another 3 of you know but certainly through the. everybody we have to make of sanctions the iranians will have to work of sanctions. in new york where we have to be less than in the heart of the american hands that. could. push a little less of and through the valley of the different parties a little less. on. the general of the you no longer. a ripple ok mad money what see do you
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think that. iran is they're obviously focusing on europe the european parties to this j c p u a said they are getting them to help them with this but is should iran just be focusing on europe why has there not be more of a push towards china and russia to help deal with this. well a lot of the reason is because mainly before 2010 i think european union the 28 members of the european union was the largest trading partner you're wrong and exactly after the sanctions the recent sanctions to place then they trade relations and economy relations over iran shifted somehow to china and china is now the largest buyer of oil from iran and it is the largest trading partner with iran so
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that's why do you raney and authorities do not put any blame on china but is still china could do much more than this because china is enjoying a large state owned enterprises that could benefit more from iranian oil or from iranian economy and the reason is that because if there is a political will by the chinese government then there is also a possibility that those state owned companies could trade more with the iran but because now they are doing now they are they're having at least some trade with iran and they're sending their export thing many products to iran but european union does not have that so that's why the blame is somehow pointed to the european union and i think as as also other speakers said i think 2 other countries russia and china should join the e.u. in somehow implementing the effective in stakes that is more global that other countries could also benefit from this and this should be somehow an autonomy so
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that the united states government could not reach out to it and as far as i see in the trade bait and trade a sadistic 6. really into global value chains european union is to intertwine is too involved with the u.s. economy so i cannot see such an autonomy i mean in our economy terms in the near future but there could be at least some other parts of the economy that could be somehow disconnected from the u.s. market and this is possible and that could be achieved through some account of them like in sticks and those could be supported by blocking blocking the statute and many other economic measures could be implemented in order to achieve this ok and and and foresee i think we have run outs of time but thank you so much that's all 3 of my guests for your thoughts on how to have to deal with this predicament so i'd like to say thank you it's not so they thought she might be hard see and falls for
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al-jazeera explores germany's long term economic strategy of pursuing immigrants from the arab world i feel more gentle and syria the future how much money does a richer get those people who think that. one german and i'm not the new germans on al-jazeera. 49462958 the united states detonated dozens of atomic bombs in the marshall islands when the us was carrying ready to clean up and leave at least 970 s. picked the bit that had been left by one of the smaller atomic explosions and dumped a lot of this who tony and other radioactive waste into the pit the bottom of the dome it's permeable soil there was nowhere for her to wind it and therefore
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the seawater is is inside the dome when the stone was built there was no factoring in sea level rises caused by climate change now every day when the tide rolls out radioactive isotopes from underneath the door and roll out with it. really we're not talking just a marshall amps we're talking the whole suite. 6 months after signing an agreement with the rebels in yemen say they will withdraw from the strategic border for data a gateway for food and 8. this is al jazeera live from doha i'm fully back to your old still coming up
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a show of force to iran the u.s. sends a 2nd warship and then add defense system to the gulf region. highly anticipated trade talks between the u.s. and china and without a deal but beijing keeps the door open to more negotiations in june and leading the charge the south korean island that plans for all its cars to be electric by 2030. yemen's hoofy rebels say they will unilaterally withdraw all forces from 3 strategic ports over the next 4 days they are to start leaving the ports of who data said leaf and ross isa from saturday nearly all the aid into yemen comes through who data millions across the country are desperately short of food and medicine after 4 years of fighting and the government says the who these offer is inaccurate and misleading hoofy say as
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a result of the saudi refusal to implement the un brokered stockholm agreement on duke way has our report. the battle for the pores of her data has been at the heart of the humanitarian crisis in yemen aid agencies have pleaded with the warring factions to withdraw from the strategic port a gateway for desperately needed food and medicines. for millions of facing famine after more than 4 years of fighting between the who thiis and coalition led by saudi arabia and the united arab emirates and now who thieves rebels will withdrawal fighters from her data according to the united nations. over 4 days the group says it will also be deployed forces in the ports as the means used for grain and mass is an entry point for oil. of course this near is a very welcome from the standpoint of humanitarian interests but again
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you know we have a huge problem terms of the lack of trust between the saudi led coalition ready on one side who is the rebels army other worse very good but develops a little bit of trust that could potentially pave the way to eventually solving this conflict is going to really require some actions the yemeni government backed by the coalition has expressed skepticism over the withdrawal agreement the minister of information mohammed tweeted on friday any unilateral deployment that does not allow for the principle of joint monitoring and verification of the terms of the suisun agreement is an elusive and on except to pull the yemeni government did not state whether their side would make a reciprocal move with dural plans were brokered by a un led committee under the stockholm agreement a pax ixtapa between the rival combatants last december but soon after
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a ceasefire was agreed on the 18th of december fighting. was student in her danger and since then repeated attempts to enforce the truce have failed the u.s. is expected to monitor the redeployment of fighters from the poets yes it is still unclear how far forces will withdraw and who will eventually control the reports. but if the withdrawal happens it could be the 1st major breakthrough in peace efforts in more than 4 years. well let's speak to assault on a big old advocacy manager for yemen at the norwegian refugee council she is live from amman in jordan by skype thank you so much for being with us. so what immediate impact worley hoofy withdrawal from these reports i'm porton ports have on the humanitarian situation in yemen. thank you i think since the start
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agreement and the cease fire that came into place in yemen we've seen some limited progress we've seen some people returning to the city with some chopped and reopening and the role of the. apologies we seem to have lost connection there with some time to go in amman hopefully we can reestablish that connection and she will tell us more about the humanitarian situation in yemen some time to you there can you hear me i am still here and we lost you there for a 2nd apologies for that tell us yes about what impact a withdrawal of the whole fees from. nice to other ports will have if it does happen on the humanitarian situation in yemen. the humanitarian situation in yemen is still a very very dire and worrying situation you've got millions of people as your
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report highlighted who are just one step away from famine you've got a cholera outbreak at the moment so we welcome any positive developments in terms of opening up more space for humanitarian agencies to be able to get to areas where we have not been able to so for example although the cease fire has reduced the violence and. we haven't been able to access areas of southern who are they the governor when you have many many people who are hungry who. as we know is a cholera hotspot one of the main a cholera outbreak areas in the country and what the norwegian refugee council has seen over the last 5 months is that whilst the we're. implementing the data and ceasefire agreement they've continued to wage war on many fronts in how they go but in other parts of the country and elsewhere so what we're continuing to see is hundreds
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a 100000 people were recently displaced in the telling us that they're afraid that they've been displaced not once not twice not not up to 5 times what we're saying to the conflict parties that this needs to stop because. it can't get to areas where people are trapped behind the fighting they can also lead me to areas to get help and we need this to stop right and you know yemen's government we've heard is challenging the basis of a whole sea withdrawal from her and there's even concern in fact of an assault on the ports by the. government forces what would be the consequence of that i mean you're describing a very dire humanitarian situation already could it get worse. i think if the military if the fighting escalates and if there is an attack on one day the port it will be a catastrophic humanitarian situation so you have to remember that sometimes we
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hear these bigger. apologies we seem to be losing the connection with our guest there in amman but we did get the gist of what she was trying to say and the description of a very dire humanitarian situation in yemen that was sort on a big boom from the norwegian refugee council via skype from amman. in other world news the u.s. defense department the pentagon has ordered an amphibious landing ship to reinforce u.s. forces in the gulf iran is dismissing the deployment as psychological warfare aimed at intimidation the arlington which is designed to land u.s. marines is joining the abraham lincoln aircraft carrier battle group which sailed through the suez canal on thursday commanders say the deployments are a response to possible operations by iran against u.s. forces in the region last in jordan has more from washington. earlier this week the
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trumpet ministration ordered the commander of the abraham lincoln and its kompany and vessels to basically be on standby for any sort of provocative actions by the iranian military now on friday the u.s.s. arlington has been ordered to join the abraham lincoln and the other ships is part of its convoy as well as the deployment of a patriot missile battery in order to make certain that if there were any sort of attack on the lincoln carrier strike group that the military would be able to defend itself what this is according to u.s. officials is a show of force to tear on that the u.s. is very closely watching its military and economic and diplomatic activities around the middle east and that the u.s. military is there essentially to safeguard the u.s. as national security interests as well as those of the u.s.
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as partners and allies in the region but this is raising concern particularly here in the united states that the u.s. may be engaged in a game of chicken that it may be actually adding to tensions rather than trying to find a way to discuss with terror holland its concerns about terror hons policies and trying to figure out a way to ultimately negotiate a deal that would address iran's nuclear and other security issues. more than 100 people have been killed in the last week as syrian government forces continue their push into rebel held areas in hama and provinces and some un security council members a concerned that a full scale military operation in a province may lead to a humanitarian catastrophe a diplomatic editor james space has more from the united nations. there have long been fears of a final offensive in it it is one of the last strongholds of the opposition to
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assad aid workers have been concerned about an all out attack the population of the province has swelled to more than 3000000 people after many fled here from other parts of syria. russia is strongly suspected of carrying out some of the recent bombing the targets of included medical facilities attacks that some experts believe could amount to war crimes as the security council gathered european ambassadors expressed deep alarming we are extremely concerned about the violent escalation in the region i knew. nothing at all cost would be prevented in need live there is only a political solution and the military solution that apparently has been sought now is not a it's not a viable or the meeting didn't take place in the main chamber of the council where
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open sessions are held but instead in the smaller room near it where meetings are conducted away from the cameras there was deep division and it was on display at the end of the meeting when 11 of the 15 members made a joint statement 4 countries south africa indonesia china and russia did not sign up to these words we express or deep concern. of a potential humanitarian catastrophe india event of a full scale military operation in italy so on the statement did not mention the assad government or russia can you be clear which countries are carrying out the bombing thank you for now even some of russia's harshest critics on syria were not prepared to condemn the country in public medical facilities have been attacked in it who do you think is responsible.

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