really so irreconcilable. can rule. stones aug nineteenth w. . this is due to be a news wire from berlin iran lashes out at renewed u.s. sanctions saying it's psychological warfare president rouhani also slammed donald trump's call for direct talks with iran he said it's all aimed at creating chaos that iran will look at the impact of the renewed sanctions on every day arabians also coming up. indonesia steps up its search for first quake victims but powerful

aftershocks are impeding operations thousands of her posts are being evacuated from the holiday island of long. and too much of a good thing the international monetary fund slamming germany's trade surplus saying that's been global trade tensions. are brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show iran's president hassan rouhani has lashed out at the renewed u.s. sanctions that took a fact just two hours ago he's accused washington of launching psychological warfare and of trying to destabilize iran present trump as reimposed many of the sanctions that were in effect before the twenty fifteen international nuclear deal with tehran the new sanctions will affect millions of iranians already hard pressed

by skyrocketing inflation and unemployment. these people will be hit hardest by the u.s. sanctions measures suspended in two thousand and fifteen after years of suffering by the iranian population now brought back by the trumpet ministration. the sanctions target the iranian financial system including government purchases of u.s. dollars the trading of gold and other precious metals and of industrial goods and software. they hit at the sales of iranian real government bond sales and the automobile sector the iranian real went into freefall in anticipation of the sanctions coming into effect the currency slide has already been felt on the streets of iran. on the want us sanctions have definitely had an impact whether it's on the currency exchange rate or the price of gold. they've resulted in the loss of many jobs because in. north if

a dollar goes up the price of everything will go up. but in the end people should have some patience and tolerance towards solutions. in the event but you highlight if it continues like this we won't have a good life in the future. it will be better to have reforms and i hope the government will think about us people that want to do what i want and do a lot to fix they not a sentiment washington hopes will force to run back to the negotiating table. well they could take out the president's offer to negotiate with them to give up their ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs fully and really verifiably not under the onerous terms of the iran nuclear deal which really are not satisfactory speaking in an interview on state television iran's president hassan rouhani said sanctions were an attempt at psychological warfare but said tirant was ready for diplomacy. the first step would be for trump to show that he genuinely wants to

engage in negotiations what's the meaning of negotiations when you impose sanctions at the same time machine which. rouhani called on a rainy night in the face of the coming hardship. let's talk more about this we're joined now from tehran by obvious he's a visiting scholar at the center for middle eastern studies and in brussels we have you know views band regards good morning to both you gentlemen of us if we could start with you we just saw in that report what is at stake for iran and its people is this the type of pressure that will get tehran back to the table for a new deal with washington. well thank you for having me after the play. there it's really all talk parts of the. obvious have been saying according to a psychologist. that the foreign exchange rate has increased in the country as well

as resulting typewriters for commodities in the country of course time can put an imposed pressure on us whether. it be back in march to make you grow on you don't share the direct negotiations with the united states that doesn't seem to me much like the moment in fact we saw the deal as a framework for do you negotiate. a. table of negotiation now saying iran believes that the united by withdrawing from the idea of. it has left the negotiating table and that was the choice. of paternity for both sides in order to. preserve the willingness in tehran. the willingness in tehran to resume talks.

i think the experience of. the. united states because for two years or precisely put forth. was engaged in negotiations with the western countries. or was directly engaged also include the united states. solution and united nations security council what was the. i think. for such negotiations that. doesn't have gays in the heart problems was. good.

let me jump in there you're saying there's a lack of trust and tehran right now let's get the view from europe going to brussels and back regard. paean union has announced a plan to protect european companies doing what it calls legitimate business with iran can you tell us more about this plan and will european countries continue doing business with iran. the you put in plays a so-called blocking this morning and this law allows european companies to file a complaint in the european courts to the us for damages and compensation by the american state or by american business partners which is of course a very risky lengthy process that would lead to not much in many cases and the law also says it's forbidden for european companies to follow the american

sanctions because they are illegal but of course european businesses us too free to make their own business decisions if they decide we don't want to do business in iran nobody can force them that is stressed by the european union all in all this is always more or less a political seeking to do the us that the us not billing to follow that unit union letter a project but on the ground business wise it does not have much effect ok would have much effect does that mean that european companies will will stop doing business with tehran in iran german companies for example big companies have a lot of interests in that country. there's many countries many companies not only from germany but also from italy france and other places in europe have announced that they will draw from iran because the access to the american market is much more important than the x. is true that you run a business and nobody can prevent them from doing so and it's specially the case in

november when the oil and gas sanctions really kick in this is really essential for you for your round and for example the french total company but move along explore gas fields in iran briefly if you could how united is europe right now you just mentioned the sanctions on the wall industry when they kick in could we see europe splitting part of europe supporting united states on the sanctions and the other part not doing so so far no no cracks to be seen here in brussels germany france britain and the you issued as a common statement that they will stick to the iran the that they really try everything to enable exports of oil and gas to iran and that they also try to find a financial channel so that iran will have a link to international financial markets but they don't. say how they will do that ok ben richard thanks so much for that from brussels and may thanks to you as well

obvious slowly in tehran or here in germany people have been shocked by a case of child sex abuse for years a mother and her partner sexually assaulted the woman's son who's now ten years old but the child's tortured and they're the couple also rented the boy online for further abuse the couple confessed to their crimes and verdict is expected in their trial. when christiane l. met his partner and her son he had already raped a girl and spent four years in jail but despite all the warnings and legal restrictions it happened again with his new partner. the freiburg court had to review evidence of horrific acts rapes bondage and degradation committed by christiane l. the child's own mother and also by other men over two whole years. the couple prostituted the boy online men from across europe sexually assaulted the boy and

paid his mother and her partner several thousand euros. both confessed to the crimes a psychiatrist declared them capable of full criminal liability public prosecutors demanded a long prison sentence followed by preventive detention for christiane el additional suspects believed to have rate the child in exchange for money are being tried separately and some have already been convicted the boy is now ten years old he lives with a foster family he has not asked about his mother for over a year since she was arrested. now for some of the other stories making the news around the world today in portugal firefighters are still battling to control a blaze that's been burning for a number of days of the country's southern all garbos. and access thousand firefighters have been dispatched to the region the army is helping evacuated villagers temperatures are expected to remain well above the forty degree mark across parts of the country. in venezuela

a rally has been held in support of president nicolas maduro after an alleged attempt on his life government employees say they were ordered to attend the march in the capital caracas although maduro himself did not appear question so harbor about saturday's reported drone attack critics fear the president will use the incident to further consolidate its about. the son of a bahraini an opposition leader has started a hunger strike outside the country's embassy in london. was shy me says his father is being denied vital medical care in a bahraini jail. the seventy year old husain machine me was arrested in two thousand and eleven he was sentenced to life in prison for his role in pro-democracy protests. while indonesia is stepping up its search for earthquake survivors on the island of lombok the death toll now stands officially at ninety eight but that is expected to rise rescuers are having to comb through

the rubble of the more than thirteen thousand homes that have been damaged on the island powerful aftershocks as well as cuts to power communications in a number of areas are hampering the search for the missing. rescuers sift through the rubble hoping against hope to find survivors the second devastating earthquake within a week has left the popular tourist island of lombok in ruins this man's brother is missing. some of them somebody everyone was shopping then suddenly the earthquake hit my brother wanted to run out to the middle of the road but the lights went out and he must have been there when the roof collapsed some local people say the thirty's response to the disaster has been inadequate. we have not received any official eight they have not come to help us only deval in tears are here. we traumatized. their young children and old people with us but thank god we're fine.

at the height of the holiday season thousands of tourists were caught up in the earthquake the chaos compounded by fears a tsunami could fall and the earthquake. well we didn't get any tsunami warning at all and then it was literally every slide down into the hills. ever follow each other and then we sat on the. moment until morning until daylight and i never saw it. it was a huge evacuation. your thoughts easy actually. taking place. and destruction and chaos in. the. she's admit there have been problems with the rescue operation. it was a look at the evacuation is difficult to see water levels are lowering so big

vessels cannot reach the ports and that is why the risky team picked up tourists in the open ocean using rubber boots. for the visitors it's an unexpected end to their holiday. for locals left behind the damage will take years to repair. canada says it will not back down on criticizing human rights violations around the world on friday canada called for the release of the arrested saudi activists triggering a dispute with saudi arabia canada's foreign minister chrystia freeland says her country will always stand up for human rights domestically and abroad freeland also expressed regret at reports that saudi arabia would cancel scholarships for saudis studying in canada in addition the kingdom announced it would cease new trade deals with countering spell the country's ambassador over what it calls interference in its domestic affairs the government of bangladesh is considering imposing the

death penalty on motorists found guilty of causing fatal traffic accidents under certain circumstances the proposals aimed at improving that country's dismal road safety record and it quelling the growing mass protests over traffic fatalities and gridlock in the capital dhaka. the chant has been echoing through the streets of dhaka for more than a week now paralyzing the mega city of eighteen million. students are calling on the government to take steps to improve road safety they also want justice for their classmates killed by a speeding bus on july twenty ninth. many dhaka residents sympathize with their anger. that i those drivers killed the students and now students are protesting the killing i think the drivers should get the harshest punishment. i did of the way they killed people just standing beside the streets of

course it's a crime and a punishable offense everyone's life has value the drivers must get punishments like the death penalty so people will be more careful. the ongoing protests and outbreaks of violence of put the government on the defensive at. private bus companies are also feeling the pressure police have stepped up spot checks and started compounding vehicles. protesters have also set hundreds of vehicles on fire that's prompted some operators to keep their buses in the depots. that i got it on we stopped our buses running because students attacked and damaged our vehicles we cannot go on the roads students hit our drivers and our things so no vehicles could move. protesters want the government to address issues that make the roads unsafe streets are overcrowded many drivers do not have licenses vehicles are old and unsafe bus drivers are paid by the number of passengers they carry motivating them to overfill their vehicles and drive fast it will take more than the death penalty

to make roads safer. the protests have forced many commuters to switch to the country's railroads trains leaving dhaka far more crowded than ever. ok joining us now from bristol in the u.k. is ben how milton bailey to talk more about this is a traffic specialist thanks for being with us this morning is it possible to even make traffic safe in a city like dhaka dhaka certainly is not alone around the world many mega-cities have this problem on the roads and dhaka though were built for one hundred fifty thousand vehicles a day they're now accommodating one point eight million vehicles. what is not easy is a very very long and slow process but you see a similar pattern of road safety in every country as it most arises and it takes a long time for a society to introduce the sort of. regulation

but also more importantly social. values and social consensus as necessary to achieve. the sort of acceptable level of safety enjoyed in the west but. the it's the harder the more crowded the country is and it's harder the more problematic the countries with. who of political pressure one with political debate ok mentioned it's not just regulations it's also about social values and consensus social consensus what specifically you talking about there. well. this is very similar in every country that goes through this process of an acceptance that. all sorts of responsibilities. come with driving large vehicles particularly

through crowded cities. if you recall a much less dramatic but also important in the netherlands in the one nine hundred seventy s. and eighty's when a movement called stockton kingdom ought to stop killing children had a huge political impact and dramatically changed the set of values and. the way people behaved and the restrictions that they excepted on things like drink driving and. so on. the country that was much more personalized it was a very crowded country so there's the. ben we have to leave it there i'm sorry i've been hamilton barely a traffic specialist from from bristol ben thanks very much for being with us this morning ok my pleasure. germany is under pressure to do more

about its trade surplus your heart is following that for us that's right brian german export figures have just come out with a close to eight percent jump in june year on year but here's the interesting thing the monthly imports went up to the highest level since trade statistics that is the again in germany in one hundred fifty but that might not be enough to pluck a critics of germany's trade imbalance like u.s. presidents trump has been demanding that germany reduces its trade surplus in goods for a long time but it's not just from morris aabs felt the i.m.f.'s chief economist also thinks there's a problem with global trade balances. germany sil's much more than it buys engineering in technology among its top exports the i.m.f. says that's helping to fuel global trade tensions and it warns that surplus could hurt global financial stability in the long run linda says germany hasn't done

enough to correct the imbalance with the u.s. alone it amounts to sixty five billion dollars it's a chief economist says that this is nothing to be proud of in contrast to the common assumption a large trade surplus is not necessarily a sign of strength it can rather be seen as evidence of weak domestic investment. hopes for old ones to see berlin invest more at home in digitalisation and infrastructure then germans might consume more and perhaps even spend a bit more on imported goods. right well let's discuss germany's trade. fees from the hans voeckler foundation think tank of germany's comfort of conservation of trade unions. the i.m.f. says germans germany's hesitancy to reduce its trade plus is contributing to trade tensions and adds to risks that could undermine global financial stability does the

international monetary fund does indeed donald trump appoint the international monetary fund has a point and in his criticism donald trump also has a point and basically he says this criticism not only with international monetary fund but also with the european central bank is the european commission and they are indeed right we are exporting much more than we importing which necessitates that the rest of the world does exactly the opposite them putting much more than they're exporting and they basically finance this via debt so they increase their debts so we're living off our economic model is built on others increasing their debts and this is clearly not sustainable and this was also one like that don't we we like that because it's not us who make the debts it's the other. but at some point they will have difficulties and we reached this point already this was the financial crisis of two thousand and nine and two thousand and ten the you look at the euro crisis. so this is not only some abstract danger that lurks in the future we've already been at that point if we only come out of this crisis because of very

low interest rates. management more government that bothers but it is likely that the situation might repeat in the future. is germany really to blame as many politicians say for the popularity of german products around the world so this is a little bit of a misconception the problem is not that we're exporting so much because we're doing because it's basically it's attractive the problem is that we're importing so little relative to what we export that's the real problem is it because we make everything ourselves no we don't it's because domestic demand for the last twenty years has been stagnant more or less it has been grown additional bits recently but not enough so that we can import more how can we increase domestic demand we can't do it for instance by government spending we now have a huge surplus in government accounts huge takes of classes that we didn't used to have a government could spend much more for instance on infrastructure we have

a crumbling infrastructure in germany because we have this debt mania we don't want to have more debts now we have to stop us if we could use the surpluses invest in infrastructure hire more people they would have higher income they would spend it and part of the spending would go into imports briefly if you count why on germany not spending us money we cause we have the debt break we have a debt mania we say public debt is. the worst and we're paying the price in a crumbling infrastructure for that. thank you very much. germany's economy minister peter maya says the government is drafting legislation that will allow it to make stricter rules on foreign buyers but lynn now wants to intervene if not the e.u. buyers intend to more than a fifteen percent stake from the german from any german company it represents further tightening from last year when rules were made allowing government intervention if a foreign company bought a twenty five percent share of the german company as

a response to recent acquisitions by chinese companies that raised fears that might threaten national security and the loss of peter ologies that's why the government said last week it was ready to block the purchase of a chemical engineering company live by chinese investors know what it all berlin to prohibit sales of critical infrastructure such as power grids and security related technologies. facebook is your financial data now it's asking banks for uses financial information like credit card transactions and account balances according to a report by the wall street journal facebook wants to use the data for new features for its messaging service including account balance updates and folded it also asked several financial service providers to discuss potential office could host for bank customers report is coming at a time where facebook has been on the file the privacy concerns.

and that's all your business is a reminder of the top stories we're following you here. iran's president rouhani has called renewed u.s. sanctions psychological warfare the sanctions forced just a couple of hours ago u.s. president donald trump promised to reinstate them off the putting the u.s. out of the iran nuclear deal three months ago. that's already in the news for now don't forget you can always get your news on the go just download from google play all the apple still give you access to all its news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news and also used to send us your photos and videos. you're watching news more news coming out at the top of the hour thank you very much for watching.

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