this is deja vu news live from berlin arabians prepare for the worst this is the toughest u.s. sanctions ever come into force the measures targeting the oil and the financial sectors but will they have the desired effect or is the u.s. playing into the hands of a rainy and hard liners also coming up. as the competition heats up to five a successor to all of machall or conservative party argue over its future course key members are calling for it to return to its conservative groups. and in the

bonus lagos were back to their winning ways as they beat those will door three nil we'll bring you all the goals from sunday's match. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us the u.s. is calling it a policy of maximum pressure the aim forcing iran to change its behavior and the last hour of the trumpet ministration has reinstated all signs on around the measures targeting all key areas of the country's economy including the oil financial and shipping sectors around has denounced the move of course saying it will not be intimidated but the restrictions look set to create more hardship for everyday people in the country. it's not business as usual in iran u.s. oil and financial sanctions have come back into force and the consequences could

cripple the islamic republic. u.s. president donald trump has called the obama era deal flawed his administration twice extended sanction waivers but no more iran sanctions are very strong the strongest sanctions we've ever imposed. and we'll see what happens with iran but they're not doing very well i can tell you iran is not doing very well. how iran fares under the renewed sanctions may become quickly evident with imports restricted iranians are likely to see a spike in prices for everyday goods with exports restricted the country's fragile economy may stagnate. we can see the effect of sanctions in this bizarre. there was a man here today who did not have money to buy aleutian for his baby because the economic situation is getting worse the people are very poor and times are hard. this time we feel that we've done everything right we we've involved ourselves in

the international community we've done the steps that have been asked of us and we've said the right things and now what it feels like is that we're facing a bullying tactic. whatever the immediate impact on ordinary iranians the trump administration stated target is iran's government so what and support for terrorism and syria's bashar al assad they hope what the administration calls maximum pressure will weigh on iran's leadership in a way that previous decades of u.s. sanctions and economic isolation have not. well will this be the case with me in the studio to talk about that our view correspondent on iran expert teresa tropper good morning trooper. the president is hoping that these sanctions resuming them will get around to return to the negotiating table can this work out that way well so far the iranian leadership has shown no sign at all that it's going to meet

these demands for example of the religious leader ayatollah ali how many just said in his recent remarks that the u.s. had failed to reassert its domination over iran and also powerful groups like the revolutionary guards have evolved resistance publicly and back in july when offered a summit meeting they run into also reacted very negatively because they think they will not get anything in return but if they're ordinary iranians they both suffer the most from the sanctions like food prices for example have already gone up by fifty percent that's according to iran's central bank so the government is already giving food baskets to no income families to reduce the impact of the sanctions so among those ordinary iranians there are some people who feel that it. and tom if president rouhani and president talked so it couldn't harm if they talk but could there be an additional response we've already had this verbal response you know the food packages what could be other ways that iran might respond to the sanctions

well president rouhani threatened in the past that he could for example close the strait of hormuz and that of course would impact international ship transfer oil. trade but so far it looks as if iran just intends to wait out the trump and this administration hoping that the next administration will just return to the nuclear agreement so this no real sign that iran is going to show like a few years responds publicly and until then they're just circumvent these sanctions and that's something they're actually pretty good at because they've had a lot of practice with that over the past decades what about the stability of the iranian regime is accusing the united states of trying to force a change in the government to bring about a toppling of the government is that rhetoric or around worried. it might be worth but that's more because of the economic problems the country has like many of the protests we've seen over the past month actually related to that and if the

situation worsens that might be more protests of course but that doesn't mean that regime change with a round the corner because iran is the really feel another revolution might be helpful at the moment some of them actually will support the last one of course actually quite many of them and others just underestimate instability so instead like a sense of resignation more. interest of thanks so much for the trees are trumper for us around expert here thanks very much. now for some of the other stories making news around the world president trump has criticized illegal immigration and high taxes as republican voters rally in the states of georgia and tennessee on the final weekend before midterm elections former president barack obama also appearing on the campaign trail to support democratic party candidates this vote will decide which party controls the u.s. congress. the first group of central americans traveling in

a caravan through mexico have reached the country's capital mexico city they're still about one thousand kilometers from the u.s. where they intend to seek asylum president trump has ordered thousands of u.s. troops to the border with mexico to stop them from entering. several hundred people gathered outside the headquarters of the ukrainian interior ministry in kiev following the death of the anti corruption activist. who died sunday three months after being attacked with acid police have detained five people in this case including the alleged assailant. well storms in italy have killed at least twenty nine people this week the southern island of sicily has been especially hard hit a dozen bodies have been recovered from floodwaters there overnight and forecasters are warning more severe weather lies ahead. they were

just trying to enjoy the long weekend when the house was flooded nine family members including a baby in two children dead all my family's dead cries the father over and over again really this global. war. two families had gathered in a society in country villa when a nearby river encouraged by heavy rainfall burst its banks. when the richer than it was so that when these tragedies happen they happen suddenly you know they do not give you any warning because until yesterday afternoon it was fine here we don't know i'm so sorry for these children it breaks my heart for these children knowing what happened. three other people died on the island when their cars were swept away. after surveying the area from the air prime minister. commented on the recent events or judge. i've already announced that next week in

the cabinet will declare a state of emergency for all the regions that need it cicely has already requested we declare a state of emergency but i think this request will be updated in light of the recent tragedies. heavy storms have battered the whole of italy for a week with the country's north being hit especially hard thousands of trees like here in the vonetta region uprooted in just a few days. more than two hundred million euros have already been earmarked for relief but damage estimates are in the billions and warnings for extreme weather are still in place six italian regions remain on high alert for new storms. here in germany top leaders from townsell michael's christian democrats are meeting at their berlin headquarters to discuss the party's future

without her a sticking point is whether the party should return to its conservative roots or remain more centrist as it has under the chancellor's leadership machall says she intends to remain chasseur into all actions and twenty twenty one but her replacement as party leader will be voted on during a wider party conference that's coming up in december. more of this now joined the studio by d.w. political correspondent peter craven good morning peter then make it through until twenty twenty one with all the cross country across currents in the party right now it's i think everything hinges on that party conference that you just mentioned is going to be taking place in hamburg on december the eighth where they're going to be voting the new cd you party leader a new chair. or chairwoman for the policy now of the both candidates at the moment it's everybody's talking about him he's very much an anti medical in terms of policy and he's also he's got

a massive grudge against i'm going to go from way back when from two thousand and two when she ousted him as parliamentary group leader he then a couple of years later went into the political wilderness and he's been there for ten years is a financial advisor he's coming back into german politics now he bears a massive bergy grudge against anglo american if they are supposed to work together for two or three years a lot of commentators here in berlin are saying it's not going to happen and the government would implode within six months if you have mats and angle americal in tandem see the favored candidate right now and he has a lot of support from the conservative base in the party that's absolutely right he's a he's there's a lot of euphoria in the party surrounding for matz they see him as as embodying a possible return to very much sort of traditional values national identity is what he's talked about very different from angela merkel the sort of the much more the liberal centrist but there are two other candidates and a great crime can bar the is the favorite uncle of medical she very much wants her to succeed as the party leader and then eventually as the chancellor and she is

very very much a successor for all of our yes she she would be very much in angela merkel's mold of course ok you know what about the conservatives partners in the coalition the social democrats they have suffered conservative losses really struggling right elaine you know some say they're heading for single digits right now how secure is the coalition with their setbacks in those recent votes and has a very moving away brought over the weekend we had a new poll thirteen percent for the social democrats that's the same as the alternative for jim to that level they're getting close to single digits as you say they've got a charisma problem they don't sell their ideas very well they've got a content problem the they believe that they've got good ideas a good message social justice but they're not getting it across they're not being listened to by people and they've tried different leaders different approach. it's nothing has worked and there's a real fear that the policy of billy brands and how much mitt is literally going to melt away and become a marginal phenomenon in germany of the vaporizing right now like their french

counterparts indeed you are craven thanks very much for that this morning thanks a lot peter was it back is that now where islamised have again taken to the streets to call for the execution of a christian woman a say a bibi who was acquitted on charges of blasphemy last week now she has been on death row for eight years until the supreme court said there was not enough evidence to convict her of insulting islam her husband has appealed to britain and the united states to help the family leave pakistan citing fears for their lives. hundreds took to the streets of pakistan cities like here in karate on sunday to protest against the acquittal of a c. a b. b. . islamist fundamentalists have threatened to kill her if she is released and they threaten to kill the judges as well if the ruling is not overturned. but you will keep protesting until a decision about hanging assia is made we're not going to be deceived by the government's conspiracies. on friday the government agreed with an islamist party

to delay out see a baby's release and stop her from leaving the country until the supreme court makes a final review of its verdict. her husband aashiq mussy says the family is in danger he appealed to several western countries including the us to grant them asylum. i am requesting. that the us. the trouble in pakistan please help us. break those of our sheikh masi and his children are now living in hiding in the city of lahore early in two thousand and seventeen he spoke to a german television crew and to supporting the current situation. we've received many death threats are walks free they will kill us they've also threatened to kill the

judges that's why the case is taking so long everyone's afraid for their lives. now almost two years later aashiq masi believes that amid the many death threats by extremists even his wife's distant relatives need to be brought to safety their attorney has already left pakistan citing fears for his life. football on to the bundesliga now where munching dog bark went into sunday's derby clash against knowing a win would see them leap frog byron munich into second spot and they did just that even if it did take them a little time to warm up. the only fire at the local derby came in the stands and the on the. clock back found it hard to break down a packed defense they were reduced to a few shots from distance and the home fans were not to meet at half time. there

was also a whistle at the start of the second period this time from the ric three. i had was a judge just coming the full replay showed it had been a slight pause decision. to the right i am midway through the second half i had was again the full guy with a poor pass. that back took full advantage and eunice hoffman made it to nail. the bulls were coasting to victory and has not scored a third after eighty two minutes. of home swim the dove easily just a little thing that jumps. to second. some tennis now novak djokovic has suffered a surprise the theat at the hands of russian karen huck a in the final of the paris master shock of each in blue beat roger federer in saturday's sunny semifinal but

talking off to magically ended his winning streak of twenty two matches the world number eighteen won in straight sets seven five six four despite the defeat. will still take over as tennis world number one later today. and in boxing the retired floyd mayweather jr has decided to make a shock comeback the forty one year old american planning to fight japanese kids. boxer tension nasir cow was on new year's eve mayweather as last fight was against the mixed martial artist connor mcgregor it was a boxing rules match and gross three hundred seventy million dollars may well there's never been an actual affectional mixed martial arts fight before and as you'll hear now he says the rules of the upcoming bout are still to be discussed. i'll speak with martina pretty sure we want to be honest. i mean you know one thing

we have to do we have. had that we have to have rules as rules and regulations to everything that we do our lives so i'm pretty sure we're also his biggest international art fair has opened in the nigerian city of lagos r.d.x. lego showcases more than sixty artists from fifteen african countries the curator says the fair is tapping into a new creative vibe that's happening across the continent one artist hoping the event will bring him more international recognition is gerald w. had a chance to talk to her old team cans used to be charge cards anything people would normally called see that has waist jiro chew kumar uses his growing materials for his outs works. and he's latest series is called green cool. if you look at the face which is why as a wrinkle series you can find a lot of grooves and the wrinkles tell from which we have jointed in his life

and. the people who have more wrinkles from my experience. more stories. she says as a check out he always wanted to be an artist but back then it was a really recognized as a real job so it was difficult to get support from his parents to study ochs i feel university. he had to struggle to pay for school himself. after. selling evidence. from printing to card making justice system. trades i did everything signpost i did everything to try to pay my school fees. things are very different species days. there's a growing appreciation for arts in the country especially in lagos.

public spaces at turning into canvases for artists they say the vibrant city feels the creativity. to many people no longer. as just a hobby it's becoming more acceptable as a full time profession out just like you come out once more exposure broad's. such as why he's x. a bit see him and selling his ass walks that's west africa has fest international art fair x. x. lagos this one costs twenty five thousand u.s. dollars the fish kisses established and artists and galleries from different parts of africa international curators and collect those. galleria su stands miri humbert's says events like this help promote african artists i think that it's important to recognize the talent that we have within the

continent and i think it's also very the timing is is is amazing as well i feel like there's a really a creative vibe that's going through the entire continent where we are recognizing ourselves for our talents and we are showing them and being proud of showing our talents on x. takes place every year this is it. sheik omar says the fair has helped seem to receive more recognition outside the country but he says for him art is not a path to money it's he's more like. well the twenty fifth m.t.v. europe music awards were held in spain last night there was a big winner camille the bayeux. cuban american singer songwriter scooping up quartet prizes including best artist while american rapper nicki minaj to go on the prizes for best hip hop artist and

best look at the global icon award going to janet jackson who paid tribute to the me too movement in her except the speech but the night belonged very much to twenty one year old. star business with gary hart now and china is promising to open up its markets what it looks like it's right brian despite the trade war with the u.s. president xi jinping has pledged to boost imports and remove market barriers but as far as details go he's keeping his cards close to his chest the announcement came more in the form of a propaganda events presidency's spoke at the opening of an im import fair that took place for the first time without a single mention of the conflict with the trump the u.s. has placed extra tariffs on around half of us imports from china and to threaten to intensify the problem with even more tariffs. well this is the

voters in the u.s. go to the polls to elect a new congress head off the poll called midterm elections because it falls in between two presidential elections republicans praise for as a donald trump's economic policies since taking office he's lowered corporate taxes imposed import tariffs on steel and many among many other goods our brigade had free trade treaties and last year exited the paris climate agreement meanwhile america's economies thundering along and showing strong growth when donald trump took office in twenty sixteen u.s. g.d.p. clocked in at eighteen point six trillion dollars this year it'll probably be more than twenty million trillion rather unemployment also continues to fall but it is in a downward trend that started in obama's first time in office continue despite from move to the white house going from four point nine percent in two thousand and sixteen to now three point nine percent. so is donald trump actually doing

a good job things as usual a bit more complex for many americans the booming economy is just not translating into a real life improvement as much as fast as many had hoped for stefan's he once went to virginia and explains richmond virginia a success story of the beaming u.s. economy under trump long gone are the days that big tobacco was synonymous for economic progress the economic strength of the state's capital is impacting king finance and biotechnology now that richmond success is in stark contrast to other parts of virginia this is reno southwest of richmond in the blue ridge mountains of the appalachian region the old railroad town and transportation hub is home to three hundred thousand residents when young she is editorial page editor at the times and reports on the region's economic woes the number one industry right now is health care. you know the big employer years ago used to be the word or of now

it's a hospital chain the further west you go out of roanoke in the more rural areas. the less fortunate the economy will be welcome to burst still virginia the birthplace of country music literally seventeen thousand residents live on the virginia side of town twenty six thousand more in the part that is in tennessee the state line goes right through town in the middle of personal stage street city manager randall eats just about a year in the job is taking us on a city tour and his golf cart still has a poverty rate of twenty three point six percent the town just lost another major employer a total of four hundred seventy people will soon be out of a job what was once the local go to shopping mall is no more that's reality in bristol despite trump nomics recalled job growth and tax reform the economy is a more complex than just one party being in control or one president being in control people will say that. mr trump is the one who has made the economy

boom right now others will say that it was because of president obama i don't think either one can necessarily take credit there is hope a chinese company bought american merchant to mostar textile production impersonal city and that's a few hundred new jobs desperately needed a local private investor great plans to invest they want to build a casino resort that is thinking big and outside the box and city manager brandy and that is a must for press still in this positive economic climate because you know worst case scenario is we have a situation where the national economy takes a dip and we go into a recession or depression. bristol will feel the brunt of that at some point and when that happens if we continue to lose businesses if people fail to spin and then bristol will have a true headache lines. despite the current strong national economy people here need

more investors and businesses betting on burstow. that's all your business and here's a reminder of the top stories we're following for you here on the united states has reinstated all sanctions on iraq the measures target all key areas of the country's economy including the oil financial and shipping sectors tehran says it will break the sanctions by selling its oil. as the competition heats up to find a successor to seaview policy has been discussing its for future of course key members are calling for its to return to its conservative groups. that's if you're up to date you're watching t.v. news live from berlin thank you very much for watching i want.

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november thirteenth d.w. . came from. a low and welcome to focus on europe with me peter craven now i was born in england and when i was growing up the u.k. was very much under the shadow of what was called quite simply the troubles the violent clashes.