and still don't. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest on the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. iran partially suspends the two thousand and fifteen nuclear agreement and takes in immediately from washington with another round of sanctions france echoes the us with the threat of its own sanctions while other e.u. nations call on iran and not to take aggressive steps. vote count is underway in south africa in what is being seen as the biggest election there in decades as the incumbent ruling party looks set to hold power when you look at how divided political life in the country is and the possible implications of the

election. the french telecoms giant orange is sued for moral harassment with prosecutors arguing the company created intolerable working conditions and that led to thirty five seats. are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our two international i'm trying thomas to have you with us. all right the future of the historic two thousand and fifteen iranian nuclear agreement is hanging by a thread after a number of twists on wednesday washington has tightened the screws further on iran with a new round of sanctions. that is after. tehran's a partial withdrawal from the pact and the reason being it says to protect itself while this stressing the deal should be saved europe has urged iran to avoid taking any aggressive steps earlier my colleague got more on the latest developments and

the political reaction from correspondents kate partridge in london and and in new york. washington is talking about full pressure on iran there have been some military developments we've got u.s. aircraft carriers headed toward the region as well as being fifty two bombers now iran has announced a partial withdrawal from the nuclear deal citing the fact that they say the united states has violated the agreement and at this point iran is asking for european countries to compensate them for the damage done by the usas withdrawal they have yet to be compensated so they're waiting for that we have an announcement from iran that they intend to no longer sell off the excessive enrich uranium and have the water that they're required to dispose of if production exceeds a certain threshold and now at this point we've got the u.s. special envoy for iran brian hook saying that terrans announcement on the nuclear deal is in defiance of international norms now iran is basically giving sixty days

to european countries it will negotiate with them and move forward and at this point ideas being widely pointed out that iran has fully complied with the nuclear deal that the u.n. nuclear watchdog the international atomic energy agency oversaw the fact that iran was fully complying with the deal that did not deter the united states from withdrawing this point we've got foreign minister for iran saying that the ball is in europe's court the european countries will ultimately determine what happens next to the e.u. signature ease have been complying with the opel occasions if they comply with these implications iran will be able to guarantee the future life of the joint comprehensive plan of action while the united states has withdrawn from the j c p o a nuclear conclusion u.s. officials have stated as they have stated before that they would be open to renegotiating and coming up with a new deal that would be more favorable to the united states but at this point iran

is giving the european countries sixty days they have partially withdrawn from the deal. i'm saying that with the u.s. pulling out a lot of damage has been done to their economy with banking and industrial sanctions that they basically i want to be compensated for the u.s.a.'s withdraw ok thanks for that let's see what's been happening across the atlantic part which is an r.t.s. london bureau either the trap between the u.s. and iran right now what have we been hearing from europe where europe admits that so far iran has complied with the twenty fifteen nuclear deal but the trumpet ministration clearly think the opposite the germans they believe that the deal is there to be saved and they've urged iran not to take what they call any aggressive acts in the meantime in the hope that this deal can still be saved well at the same time iran is still being threatened by sanctions by jeremy hunt the u.k. foreign minister as he said in his press conference following the meeting with u.s. secretary of state might compare iran has agreed to vital compliance measures if

they break that deal and there will be consequences in terms of how european powers react so we urge the iranians to think very long and hard before they break then there was an interesting moment in the press conference when a journalist asked jeremy hunt whose side are you on well the u.k. foreign secretary perhaps diplomatically didn't answer that question but might pump aoe oncet it for him your question about whose side are you on. this is a parlor game that gets played we're on the same side we're on the side of values driven democracy we're on the side of freedom we're on the side of creating a nation for the iranian people where they can have religious freedom and they can have a democracy we're on the side of europe so they can exist without assassination campaigns being conducted its own capitals were on the side together well ever since the us reimpose those sanctions last year it's been biting times economically for the people in iran the european countries have decided to try and find

a way to help iran by implementing what they call the instate system which was a way of perhaps circumventing sanctions providing. humanitarian aid in the form of food and pharmaceuticals that the u.s. is might compare say is in agreement with this as long as it doesn't contravene the rules and therefore if he does with them be subject to sanctions well in the meantime the french have also come up with their response saying just like the germans that urging the iranians not to follow any aggressive moves just as a refit was in moscow to meet foreign minister sergey lavrov to discuss the iran issue and he said that russia had always backed up iran a stance that was reiterated by such a gay lover of. unfortunately this is typical of our american colleagues whether it's in the middle east the persian gulf or in venezuela it's distressing during my meeting with u.s. secretary of state mike from people in finland on monday i called on him to employ diplomacy rather than issued threats when it comes to challenging situations where

the question now for all the twenty fifteen signatories is a case of who do you choose who do you go with when you about the u.s. or when you back iran we talked to cover for a c.r.-v. an expert on iranian foreign and a nuclear faires who thinks the. needed to start looking out for their own interests instead of washington's. and you see this situation where compeer to iran's full implementation has numerous obligations u.s. has pulled out and the europeans are basically noncompliance hopefully we'll piazzas we'll clean up their act and stop being whispers and do what they're supposed to do which is to hold up their end of the bar get iran is not asking them to do anything other than living up to their own stated commitments and at the terms of day agreement they have to have the courage to stand up on calls them and say big no to the u.s. bullying and you know make the us leave off to its own poor first the standards

we're doing international law and so on. polls have closed in south africa and what is being called by some the most crucial election there in more than twenty years with a vote count still in their early initial stages the ruling african national congress party is in the lead in record forty eight parties three very hats in the ring with three considered front runners polls published last month suggested the african national congress would continue governing the country the centrist democratic alliance despite a strong fight is expected to fall well short of a far left economic freedom fighters are expected to double their vote since the election last or since the last election rather the co-founder of the champion south africa movement predicts the incumbent president will be given a second chance. it could well be the first sign of the ruling party this one every election since one thousand nine hundred four may well lose hold of the election

that means either gets below fifty and be voted out of power or get very close to that and have to form a coalition with another party to stay in power so that is the is the key significant point if the former president of the a.n.c. or the government of south africa president zuma at the time were still in power i would actually tell you now i'm almost certain they would fall below fifty percent we've had now the deputy former deputy president as the president as he was the choice ironically of nelson mandela to be the president the country all those years ago there's a sense that people are going to give him a chance to see if we can fix up the problems of the party now the point you've raised is not something being silently discussed it's been openly discussed from within the a.n.c. there is an a.n.c. that these massive reformation and the sense they selling is that. is your main. the ruling party's popularity is winning over a perceived failure to address key issues that have come under fire for failing to

combat high unemployment which currently stands at twenty seven per cent also the fight against crime has been a key issue in the campaign with theft and murder rates on the rise and probably the most contentious issue has been land reform seventy one percent of private farmland is in the hands of white farmers and some parties are suggesting they be removed from the land without compensation one of those calling for such reform is julius malema now he is the leader of the far left economic freedom fighters or party well i'm a has previously been convicted of hate speech and inciting violence against the country's white minority and expelled from the incumbent and see well for sowing racial division back in two thousand and twelve but he hasn't been back in the spotlight in recent months with some fiery rhetoric what you will.

let you know we are god. do you know what. does that do you know what. do you know. what. do you know. why we don't care. why not oh. why don't you know what time i'm saying to you we're not called for the killing of white people at least for now i've got to go to the future mama has come under fire for stoking a racial tensions during his campaign. again says the candidates charge slogans come close to crossing the line. julius malema of course speaks a very nonracial line on the one hand but he makes no bones about the fact that he is there to serve the black masses the black this and franchise masses and i think

that's absolutely understandable but he still is very close to the win in making certain comments of the latest one about the seat at the front table i understand the imagery the reality is it could well drum up people to believe with literally that's what he means if we don't sit with you we destroy the table and that's you know in a racially charged environment is unacceptable more so as we know on election day. the u.n. has stepped in on a case between the mediterranean island of malta and three teenagers who are facing terrorism charges the african nationals have been accused of hijacking an oil tanker off the coast of libya back in march and are due to appear in court later this month but the u.n. believes the charges don't fit the crime. we call on the authorities in malta to reconsider the terrorism charges laid against three teenagers who were arrested on the twenty eighth of march following the docking of the al his blue one commercial vessel in the country in spite of the fact that two of the minus all three of the

accused were held in the high security division of an adult prison after they were reportedly interrogated by the authorities we have made our concerns clear to the maltese authorities about the treatment of the three young migrants and what we believe to be exaggerated charges against them the three teenagers allegedly hijacked the el he blew one after the tanker had rescued one hundred african migrants from another vessel but after finding out they were headed back to libya it is claimed the suspects ordered the captain to set sail for malta multis a special ops leader gained control of the ship and escorted it to shore the teenagers deny the charges but could face up to thirty years in prison if found guilty malta has defended the case stressing it is in full accordance with international law. in an interview shortly after the incident of the tankers captain described what happened during the incident at sea. they all brought heavy metal tools and started to beat and smash the ship and threaten that they would

leave the ship in pieces they attack the cockpit heavily beating on the doors in the windows and they threaten to smash the boats they went nuts and they were screaming and shouting go back go back it was horrible i didn't care much about the boat but the crew members. got reaction from political commentator david vance and immigration expert can best. were this were this a commercial aircraft would anybody be suggesting it was anything than an act of terrorism and if it's a vessel at sea the logic flow is exactly the same first of all you can draw an analogy with aircraft and ships the laws are completely different governing what captain should and should not do the un is absolutely right in law or in international maritime law to challenge this of course you know that i think perhaps kate we have a common ground it clearly was an act of piracy david just let's take it stage by

stage you say it's an act of piracy yes it can be an act of piracy but these people are in a different category which is recognized in the international maritime law would you have preferred preferred that the captain of the maltese vehicle just let them draw on but that have been preferential no because again as you well know david that would be contrary to international law or humanitarian law apart from anything to do with with the law of the sea so what hijacking let's just suppose i don't just let's apply a little bit of common sense here they had to be rescued by the captain he wasn't going to go and rescue them if they were. flying in flying the jolly roger and saying we're we're going to board you and actually take possession of your ship of course not you have to apply common sense but common sense case can be applied in a different way this was really too much used by people smugglers and it seems to me that you and the united nations seems to think that

a night ridge that illegal multis vehicle number one offer them humanitarian help and their sinking vessel in no world is hijacking anything other than criminal on lawful and against any standard of international law i'm surprised i have to tell you this hijacking isn't. it was case against the law you even make the point for me david you make the point for me you know thousands of people sadly have drowned in the mediterranean trying to escape some genuine refugees others economic migrants were never there striving to escape it all from fairly foul regimes by crossing over from north africa law you made the point for me you said it's a route well trodden by people smugglers well who are the people by our smuggling smuggler they are refugees they are people who are fleeing from other parts of the world let's make sure we could to new if we can to behave in a civilized way in accordance with the law and not allow blind prejudice to label

people and then to allow them to hire as they did in an intolerable way that is not the right way to proceed and piracy. brussels has slammed turkey's decision to rerun the may oral of election in the country's biggest city stand ball the turkish president party lost its seat there last month now the e.u. is top diplomat among others in europe have stressed of that the blocks good relations with turkey are based on core principles. ensuring a free and transparent election process is essential to any democracy and it's at the heart of the european union's relations with taki. some rallied in support of president ever once decision to go back to the polls others have branded it an attack on democracy a recount confirmed a narrow victory for the opposition candidate in istanbul however electoral

authorities have now scheduled a second vote in june international history professor alan scared told my colleague common prayer earlier he thinks that the position is hypocritical. for brussels to pretend it's a bastion of democracy and likes transparent elections is really ironic every time goes against in the referendum the country is forced to the second referendum in order to get the right vote of it but snowe who then has to be persuaded to vote yes this was done when the danes voted no to must stick to it was done twice to ireland which put it against first pulled the nice treaty and then that is when treaty your first not very democratic we've seen that in catalonia. when you have a referendum the people who want to rein suddenly seized by the police and put in jail the trial in greece when they had the referendum with doing the bare crisis the european union ignored it and forced the prime minister to ignore it so

the record or democracy is not very good. the french telecoms giant or engender several of its current and former top bosses are standing trial in paris they are accused of moral harassment and of creating a work environment which prosecutors say led to dozens of employees suicides over ten years ago here's our friends correspondent from a different. a decade of a wave of suicides helped lift the lid on what was happening in one of france's biggest telephone companies now known as the global telecoms giant orange x. employees claimed they were subjected to moral and psychological harassment all in a bid to make leave the company that was undergoing major restructuring. we will ensure that this trial is not only an opportunity to convict for institutional moral harassment which will lead to compensation for the moral prejudice of the

victims but we will also fight to have the question again about the violence that was perpetrated not on but on the thousands and thousands of employees at that time and france telecom. that climate described by some as being a brutal is said to have pushed thirty five workers to take their own lives between two thousand and eight and two thousand and nine one a thirty two year old woman threw herself from her office window at the paris stage to another a fifty seven year old set himself alight in a company car park twelve more attempted to take their own lives including beatrice penny it was young i have been in the state of survival for more than ten years especially after my desperate gesture on april twenty six to eleven on the internet constantly on the same day as my colleagues from board who set himself on fire. a long way to their day in court has finally come in senior executives past

and present and now facing charges mainly related to moral harassment organized at the company's leadership level while the company doesn't don't know why the suffering of employees does deny having implemented a policy designed to destabilise teams charges if proven could result in a year in prison and a fine of fifteen. a point that is anger at the victims and their loved ones were very regret that the term manslaughter has not been used in view of the damage suffered by the victims what they have experienced and also you know view of the low penalty is incorrect this also could this trial could open old wounds. and what do we expect from this trial to try and understand why why they push people over the edge and it mustn't happen again somewhere else we can't accept that policeman a doctor a farmer kills himself because of

a job and people need to understand that human beings are more important than money today orange points out that internal surveys show that eighty eight percent of employees say they are proud to work with a company that compares to only thirty eight percent back in two thousand and ten but the many full my employees the dog days are not yet to. paris. video has appeared online showing a group of muslim children in the u.s. city of philadelphia talking about using extreme violence to liberate palestine. please please you need to do the yes i know you were there will be more than what you have to let me. go to bed sandy philadelphia authorities are now investigating while the islamic center where this was filmed has strongly condemned the incident and says the children were part of

a program that was being run by a local school and has fired the person in charge. unfortunately the video from the school was uploaded to the chapters facebook page without verifying the content of the video for appropriateness and making sure it conforms to our hate free policy and values muslim american society is committed to condemning hate speech everywhere despite the mosques response the footage has been described by a leading american jewish organization as extremely disturbing political commentator anthony brian logan told us that the u.s. government needs to be looking closely at such incidents. well at case they usually come in over here in the u.s. when i first saw the video i thought it was somewhere in a middle east i think maybe afghanistan or iraq or somewhere like there may be and i says stronghold i was surprised to learn that it was in philadelphia pennsylvania freedom of speech is limits and this particular case it's our current obo acts of terrorism and they are really being indoctrinated by the dulce apparently because i

doubt a small children came up with this on them so they are probably so the elders in a particular place and or their parents about this well the government should look at things like this is pretty clear that this could be you know some extremism hidden away from the public there are many people with very good investigative you get a kind of identity secret state of different races for the privilege of different cultures in the u.s. they can to have a watchful eye of the federal government just to make sure they don't go too far and commit an act of terrorism. a second world war monument in chicago is igniting passions that was erected by the lithuanian community which says it on or is a war hero and resistance fighter but a leading jewish human rights organization says he was also a nazi collaborator ceremony honoring adolphus rahman i ask this was held just days after victims of the holocaust were commemorated around the world lithuanian

foreign minister also took part in the unveiling of the monument lithuania considers it running in. national hero and maintains he did not elaborate with the nazis under the code name of. roman ask us was a prominent partisan in one of the baltic countries resistance leaders he opposed to the soviet occupation during and after the second world war although there is no solid proof that he himself killed anyone when the country was occupied by the nazis the simon wiesenthal center believes he led a gang of local vigilantes which persecuted the jewish community we heard from the director of the simon wiesenthal center in jerusalem efraim zuroff who thinks it is an insult to the victims of the war. it's basically spitting in the face of holocaust survivors of the jewish community of any person with any morality who expects a member of the e.u. to preserve certain values and i can promise you that i don't mean people who are

collaborators with nazis is not one of the values of the european union or any other normal organization there is no evidence on the other hand because himself killed anybody but the gang that he headed was actively involved in persecution from the top and that the soviet union crumbled there's been a very systematic attempt to rewrite the narrative of world war two and the holocaust they trying to hide the role played in the holocaust by local collaborate and in that respect you have to keep in mind that only eastern europe did collaboration with the nazis include active participation in mass murder. russia is readying itself for its annual may ninth parade commemorating the end of the second world war victory day also that celebrates the role of women in the war is certainly not the first time female cadets have taken part in the parade but this year have a special mission after three months of rigorous training and they have been

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