oh. this is deja vu news live from berlin and the un's nuclear watchdog breaks a diplomatic deadlock with iran tehran has agreed to allow limited access for un inspectors for the next 3 months will it by negotiators enough time to salvage the 2050 nuclear deal. also coming up tens of thousands return to the streets in the end mark as a general strike takes hold protesters remain defiant despite the military stretched lethal force and recent doubts some. back to school again germany begins

reopening classrooms after a months long blocked out but with infections rising its face to face learning worth the risk. i'm serious oh my god that's got to have you with us iran has agreed to allow limited u.n. nuclear inspections for 3 more months ahead of the international atomic energy agency negotiated the temporary agreement at crisis talks in tehran it could get negotiators some breathing room as they struggle to revive the 2050 nuclear deal between iran and world powers because there were 4 rafael grossly the clock was ticking the moment he touched down and turned around he faced an imminent deadline to convince a rainy and leadership to draw up a new law that would suspend u.n. inspections of its nuclear facilities brought iran 1st. wanted relief from oil and

banking sanctions for now grassley has secured an extension of sorts we reached. by. i understand. well. the agency. and money towing activities for a period of up to 3 months but across he conceded that the un's watchdog will have less access than before iran's foreign minister mohammad zarif has already said ted on will restrict access to security cameras at nuclear sites it is clear that they won't get a foot. as long as the united states has not come back to full implementation of its agreement so the fear is also demanding compensation for sanctions he claims caused one trillion dollars worth of damage to iran's economy. under the terms of

the agreement with world powers reached in 2015 the i.a.e.a. can inspect nuclear facilities in the country at short notice after the usa unilaterally withdrew from the deal and re imposed sanctions 2 years ago iran suspended compliance with most of its key commitments under the pact thank you so much the current us administration under joe biden has signaled it is open to rejoining the deal and lifting sanctions but the 2 countries both want the other to make the 1st move. last summer grossi had struck a deal to allow inspectors to visit 2 suspected nuclear sites following months of negotiation now he has passed the baton on to others my hope the hope of the 8 has been to be able to stabilize. and stable. and i think these. understanding it. so that

other patients at other levels can take place of those are so useful and one small diplomats are on the clock with 3 months to find common ground. let's get some perspective on the story now we can speak to johnny's in iran expert also the author of the upcoming book iran in an emerging new world order from 2 rouhani thank you for joining us so the fact that inspections can continue in some form is being seen as laying the groundwork for restarting nuclear talks as a bridge of sorts a do you think this is a step in that direction. well absolutely it is yes it is no surprise that both sides of the i.a.e.a. and the iranians found a common agreement. on that or an understanding because what the iranian strategy is basically is the unilateral withdrawal of the trump administration of the united

states in may 28th in from the j.c. p o 8 is this maximum resistance strategy and this is actually centered on. reconstituting the position that iran had a decade ago you know during the nuclear conflict back then that is to ask late its nuclear program in order to gain leverage viz a viz in view of potential talks with the united states so hence we're seeing less than one step after another toward that same goldstraw for the international community to pour choice between bombing iran were an iranian nuclear bomb whereas iran is still we believe you know what independent experts as well as israeli military intelligence 2 years away from that scenario so until now all of you know all is playing out according to what the iranians have been planning to put

a pressure on the west to create a sense of urgency right so this maximum pressure strategy i mean what is iran expecting to get in return a front that's new u.s. administration with joe biden the white house. well i mean iran has oncet a leader you know interested in getting rid of those onerous sanctions that have been really posed by the trombetta stray shouldn because iran is facing tremendous pressure at home there is still a lot of public discontent and there is an economic crisis that has been exacerbated norms produced by the sanctions so this is you know the aim of the entire the iranian leadership to see those sanctions eased and lifted onto the nuclear program is iran celebratin bargaining chip towards that. they've had to learn a job in iran expert ali thank you so much for joining us. now

the u.n. secretary general on 20 terror shows calling on mars military to immediately halt its campaign of oppression he also demanded the release of hundreds of prisoners detained since the february 1st coup thousands of pro-democracy protesters against flood of the streets of major cities today as a general strike shut down businesses across the country the marches continue despite threats of lethal force from military rulers. rallies across the country despite threats of violence ahead of monday's general strike myanmar's military rulers raised the stakes warning demonstrators they were risking their lives if they continued their quote riot and anarchy undeterred tens of thousands again flock to the streets in the biggest act of defiance yet seen in this standoff. was. scenes like this have been nonstop since

a coup ousted democratically elected leader aung sun suu kyi 3 weeks ago the killing of 3 people by police has only served to make many protesters move defiant many have called their jobs on hold to keep up the fight and they say it's worth the cost. but i don't know that today is a day for countrywide protest we don't want to stay under the control of a military dictatorship so we came here to join the protest regardless of last salaries nothing will happen to me if my salary is cut but if we stay under the control of a military dictatorship we'll become this slaves that way. it's a sentiment felt in all corners of the country in the capital naypyidaw the same defiance. i'm joining the nationwide protest as a citizen of the country we must. join the protest in this time without fail. so

i've closed down my factory and join the demonstration. by would you know i'm joining the protests to fight against the gentle we don't want to be governed by the regime it's not worth working for the sake of a group of people will fight against them until we win i'll join the protest every day. a generation unwilling to give up their freedom and return to a military dictatorship like the one they were born and. ok we can speak now to sam an activist in myanmar who would like to stay anonymous to protect his identity sam thank you for joining us now the junta as we heard there is warning that protesters are risking their lives if they continue to demonstrate and we know that 2 protesters were shot over the weekend where you are in mandalay what exactly does that make you think that you and your fellow activist will you continue to go out

into the streets. to. do this to you because. innocent man has been we don't want to be you know for nothing so we have to queue fighting to get. democracy. are you worried about what the consequences might be. your former. military has been threatening people yeah don't we forces. we know that anymore because these are the same things to do you have troy you know 988 we don't go to use their techniques and we have will be pre-prepared so we are not afraid anymore yes 'd at the same time there is also a nationwide strike a strike today tell us more about that approach and how that's affecting businesses

across the country. well shaun's and visits business has being closed for today and we see that. turns with thousands of people are disputing in the industry protests so this sends a very big message today. that we're not going to take their rule anymore and there's also a sense send a message to the whole world that we have this sense of unity in our voices and we are well committed to to the studio and. sam it seems like neither side is backing down here do you think there is still a window for a peaceful resolution to this crisis yes of people calling for an absolute delusion of the military junta. for me personally i feel like i do need to go because of the of being. responsible for so

many evil and suffering of many people so yeah presently i don't i don't see any compromise having we do with a hunter. you have to leave it there sam an activist joining us from me and mark thank you and thank you for having me. that to some other headlines from around the world italy's ambassador to the democratic republic of congo has been killed in an ambush in the east of the country look at an aussie a was traveling with the united nations convoy near the city of goma when it came under attack italy's foreign ministry says in a tally a military police officer was also killed. 2 new zealand is marking 10 years since the devastating earthquake struck the city of christ church prime minister just into ardor and led a tribute to quake victims at a memorial ceremony in the city 185 people lost their lives in the earthquake which

is making it one of the deadliest disasters in new zealand's history we have. investigations are underway after 2 separate incidents involving jet engine fires on boeing planes over the weekend in the netherlands at least one person was injured after debris fell from a 747 cargo jet and in the u.s. large sections of a triple 7 engine fell on a residential neighborhood boeing is now recommending the grounding of more than 100 triple 7 jets worldwide the rescue team had to save 10 people from flooding patches of ice in the u.s. state of ohio over the weekend the group of adults and children got stuck in open water on lake erie the ice was originally connected to land but then broke off from the shoreline. germany has started reopening schools after months of lockdown despite signs that corona virus infections are on the rise it's mostly early primary school students heading back to for a face to face lessons like other countries and germany is having to weigh the risk

of catching cold at 19 with the social cost of keeping kids at home. that day has come after 2 long months of closure and no face to face learning day kids in schools tentatively reopen in 10 states across the country here in badly it's back to school for days primary school children. it's mainly younger schoolchildren grades one through 4 that are heading back to class and most will go for just a morning or the afternoon or are not in the days so they are few a student's into school at one time most students are required to wear masks with the entire school day including in classrooms. for parents even if the infection rate nation wise is on the rise again this initial reopening comes as a relief after months of home schooling. i think it's high time

especially for younger kids i'm not a vajrayana g.'s but from what i have read so far it seems they are less infectious and don't suffer from heavy symptoms. we've been waiting for days for a long time but despite a relief that comes with the reopening of the schools i'm disappointed that schools will only be open for 3 hours a day this isn't proper school and the kids are the ones who is suffer as a result talk no. i'm not worried about the danger up infection for us as a family or for their kids but i do think that we have a joint responsibility as a society to stop the virus from spreading and i'm disappointed that politicians haven't figured out better solutions. those solutions could include vaccinating teachers more quickly as part of the 3rd priority group they are not yet in line for a job and to date no vaccine against the 19 has been approved for use on children.

let's get some perspective on this now with on to ask is the director for education and skills at the organization for economic cooperation and development in paris welcome to the show we just heard there from some parents who are disappointed here in germany with the government and we know that there are different approaches so france has kept schools open during this lockdown so given that do you think it was the right decision for germany to close schools for so many months now. it's always a difficult trade off between you know the helps and educational considerations but i do think we need to be aware of the high social costs that school closures have for us for children and that's why you know i value country if you know like france and italy and to some extent even spain that you know despite very difficult pandemic contexts have given education absolute priority particularly for small that children did a dual alternatives don't really exist and education is

a very social relational process that is very hard to replace by other means it is hard to replace but it has been more than a year since the pandemic started so has schooling at home actually improved during this time as we've learned more. you know i do think you know there have been you know new technologies are being used more systematically and so on but i do think we understand the limitations for older children yes you can use technology you can use you know remote learning distance learning all of those kinds of methods but when it comes to you can our garden and to primary school great stairs very little in terms of alternatives i think that's what we also figured out in this one you know that's why the opening of those grades is really of fundamental importance and you know sometimes it's quite astounding even you know for kindergarten when we talk about opening we 1st talk about you know the need for parents to work we rarely talk about the needs of children let's talk about the needs of children you

said there are high social costs what are the most damaging effects when schools are closed. well there's obviously learning loss a peculiarly for children and students from disadvantaged backgrounds who do not have access to. alternative resources who may not have the parents who can support them and so on that's the learning loss is there but for the children also school is a very important social reference and that's why you meet your friends step say you socialize that's where you learn to live in in today's world and i think that is as least as important the social and emotional support that students get in that environment is at least as important as the learning process if we look at the learning loss is what can be done to try and make up for some of those educational gaps. well i think absolutely important and those children from disadvantaged backgrounds are not priority when school capacity is limited cannot have the

regular size of class a social distancing requires sort of put up capacity constraint in those circumstances it's really really important to give up sort of priority to those children who do not have good alternatives it may mean having additional instruction in the kind of occasion that i think this a lot that education can do to recuperate the most important events called are closed is that as every learn a has a direct daily contact with the educators you cannot replace that very interesting and last i said director for education and skills at the organization for economic cooperation and thanks for joining us on. thank you. now e.u. foreign ministers are meeting to discuss whether to slap fresh sanctions on russia over the jailing of opposition leader alexei navalny all signs point to the e.u. taking a tough stance it follows what some called a disastrous trip to moscow by the block's foreign policy chief. did abuse teri

schultz reports. he used top diplomat insisted he had to find out face to face the kremlin's views on relations with the bloc european union at this stage isn't reliable partner but your russia expelled 3 e.u. diplomats while burrell was there which he admits he only learned from social media after heavy criticism for his passive performance next to lever office laceration of the e.u. burrell says he's now convinced russian authorities are not interested in rob. danson as being clear no. they are not that led burrell to promise concrete proposals on tougher measures it will be for the member states to decide the next step but yes this could include sanctions the e.u. already has a wide range of sanctions on russian individuals and entities related for example

to moscow's illegal 2014 an accession of crimea for supporting separatist activities in eastern ukraine and a for involvement in the august poisoning of alexina vani but the subsequent jailing of nirvana after his return to russia as well as police brutality against person of on the protesters has a new government's pressing for harsher measures now lithuania has led that call those should be a personal sanctions or should be sanctions and that is the path to do the for the preference against opposition a letter signed by almost $170.00 politicians academics and activists this week urges e.u. leaders to use the new human rights sanctions mechanism known as the european magnitsky act to target the north stream to pipeline project and to include the russian president's wealthy inner circle that last option says former e.u. diplomat david still it would be

a game changer but russia might then realize that the you also have these red lines and cannot be pushed beyond them and that will be a kind of a surprise for russians because finally they would see that their bluff policy doesn't work anymore it's unclear how close to the kremlin penalties will come this time around officials say it's hard to prove all of dark suppressant only finance human rights abuses russia is threatening to cut ties with the e.u. if any new sanctions go forward with lever off warning russia wants peace but is prepared for war. well ahead of the e.u. foreign ministers meeting in brussels german foreign minister heikal moss gave his backing to new russia saying sions. here in brussels today we will discuss whether to order the imposition of new sanctions on russia in particular as a result of the conviction of alexei navalny and the fact that he has to serve his sentence in

a penal colony i am in favor of ordering the preparation of additional sanctions listing specific individuals let's bring in our brussels bureau chief alexander phenomena aleksandr what kind of measures are we likely to see and against who. they were p. and the union is likely to impose travel bans and asset freezes against individuals that are believed to be directly responsible for. a conviction and and incarceration so we're probably talking about judges prosecutors and the european union is using here its new sanctions regimes that allows the block to go directly to human rights violators but the u.s. also stressing that it's important that there is a clear evidence that those people are really directly involved in these incarceration because then the same against them cannot be overturned in court so

the foreign minister at the moment reluctant to go to put him in a circle and that is actually something that the and his allies would like to see we caught up with the chief of staff of here in brussels and what to say let's have a listen not our opinions the strongest answers that could be given personal targeted sanctions closest allies the most important parts of the repressive machine that he's built on logic sectoral sanctions against russian economy these personal solutions can be delivered by russian propaganda who are for your favor because every time like russia is a concrete proposal. there's a party so you can blame them you. could still even

because they have an explanation to provide russian. ok sort of all these team clearly wants targeted individual sanctions here but that means unanimous support is that likely. yes it seems all ministers all evil member states are on board to impose further sanctions against individuals what about russia threatening to break off ties with the e.u. if more sanctions are imposed is that going to be a deterrent for brussels no i don't think so and i also think that brussels knows that russia cannot be seriously interested in breaking of ties with the european union and a lover of the russian foreign minister has already softened his tone saying that even when sanctions are going to be imposed russia wants. it want to prevent russia from deepening its investment partnerships with the european countries are.

responsible for more than 40 percent of russia's trade turnout so it's possible that moscow would say we are going to break out for diplomatic ties with e.u. institutions with the european commission for example but how are you going to maintain good relations with the e.u. member states when you don't have any relations with the european community commission so it's unlikely that it's going to happen but of course we have to wait and see how russia is going to react when indeed further sanctions are going to be imposed our brussels bureau chief alexander from amman thank you. and just before you go many of us have moved house but probably not like this a team of engineers in san francisco has relocated an entire building crowds turned out to watch the 139 year old structure being towed to its new address 6 blocks

away it was moved to make way for new apartments and the developer reportedly paid $400000.00 for the relocation a low san francisco makes every effort to preserve its victorian era homes they are part of the city's heritage. thank you for watching.

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choices hello welcome to eco india. coming to you from my neighborhood in mumbai. india is the largest producer of milk in the world because of rising demand it goes without c. the primary reason for. this. what if ali india which is more than $100.00 does not commercially produce a single drop of milk what would be your little bit to make such a trusting choice let's to conclude. 20 acres of lush farmland in the busy city of noida. organic farming is not uncommon even in the city this farm has taken things to boil new level. beach as it is called has built a community of farmers that is self-sustaining and practices natural farming methods with a focus on the wellbeing of livestock. what makes this far more unique is

its relationship to its family of cattle. meat conquered age a native of good get out scotch. from the sindh region. this beauty is called red cindy. belongs to a sturdy breed from tama not especially suited for farming. reeds of indigenous cattle from across india this farm doubles up as an animal sanctuary. collison bowls have always been a part of agriculture but indigenous breeds are disappearing at a frightening ray. thanks to the introduction of machines and the growing focus on dairy which prefers imported breeds to native ones because of the higher milky way and. some indigenous populations are down to as little as 100 animals.

beach on has a herd of $135.00 indigenous cattle of various breeds of which 40 are bulls. it's striving to reverse some of the mad practices in farming in india today. which. i think everyone knows how cruel the dairy industry is and when i got into this and when i started seeing how many beautiful indigenous cattle were there and how the history of us importing cattle from the west for this nuclear evolution and a lot of other things then the need to protect these jack to kind of you know became very strong these beautiful indigenous kathleen up your greed on the farm and many of these are drought and cattle which don't actually give a lot of milk. and i realise that these cattle are dying because our whole focus is

on me. to preserve these breeds rather the focus had to shift away from dairy. and some dung whole project was born i delayed that up by even by no down. and it's going this and. a lot of dung lying around all to means at least it releases and you can get it's not even going to the rightly. that dung whole project promotes an economy around cow dung. every day sometimes in 400 kilos i gather to be converted into a vigilante of products. ensuring a 2nd income for farmers. he says we make seed balls like the using seeds from big to. like the new women. who are if you scatter them on empty fields before dreams they start growing. we also make images of the day it is done in

a shop and luxury using dung and mud these are used during the valley and customers come here to buy them and here are. the dung is also used as many on the field. doing away with the need for chemical fertilizers of. the reality are monitored and he says when we came here the feel of a sandy we couldn't do anything without down over the border once we had enough stock of dung we started making natural mineo and use it for the fields and it took us about 2 years of preparation time or now the soil has regained its natural fatality and we are able to grow vegetables very well. most of the plants are grown from heirloom seeds. the farmers use traditional systems of into cropping companion planting and crop rotation. all food is

grown organically. the vegetables harvested here include bitter gourd squash and pumpkin. be june produces its own solar power off the grid. it's home to a large community of farmers from all over india. it runs its own school a clinic a women's group and has direct access to weekly markets. the women's new skills allow them to generate extra income. and the aim is to become completely self-sufficient. that is one such woman whose husband farms while she knits and stitches products that are sold to visit does i'd be charmed. she says now we're mostly making mosques like this we make about 20 in a day and each $1.00 costs $50.00 rupees. it. takes a sustainable approach to farming with

a focus on caring for the land and the animals. found not. non-dairy kawas eyed its heart will inspire others to follow. the world biking is becoming more and more popular not only is it trendy it's also good for the hill and the and bob mint and of producers were chances of getting infected in the school in $1000.00 times but many of bikes often multiply all the time but especially if you'd move to the city or don't plan on staying. in we found some biking enthusiastic we're preparing bikes for refugees and short of visitors so that. if it's. chi wanya sci fi

repels fights for refugees here in berlin. he fled iran 4 years ago last year he started working at the hook invented tailwind association. a bike is important for refugees. so it helps them. mean when you look for a bike online somebody cost 50 or 70 or 100 euros or 200 but i had to put in there and we accept a donation of 5 or 10 euros from a refugee from forward the senate well i got it's almost everyone who works here is a volunteer the bikes they repair all donated once they've been fixed up they go to a few key. only one yes the field has a paid job at the association and it's partly financed by the national volunteer

service it all began 5 years ago when germany took in a large number of refugees the team not only want to help the new comers they also want to promote cycling as an environmentally friendly mode of transport and recycling old bikes is especially sustainable. because of this we use everything if a bike can no longer be written if we take it apart and use the components for another bike you could see that from 2 broken old bikes we create one new usable one of the strongest. team come from many parts of the world irishman graeme pope who's been helping out here for 2 years. outside of the convince pope and some friends have set up a bike sharing nonprofit organization called bike surf it maintains a fleet of 20 vines and people come for them for a small donation. bike so if doesn't aim to compete with commercial bike

rental firms uses mainly come from the sharing community. to idea that if you can surf somewhere you can see there cheaply somewhere. then maybe you can find somewhere to stay and maybe find some place that there is a door for free. might have free wi-fi then the next thing getting around a big city like berlin is the obvious answer is to be on a bicycle it's environmental it's good for you good for your help. pope says he hopes the idea catches on you can't currently borrow a bike in many other cities. you can book a bike theft bike online. and you can usually keep it for a few weeks or even longer. look inventor meanwhile has a new project it wants to visit school classes to talk about bikes and sustainability

. we want to get children and teenagers interested in cycling again so they think it's cool to ride a bike we want to show them how easy it can be to repair a bike we hope to get them so excited about biking that they don't even think of buying a car or even getting a driver's license but want to move about the city on 2 wheels so convinced says stuffing such a project with volunteers is difficult they're looking for funding so they can hire and pay more people. book and dip their pot of an unavoidable eternal cycle of. the all encompassing bushfire of the debilitating long floods natural events destroy life yet at the same time create a base for new life conservationists are now studying a similar phenomenon in military training and yes i'm a devotee of army with was

a constant tank movements and artillery exercises make nature conservation at this army training ground a complicated affair before the ecologist start work the search party patrols the area to make sure there are no nasty explosive surprises lurking in the grass they're always accompanied by munitions expert from the german military for. they found a missile its location is marked down and laser bomb disposal experts will pick it up. you have to search carefully as we use everything from. small 20 millimeter ammunition to large ordinance and explosives of course it's much easier to find bombs that to find small munitions and don't forget we've been using this troop training area for 80 years so you find all sorts of stuff here. just those 80 years of army maneuvers have helped create a very landscape in bomb holder or grasslands with wild herb's as well as woodlands and brush all ideal for biodiversity. grasslands are

so valuable because they're hard to find anywhere else there's no arab land so no pesticides no nutrients no fertilizers this is only for military maneuvers. the army has all the heavy equipment it needs to preserve the natural environment does armored vehicle is used to take care of open spaces to make sure they don't get overgrown it tears up shrubs and flatten small trees. germany has 1400 square kilometers of land for military drills the environmental group nabu commission to study and found something astonishing although there are pollutants like heavy metals and kerosene residue the sites are ecologically important. didn't let finance was another situation in these areas is unique the exercises create a patchwork environment there are temporary changes what we ecologists call disturbances in areas where soil is removed there are pioneer sites where rare

plants can grow as well as animal species you can't find in the regular landscape. destruction by tanks and artillery creates new ecological niches says army ecologist bill 3 quarter. ponds foreman tank trails and bomb craters where frogs and newts can spawn. it's extraordinary the damage we see here from tank trucks you only see this in military training areas is especially important for nature conservation this is not static environmental protection. so constantly changing they're also valuable areas not in regular use by the military where nature can evolve organically it's not too early. in the areas used less often they deploy sheep several 1000 sheep graze all summer long of the military training ground so that's that's what makes sheep really useful is that they get

into all the corners under the bushes into parts of the woods we can't reach a machine can't do that the prince grazing on droppings at the turf into the state that nature needs. the sheep of spent numerous summers in the military zone and are well used to it so shepherd karl-heinz kinkel. in there really really generally whenever they're shooting even heavy fire you'd be amazed how fast they adapt if they do get frightened they huddle together. in germany large swathes of the natural environment have been wiped out chiefly through intensive farming the untamed land in army training areas is highly valuable in ecological terms in bomb order to spite the bombs and grenades this unique environment get special protection. a majority of elephants live in captivity there are huge taught us to traction and have to perform tricks on command.