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it's a lot watching your children grow up and miss you in waves and saved by as you're walking out of this is just it doesn't get easier. richmond. says enters a new phase that marks a further rollback of the 2015 deal deadline for sanctions relief expired. europe moves quickly to urge to furthering its enrichment. feeling to oppose nuclear deal. also in the stories that shaped the russian pays tribute to the 14 who were killed in a fire on a nuclear submarine in the bar and see on the day. through the skies of washington d.c.
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through the streets on july 4th donald trump continues to come under fire for militarizing us independence day celebration. with the top stories from the past 7 days on right up to the moment of elements as well this is the weekly r t international hello welcome iran has announced plans to accelerate its uranium enrichment program surpass the 3.6 percent cap stipulated in the 2015 nuclear agreement for energy reasons to run is already considered to be in breach of the deal after it surpassed this 300 kilogram stockpile limit officials in the islamic republic recently ruled out further dialogue with washington unless sanctions are lifted on the runs deadline for the us now. passed with europe only able to provide limited relief from the effects of
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the financial penalties as part of the agreement signed 4 years ago around curb its nuclear program in return for a number of being removed the accord has been on the brink of collapse since the us you know laterally withdrew from it last year on reimposed devastating penalties on terror on the escalating crisis has triggered serious concern in the region in europe too but we cannot go live to our tea stall quarter in berlin for us for some of the reaction to raw and europe to be a ron crisis done what indeed what are we hearing from europe on the deep some as i say the country action. while human as you might have already guessed the e.u. is leaders are not exactly happy about iran's new plans for uranium enrichment germany's foreign ministry has already urged the islamic republic to stop any actions that might lead it into violation of the nuclear deal germany like her
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a 3 partners is extremely concerned by your rants announcement that it has begun and reaching uranium beyond the concentration of 3.67 percent we have repeatedly called on iran not to take further measures that further undermine the nuclear deal . now berlin's already said that it's also been in close contact with other parties involved in the agreement and that they're discussing the possibility of a joint meeting as a step forward in ensuring compliance with the nuclear deal now other states have also reacted as well the u.k. foreign office called on iran to immediately stop what it was doing accusing them of being in violation of the treaty across the channel you have french president emanuel macron who warned of consequences that would come out of the potential weakening of the nuclear deal and on the flip side iran's foreign minister mohammad is saying that iran is pursuing these further enrichment plans within the confines
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of the nuclear deal and that they would reverse this decision if the e.u. holds up its end of the bargain having failed to implement their obligations under the j c p o a including after the u.s. withdrawal the e.u. and a 3 should at the very minimum politically support iran's remedial measures on the paragraph $36.00 including the i.a.e.a. the ether we have no pretext to avoid a firm political stance to preserve the j c p o a and council us you know naturalism. nazareth also sent a letter to the e.u.'s foreign policy chief outlining the steps iran has already taken and the foreign ministry is into supporting meetings with european powers to take place later this month so if it looks at least like the e.u. and iran are open to some sort of resolution to this issue israel on the other hand has had some pretty inflammatory words let's take
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a listen to what they said they threw out his violated solemn promise under the u.n. security council not to enrich uranium beyond a certain level the enrichment of uranium is meant for one reason and one reason only for the creation of atomic bombs. the leaders of the p 5 plus one promised and committed themselves to snap back sanctions the minute iran did you just do where you. are and who's staying out of the negotiations well that's the u.s. of course with washington still withdrawn we're have to wait and see if it's even still possible to save this deal all right thanks for taking us through all of the authority correspondent double quarter live this hour from berlin well a politics professor to run the university that we spoke to a little earlier told us it's europe's failure to pull the nuclear deal that is now driving across iran waited for over a year and the europeans did absolutely nothing you know only after you won began
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to reduce its commitments 2 months ago did the europeans sort of push harder and and begin the using instax or formally announcing insects but insects itself as is nothing without money and you're still refrains from purchasing iranian oil under american pressure they could still refrain from allowing private companies are protected by private companies who want to do trade with iran to the iranians are. decreasing their commitments little by little to put pressure on the europeans so that they take a step forward if the europeans abide by their commitments then the iranians will stay within the us even though the americans have left and the americans are hindering the iranians don't accept your in excuse because the russians and the chinese are trying their best to abide by the deal and they're doing far better than the europeans which have a very large economy another aspect to all this of course the blow to the pact
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comes as tensions continue to rise between iran and the u.k. to their latest dispute was triggered when british royal marines seized on a rainy and super tanker off the coast of japan after on thursday britain believed the vessel was transporting oil to syria in violation of e.u. sanctions around and in turn claims the vessel did not enter the u.k.'s territorial waters and that it was travelling to a permitted destination and in fact is demanding its immediate release. an iranian foreign ministry official described the u.k. moves on acceptable and called for the immediate release of the oil tanker given that has been seized at the request of the u.s. the u.k. navy's measure is tantamount to maritime piracy britain has no right to impose its own unilateral sanctions or those of the european union in an extra territorial manner against the other countries this is the very bullying policy of the us while gibraltar ses the iranian tanker was carrying 2000000 barrels of oil the british
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overseas territories attorney general said on friday about the ship can be impounded for 14 days while its crew are questioned the seizure has been praised by washington which according to spain was behind the move. is telling was already in to stop we have been aware of the operation civil guard petrols have been watching the area but we are investigating the circumstances under which the u.s. and its petition to the u.k. to excell news uki has detained the supertanker grace one laden with the reigning oil bond for syria in violation of you sanctions american our allies will continue to prevent regimes in turan in damascus from profiting off this illicit trade every few weeks we are seeing major provocations by the americans but they're sending drones or warship towards iran and now this incident where the british are actually acting on behalf of the marriage what gives the british the right to seize any iranian share based on european laws iran is not a member of the e.u.
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just the trump government decided to lead you to your accord the americans have been pressuring iran putting significant pressure on iran and iran has actually been acting in a very relatively cautious manner and we have to understand that you want to not show restraint forever i mean new such as this where iranian ships are being seized in the equally under. in order to actually want you want to do nothing in return if you want does nothing in return then they will put more pressure and more pressure . russia has been remembering the 14 sailors who were killed in a fire on a research submarine in the bar in sea on monday 7 of the victims were high ranking navy officers to have been posthumously decorated with the country's highest honor the hero of the russian federation with a closer look at the tragedy here is our senior correspondent rockers they are. on
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the 1st of july deep below russia's barren see the unthinkable happened. a russian scientific research vessel mapping the sea floor was suddenly a death trap alarms bled hatches was shut and locked and the crew in the burning compartments sacrificed their lives to put out the blaze they succeeded the vessel and their colleagues were saved but 14 men all decorated veterans suffocated and they did more than save the submersible. the nuclear power unit on this vessel is completely isolated now and no people are being allowed there plus the crew implemented all necessary activities to protect this unit is in full working order the investigation stablish in what happened how it happened is being led by russia's navy head with the president personally being kept informed the dead will
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all be on a post you mostly the north these are harsh. people a great task is to difficulty and hardship so they're still surprised that it's traditionally a new day where they come up to this memorial dedicated cooled sailors perished it see during peacetime. put it. to the gutsiest. early this week the phrase duty to this day one of the crew is the blaze began i should a civilian through an open hatch shutting it behind him to prevent the inferno from spreading that was the caliber of men abroad that vessel as all those who knew them attest that it will last a coaching for 10 years we were studying in the same school with dimitri he was an example of a true friend
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a classmate he was self-motivated always in the thick of events that's how we will remember him and even his final act characterized just who he was me and my classmates were not surprised he didn't hesitate for a moment he did everything possible and saved someone's life political morning dmitri was a good man a good friend knowing him and his human qualities i think he would never have acted differently he simply couldn't. yes he was a very responsible person so it was no surprise for us that he too the heat condolences poured in from all over the world from the pope to britain's theresa may russians in the thousands lit candles and held commemorative ceremonies the government has done its duty the widows and families of those killed will be compensated not that money could replace their loss students did but you see of the $14.00 dead and 7 are top ranking captains to our heroes of russia this is
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a big loss for the fleet i offer sincere condolences to the families of the deceased everything must be done to help and support them and the good men perished on that day veterans courageous and noble the best of the best as they say in the navy and there must be justice the public wants answers which the investigation should provide so. these never happens again. america celebrated independence day on thursday marking 243 years since have cast off the yoke of british rule with the u.s. continuing to struggle with deep divisions this year's 4th of july didn't without controversy 6. the day began with clashes in washington d.c.
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yes left wing protesters faced off against the president's supporters ahead of his address to the nation donald trump's so-called salute to america then saw a show of military might in the u.s. capitol in what the former reality t.v. star all of a lifetime. while many in the media the political world condemned to involved in the on the will celebrations mr trump wasting money. bent for political gain ahead of next year's election. we're going to have planes going over the best fighter jets in the world and other planes to. have some time stationed outside.
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to make it into work seems to be. from. star 0 military. hardware and of course but. c.n.n. has learned that some military chiefs have expressed reservations about politicizing the july 4th celebration concerned about the tanks and armored vehicles on this plane. want to. make sense. of.
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this is the marine battle trying to get back there told i can. any were upset about the parade on independence day coming cern's about america's on par a little military spending seem to be somewhat more muted the us has been involved in 7 conflicts since 2000 and walton bases in 30 countries over the last year alone the pentagon splurges the jaw dropping $649000000000.00 on its operations despite washington's attempts to inspire feelings of patriotism current to the day and ministration is now in power particularly it seems national pride is on the decrease let's take a look here according to recent gallup polls that has been the trend since 2003 at
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this figure the number of people who say they are proud to be american has drop considerably sora flounders head of the anti-war international action center sais the theme of this year's parade reflects washington's or christmas. everyone know this and why. and it's also casting more than $800.00 u.s. military bases around the world outside. that's right country news one after the other and the largest loss of more than 65 percent of all of all u.s. expenditures less expenditures the federal government low keyed the military machine i don't very timely infrastructure elf care education is all to klein and when the gap between rich or just fire that will any time in u.s. history extraordinary now the conflict in libya is box under the un security
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council's microscope following a deadly or a strike on a detention center that story and more after the. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy to confront a shouldn't let it be an arms race is on offense very dramatic to follow only closely and going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. we have the expectation that when we lifted people out of poverty when we became richer then we'd become that and i think valleys what
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a lot of people ah struck me was now they expected that once they reached a certain level of income then they would be happy. and yet we create new size we create new things we want and i feel sometimes we run out of explanations for why we feel unhappy. hello again the united nations security council has called for a cease fire in libya following a deadly or a strike on a migrant detention center near the capital of tripoli and that was and choose the night the attack which the un's envoy to libya said to me and mine to a war crime killed $53.00 people including 6 children $130.00 others were wounded
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compounding the devastation some reports also suggest the guards at the facility opened fire on the surviving migrants and refugees as they fled at the time of the assault some 600 people were being held. in the facility the u.n. has called for an independent investigation into the incident the air raid has led to protests over the conditions in libya's government run the tension centers which has run 6000 people the shelters have been sharply criticized by rights groups the refugees are also calling on the un to relocate them to safety. libya's u.n. backed government which is based in tripoli has blamed the attack on forces loyal to the self-styled libyan national army its commanded by the warlord tar the l and a has denied any responsibility the un's refugee agency meanwhile has said it's warns of the dangers to people has in that particular center. this is
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a tragedy that was very much preventable just a couple of months ago we called for the curation of people from this specific detention center after a similar strike to the people inside. no action was taken in that regard people have tragically paid the consequence with their lives today warden it's of this detention center. both sides a conflict. that there was 600 people living inside so there can be no excuse for this having been here we heard from a senior member of the un refugee rights office for libya the focus needs to not be on those who remain in the centers. we are deeply shocked by what happened saddened and now the priority is to actually take the people who remain in this tension center to a safer location as the other 3800 refugees and migrants who are men trapped in
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this area refugees are coming from conflict from countries in conflict they have suffered in their home countries they have traveled through the desert under the sun and they have been in the hands of smugglers tortured abuse along the journey then trying to return to trying to cross the desert to the mediterranean and then send back and then detained systematically you any opposes the attention of refugees this is why it's important that we move past that we that we find solutions and then we have the help of the international community to help us make this very early to discuss and to find a way forward. not yet appointed but already in the firing line germany's. is the nomination to become the next e.u. commission president but polls in her native country don't point to her being a popular choice for the powerful role in chief. he regrets the way the bloc are selected his potential successor. there were transcript.
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but the prose. which led to my nomination in 2014 was very transparent because we had looked at the dates everyone knew what was up if. the would be the strongest power to do up in parliament it's a vision to come back to what unfortunately didn't become a tradition the current german defense minister has at least got the backing of e.u. nation leaders it seems but vonder lane still needs the approval of a hefty 376 m. e p's now a little bit a bite the nominee herself she's known for being a federalist supports the creation of a single european sovereign nation and a new army if elected she would become the 1st woman to head the commission which has also helped her again support but as mentioned not everyone is sold on her candidacy after the traditional nomination system to scrap to push her closer to becoming the next e.g.
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. the council doesn't have the right to ignore all the candidates that have been voted for by european citizens the future of europe can no longer be decided behind closed doors boehner lame is our weakest minister that's apparently enough to become commission president. if wonderingly and fails to be elected as head of the commission by the parliament you're briskly possible a constitutional crisis so i find it a very charming idea at the base of europe it will be female in the future that's what i think we have to our problem are not democracy. leading how to do the different. or becoming the less the most but what. the president was the european commission and all. the different came out of the. second thing is. all about. it's quite an hour and that's the moment there is the investigation. cause.
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you know it's. people from all types of ministry. political decisions can be regarded as. democratic if one of 2 conditions. is met the population has to be involved in the actual decision making in a meaningful way all 2nd. it is a good decisions must reflect popular preferences now funded by nomination doesn't need to either. say yes it's undemocratic by. standards. just some of the stories we were covering this week we're going behind bars next to find out more about the people on the reasons behind the largest
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prison population in the history of the world exists today in america incarcerating us. in a world of big new law and conspiracy it's time. to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. dream agreed to pressure. mr remember that it was most of the family were working. there wasn't it was bed you know much worse objective listen today. but there was
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an expectation of the things were going to get better. there was a real sense of hopefulness there isn't today today's america where shaped by the turn principles of concentration of wealth and power. reduced democracy attack solo doubt engineer elections manufacture consent and other prince holds according to no i'm chomsky one set of rules for the rich officer said. that's what happens when you put power into the hands of a narrow sector of will switch will is dedicated to increasing power for chills just as you'd expect one of the most influential intellectuals of our time speaks about the modern civilization of america.
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by the way bankrupt press or bother to back up what all that is or is about as they perceive them as us the truth is completely divorced from. the justice department said today the inmate population of federal and state prisons in this country is at an all time high. the public sees a need for more prisons because crime is the number one concern of the people in this state. too many inmates and not enough space. and a crime. in a country that already fed up with stuff to. get out of this. system going for.
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a shocking new number was released today that deserves our undivided attention one out of every 100 americans is now behind bars long prison and board trade. the most important thing. is to talk from your heart if you have more than one child give a like an overall message but then do an individual one to each child throw them a kiss or talk to them about what you do daily the rest should be just you if you've written a porn we've had people pray we've had people saying one guy showed his little boy
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how to shoot a basket the creative. these are gifts to your children. the families of punished right along with. the have found people don't think so but the collateral consequences of somebody is incarceration affects not just that whole family but it affects the whole community and affects you as an individual or the you know it or not and whether you know that person or not that's incarcerated. get to inform. you should care. i have a background in film and video as a producer and i thought there's got to be something i can do so why not combine my career and my experience with the present system and come up with something for these kids. and a parent in that camera they're looking at their child and they can look at em.

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