[000:00:00;00] audio . business d w news live from berlin what is next for the iran nuclear deal after the u.s. announces that it will pull out iranian lawmakers have been reacting angrily with tehran demanding you guarantees or else threatening to music start its reactors german chancellor angela merkel valve's european partners will do all they can to keep iran on board the nuclear agreement. also coming up is asia seeing the emergence of

a new power blocs rival the united states the leaders of china japan and south korea gather for trilateral talks in tokyo plus. a military parade in moscow commemorates the red army his victory over nazi germany in world war two we'll go live to the annual show of russian national pride. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us. european countries have reasserted their commitment to the iran nuclear deal after president donald trump and now says his decision to quit the pact and reimpose u.s. sanctions france and germany have stressed that they've remained committed to the pact with berlin criticizing the u.s. for not offering an alternative for monitoring iran's nuclear compliance european

signatories are to meet with iranian representatives next week to discuss the way forward iran's supreme leader has accused of lying with other officials suggesting that tehran is no longer bound by the terms of the agreement. was outrage in tehran and parliament iranian politicians wasted no time condemning the u.s. for violating a deal signed only three years ago the. on the streets iranians read the news that their economy is once again to face u.s. sanctions. and the money shot on this means more pressure will be exerted on the people of iran and the country will go back to the days of resorting to smuggling goods into the country and bypassing sanctions only one image must be will be others involved. as an iranian citizen i expect our president to withdraw from the

nuclear deal just like the american president who pulled out of it was. on tuesday u.s. president donald trump signed a memorandum to reinstate harsh economic sanctions on iran most notably in the oil and energy sectors all efforts by european allies to dissuade him had been in vain the european union's foreign policy chief federica moe greeny couldn't hide her regret because she urged unity the european union will remain committed to the continued full an effective implementation of the nuclear deal. we fully trust the war the competence and the autonomy of the international atomic energy agency that has published ten reports certify that iran has fully complied with its commitments . even if europe remains firm many fear that trump's move will prompt a backlash in iran president hassan rouhani said his country might resume nuclear activities if a deal without the u.s.

will not guarantee its interests. or. try to reach out to tonight we've witnessed an important historical experience kish friday how what we've been saying and repeating for the past forty years has now happened once more iran is a country that is low to its commitments and the united states is a country that has never stuck to its commitments to hold. us without us backing the e.u. russia and china must prove that the deal is still worth while for iran much will depend on the next few weeks as european leaders urge run to remain optimistic. and let's get more now with correspondent eric roundoff who is standing by with the very latest from tehran so we know eric that trumps hope ultimately was that this move would force iran back to the negotiating table from your perspective any chance you could see iran agreeing to do that. well i think short term

isn't possible iran needs to show that it's not just going to lie down and take any blood trump sends it it's already been very difficult for president rouhani to convince conservatives and by him has to go through the nuclear deal in the first many years of persuasion so the idea now that those conservatives george strangely been decades within the military to say we should never trust that you know it's that so the idea that they could go back to the negotiating table in any kind of short period seems very unlikely and in the meantime europe trying to salvage the deal how much does iran trust in that after well actually just in the last few minutes we've had this you create something they say that he doesn't think it will be very difficult for europe to provide the kind of solid guarantees that are needed for a sustained and he could do the idea that europeans can resist pressure economic

pressure from washington seems unlikely to many iranian officials but president rouhani says he will give them a few weeks so show what they can do to try them that something can be so we know meantime the iranian parliament wants to vote on a motion calling for proportional and reciprocal action by the government how could that play out. well i think that's mostly just a symbolic gesture will serve out the classic move in the iranian politics conservatives burning a paper version of the american flag burning a copy of good you could prevent everybody here wants to show that they are showing results of. going to be able to stand up to trump in some way at the moment it's very unclear what they can do wrong has to tread a delicate line between standing up to trump but also trying to keep the europeans on board we heard also in the report that some are fearing that it will be back to

the old times of smuggling goods into the country but will of running people ultimately will they really suffer because of the position of the sanctions show the sanctions something to help and i've spoken to some business lady in particular who's been in tears this morning because she is the. best she's small investor and it's a smoke company. collapse a lot of people will be in that position if. the street where you could see an exacerbation of the problems that we've how did the recent months of the currency collapsing its loss that its value but we don't want to overestimate how much the nuclear deal actually broke to iran it's been a long criticism that many of the benefits never showed up rouhani had promised fifty billion a year in investments after the nuclear deal it was more like two or three billion in the end so should i caressed me how much iran has actually benefited from this

eric roundoff in tehran thank you. and germany was of course one of the european countries that hammered out the iran nuclear deal and has much at stake with its business interests in iran and the us chancellor angela merkel has expressed regret over trump's decision and vowed european partners would do everything possible to preserve the equipment with tehran. i'm really kind of surprised the u.s. president decided yesterday to withdraw from the nuclear deal with iran. scene and germany france and the u.k. have two sided that we remain committed to the agreement. and for more let's bring in tom a sparrow who is following the very latest from berlin for us so we heard a calm chance for there however very determined reiterating many of the words that we have heard before from her european counterparts how is this message being

received thomas well it is being received in that way that you specifically say obviously with concern here in germany this is a decision that is not necessarily welcome however if you ask german politicians if you ask them to put it in not only now after the decision but also before their decision for example when i went to washington to visit mr mr trump the expectations were not necessarily very high that i'm going to call french president mccrone could actually sway mr trump to changing his opinion so expectations were not necessarily high i don't think the decision came as a very big surprise however it did come as a decision that has been regretted and that has been met with concern by german politicians in particular by chance of angela merkel so thomas what's the plan that . well the plan obviously now is to try and preserve the agreement as much as they can in particular and two reasons obviously on the one hand trying to talk again to to iran to some of the other parties involved there's already

a meeting planned for next week with iran with the u.k. with france and germany on the other hand from a german perspective obviously there's the big question of what will happen to german companies that are operating in iran that's a big concern here when those sanctions that are being imposed by the u.s. will actually germany and if you will it has been decided described here with one word what german politicians want regarding the second aspect is clarity clarity when german our businesses will be affected so let's talk a little bit more about those german businesses that are operating within iran because we already have a bit of an inkling as to how the u.s. might react to that business in fact the new u.s. ambassador to germany just being installed this week tweeted this shortly after the announcement i'd like to show it to our viewers he wrote the following as donald trump said u.s. sanctions will target critical sectors of iran's economy german companies doing

business in iran should wind down operations immediately. this is a threat here isn't it thomas i mean these german companies are likely going to face sanctions well obviously that message by mr grinnell the new u.s. ambassador to germany was not well received he has been criticized it has been seen as a rather harsh start to his work here in berlin but again what german politicians what german businesses are interested in is trying to get some clarity there is a lot of uncertainty here in germany as to what implications what concrete implications that decision by donald trump will have on that is something that will have to be hammered out in the next few days in the next few weeks if you can create really read out a common statement by the u.k. france and germany stress they were specifically asking the united states not to up struct the implementation of the agreement by all the parties that are still in it so that is going to be one of the key elements that european leaders will be trying to discuss in the next few days and weeks ok so they're asking for a bit of

a pass there from the united states meantime the german foreign minister i promised i would like to play also for our viewers what he said a short while ago because he also explicitly mentioned german companies. what's needed over the next few days is a cool headed approach to discuss the next steps in doing so we will also have to analyze what are the knock on effects for european companies of the u.s. decision to exit the agreement. in europe can react to that in a unified manner. and to his point thomas i mean so far there has been a unified approach from europe so i mean who's holding the cards here would you say . well that's precisely the key element i wouldn't say that one particular country is playing a more important role than another it is all about trying to have this unified approach it is something that will be decided in an upcoming european summit is something that's going to be also discussed when the members of those three

countries that i mentioned meet with representatives from iran it's all about trying to show unity at least from a european perspective and trying to show threading also as european partners because i don't think any specific european country on its own can be powerful enough to sway this in one direction or another it's all about trying to work together absolutely so yet another issue to deal with when we talk about the transatlantic relationship here as thomas barrow with the latest thank you sir thomas and i we mentioned a little bit about the economic aspects phenomena jones is here and she's the real expert on all of this is our sarah twenty eighteen is a very interesting year for european companies you still have bricks and unresolved you still have those possible import tariffs on european steel and alan minium and now you have the iran deal at least the u.s. no longer part of it and that is tricky for german companies because they in particular had high hopes on their the new market that is iran obviously business

relations between the two countries they go back a long way new sanctions could jeopardize existing deals and that as we just heard would hurt both sides. iran is urging caution it hopes economic interests will keep other countries from following washington's lead it says there is a lot of money to be made in rebuilding its crumbling infrastructure that's music to chairman ears before the nine hundred seventy nine islamic revolution iran was one of west germany biggest trading partners it's a relationship german companies would like to pick up again it's an uneven balance of trade last year iran exported only zero point four billion dollars worth of goods to germany almost all of it all while german firms delivered goods worth three billion dollars a third of that was machinery photon meisner technology says one of the german

companies looking to iran its produces components for railway tracks and trains a delegation from tehran came to see what they had to offer. for the iran is a promising market for the railway industry it's similar to turkey and russia because in the near future it will need new infrastructure networks including railways in its own. that's why we're very focused on breaking into the uranium market. and. the nuclear treaty in two thousand and fifteen raised big hopes in german business one delegation after another went to tehran. in two thousand and sixteen the economics minister at the time sig gabriele traveled there with one hundred top executives and those ties have been paying off since sanctions were lifted german companies revenue in iran has climbed by forty five percent but trump's announcement could mean the end of this burgeoning relationship keeping many german companies out of

a growing market. for the latest let's cross over to our financial correspondent daniel cope in frankfurt danielle so much time and effort to increase business relations with iran how would you make companies going to handle this new challenging situation what i can tell you they are frustrated we have to remember that many european companies saw this big potential in iran after sanctions were lifted and many companies from germany and europe are heavily invested in the country airbus for example wanted to sell more than one hundred planes to iran's national carrier volkswagen here the german carmaker also saw a big potential to do business with the country and now the u.s. is threatening also other countries with sanctions if they continue doing business with iran a little bit earlier i asked klaus freeplay of the german mechanical engineering association what he's making of the latest comments by the u.s. u.s.

ambassador to germany that german companies should be leaving iran as soon as possible let's listen in well the legal framework for doing business with iran by european companies going to be set by the european union and germany so we take the opinion of the us ambassador into consideration that. they're speaking to us a little bit earlier so we just heard from him that for the moment at least nothing in his opinion is going to change but the question is how long because certainly there could be a conflict of interest because of all those companies they even have bigger deals and bigger business with the united states they might have to fear that their business in the u.s. could suffer at the end so even though up to now at least europe wants to stay in the iran deal it's very likely that also european companies might have to reconsider because of course they don't want to ruin their u.s. business as well right it's not getting easier that much is clear now daniel don't go away because there's another very interesting deal that i would like to discuss

with you revote. spending more than eighteen billion euros to buy large parts of u.s. based cable t.v. operator liberty global the british telecoms giant will be buying liberty's cable and broadband internet operations in hungary the czech republic and remain here as well as its unity media subsidiary in germany the two already have a joint venture in the netherlands vodafone was once known for its aggressive expansion into new countries but the liberty deal suggests it's sticking to its current strategy of deepening operations in existing markets it's likely to face strong scrutiny from regulators and that is where danny of course is coming in again in frankfurt jenny what can you tell us about that deal. well with this deal monica vodafone will be becoming the leading next generation network owner in europe with a total reach and that's a lot of a hundred and ten million homes and also businesses that's the reason and your

mention of that many are fearing that prices with as big a vodafone dominance are maybe said to go up this see you all vodafone stated that he believes this transaction will create the first truly european champion of competition vodafone also stated that combining the company's operation cost could be safe for at least the five hundred thirty five million euros shareholders of vodafone were appreciating this news their share price was going up by daughter telecom those shares have been suffering today they are the biggest competitors and are down here at the roots of index tracks with about one point two percent that you put in frankfurt thank you so much all right sarah yesterday it was about iran now the focus is on north korea absolutely we're going to asia actually just generally speaking because there's a lot going on in the region at the moment first of all u.s. secretary of state my pompei o has traveled to beyond gang ahead of a planned summit between president trump and north korean leader kim jong un pump

aoe is there to finalize plans for the meeting and press for the release of three american citizens dealing with p.r. is also at the top of the agenda at a meeting of asian leaders in tokyo after years of discord japan china and south korea have come together to find some common ground it is the country's first three way talks twenty fifty. diplomacy making a comeback in the far east lake itching emerged from his plane it was the first visit by a chinese prime minister to japan in eight years next south korean president in reached his destination the three way summit with china and japan at the invitation of host shinzo on north korea is at the top of the agenda. college credit week i see we should do everything for a complete verifiable and irreversible disarmament of north korean weapons of mass

destruction at miss us in accordance with the un resolutions that us the big three want to work towards a peaceful resolution of the nuclear issue there had recently been frequent quarrels due to his national conservative policies and his stance on japan's war in the second world war but there has been more agreement since moon's meeting with north korean leader kim jong un i'm wondering if i know you think you for your support of the pond john declaration and with your promotion i will promise close communication and cooperation between our three countries if you do not feel comfortable perhaps shinzo abyei explore the possibilities for a japanese north korean summit during the bilateral exchange with manji and as he may fear losing influence over current developments. and alex get a quick check of some other stories that have been making news around the world.

several large explosions like the one that you just heard there have hit the afghan capital kabul the country's interior minister says that at least two police were killed and several people injured when suicide bombers targeted a police station and a security checkpoint the so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility. yemen's hoopy rebels say that they have fired ballistic missiles at targets in neighboring saudi arabia saudi state media is reporting the missiles have been intercepted by saudi air defenses over the capital riyadh saudi arabia is leading a coalition fighting who control much of yemen including the capital sana'a. the polls have closed in what is likely to be one of malaysia's closest ever elections scandal hit prime minister reza is facing a resurgent opposition led by his one time mentor the former prime minister mahathir mohamad definitive results aren't expected until late in the evening due

to the tightness of the race. and two new vents have emerged from the volcano on hawaii's big island that has been erupting for nearly a week they have been spewing lava and ash police say that all the remaining residents living nearby have now been evacuated from their homes the volcano has destroyed dozens of properties in the area since a russian began last year's. to moscow now where victory day celebrations are taking place to commemorate the defeat of nazi germany in world war two the highlight was a colorful parade in red square in moscow which as in previous years true massive crowds the parade was also a chance for moscow to show off its military might but the tanks and flyovers displaying the country's latest ordinary israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu and serbia's president are in moscow to attend the festivities netanyahu is scheduled to hold talks with president vladimir putin today. and correspondent

emily share when is standing by in moscow and emily you were at the parade actually earlier why does victory day remain such an important day for russians. well victory day is absolutely an important day for russia and for russians and you can see that by the annual the huge annual parade that takes place here in moscow there are also smaller phrase across the country and in fact you might even say that that the day is the most important holiday for russians and for russia after all surveys show that the main source of pride for people in russia is the soviet victory over nazi germany in the second world war in many ways that it lays the foundations for national identity in post soviet russia and here in russia that war is known as the great patriotic war and what people here are commemorating with

this parade this huge parade is not only the victory that took place during the second world war but also the suffering of many after all i'm nearly thirty million soldiers and civilians soviet civilians were killed during the war and this is really not just a government holiday it's also a people's holiday now people huge clock crowds gathered to see the parade and to see the military equipment leaving red square as well they were lining the road people were carrying flags wearing uniforms as well and people really have come out today to celebrate the victory and to commemorate the many victims that also fell during during the war as well and i mean we're looking at pictures there it is really a very intense just play there of military might give us a sense of how important that display is especially given the chance relations between russia and the us.

well this isn't just a national holiday it's also a nationalistic holiday you might say and it's certainly also an opportunity for russia to show off its military might to the world now in today's parade we saw it twice. thousand five hundred servicemen and women parading through red square we saw a hundred twenty pieces of military equipment over seventy planes and helicopters flying over red square and it's also an opportunity for russia to show off its newest military equipment as well including new fighter jets we saw today also a ballistic missile or sonic missile called which the defense ministry has referred to as invincible now you have to remember russia is the second biggest arms seller in the world it sells around twenty percent of the arms sold around the world in total so this is not only an opportunity for russia to show off its military might

but also to show off its where is that war to potential buyers and that was and really sure when speaking with us a short while ago from moscow turning to some sports news now environment a coach has ruled men well noire out of the clubs last going to see if game of the season casting further out on the goalkeepers fitness for the upcoming world cup in russia neuer is considered one of the world's best goalkeepers and has the germany caps and but he hasn't played since fracturing his foot last september speaking at last night's byron kit launch noir and needed time was running out for him to recover before the showpiece tournament gets underway in june. and with that you're up to date now on. thank you so much for watching thank you todd

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