e.u. was observing the vote and that you've actually spoken with representatives what they said. that's right i spoke to mark brock the head of the e.u. observing mission today and he has been telling me that yes of course there has been some major progress and when it comes to the campaign or the election day itself it was peaceful but there were irregularities. that the m.d.c. has been claiming for example access to the state media which was basically a mouthpiece for the zen a p f o seeking a funding printing of the ballot papers have been irregularities and it seems like the opposition does have grounds to challenge the outcome of this election so of course the e.u. observing mission has to closely monitor the post-election environment and then we can tell you even more on that one ok so much on rats and i'm going to leave the parliamentary results that we've gotten so far we know that the results from the presidential election they are still outstanding at least officially it's a really tense atmosphere there as we're seeing from these pictures that we're showing who has the

e.u. that they were there observing the vote and you've actually spoken with representatives what did they have to say. that's right i've been speaking to the head of the e.u. observing mission here in zimbabwe and he has been telling me that yes there has been some progress made especially when it comes to the lead up to the election the come pain it was quite peaceful the election day itself was to but speaking of the results and the process during the election day he had to say that yes there was some severe irregularities that the m.d.c. has has rights has grounds to claim the result not being as fair and transparent as it should have been when it comes to the ballot papers for example or access to the state media he also told me though that they have to wait they have to monitor all the post environment post election environment to come to a final but act now let's talk a little bit more about the vote because we know we've got the parliamentary election results here the presidential results though they are still outstanding at least officially given the tense atmosphere of melanie wh

well they have been more critical of than the observers that i was listening to this morning from different african countries e.u. people actually have quite strong statements and to give you an assessment in person here with me is brock the head of the observing mission to zimbabwe of the you broken you tell me what is your assessment of this election first of all it was . much better than any other elections this country before it was free campaigning freedom of expression but a lot of shortcomings in favor of the ruling party financing state media intimidation and in the proper clothes specially in the countryside and such questions until suddenly of in transparency and printing of the belo cheats the voters rolls and all such precious how great was it what happened is it but if it was not a fair election does the m.d.c. have grounds to challenge the result but if the result for the presidential election might be fifty point five to forty point four to nine point five and then does a lack of credibility especially not the possibility of. traceability of the voting pro-drug it's gone to the polling station but

e.u. observing mission and with the african countries will have saved a bit. biased possibly they seem to be endorsing this election they have been saying that of course there are some concerns by the m.d.c. they have been naming them when it comes to the ballot papers and communications but they've also been saying that the country is really moving towards democracy that this is a major shift and that there have not been any if i. and nation out of the constitution and that frame i can. only thank you so much for now that was a mill of the crew of the ball there in zimbabwe she's covering elections for us and the woman you saw on the other half of the picture there was the electoral commission spokeswoman she's about to announce the presidential results we hope we'll bring those to you as soon as we get them now of some of the other stories making headlines around the world today a ban on full face veils has come into force in denmark the government says the veils known as kneecaps or also burkas of course prevent women from integrating into danish society se

e.u. observe a commission here in zimbabwe and he has been saying on the one hand yes of course we can improve the country for having very negative really peaceful election campaigns and the election day itself but there were severe irregularities as well especially when it comes to access to the state media there were really a mouthpiece to the. p.f. and when it comes to the ballot papers there have been irregularities in printing as well he said that they will closely monitor the situation post-election as well and you know we saw these disturbing signs today the military on the street. of shooting up of the year people being killed tonight who has the upper hand who has the power in zimbabwe. it's difficult to say both probable possible presidents do it somehow and from their results this morning it does look like my god what is going to claim the presidency but chamisa has been saying on social media that the president see is his and will be and he's been encouraging supporters to go out on the streets and they are following suit so we'll see what happens in the next days but when the pres

e.u. observers are also raising questions about the poll also coming up the new gateway to europe with other routes cut off refugees are now turning to the strait of gibraltar to reach the continent and that's causing problems for spain. and.

e.u. observers have criticised the delay in declaring the final results and will give a further assessment later the presidential election result isn't yet declared either but unrest is feared if gaza's mugabe successor. stays in power opposition m.d.c. alliance has already declared its candidate as the winner millions were drawn to polling stations on monday turnout thought to be around seventy five percent to first time candidates are in a close race.

e.u. observers have criticized the lane declaring the final results on will give a further assessment later of the presidential election result isn't yet declared either but on rest is for your successor emerson. staying power the opposition m.d.c. alliance has already declared its candidate nelson chamisa as the winner. and millions were drawn to polling stations the turnout was high around seventy five percent on two first time candidates are in a close race for the presidency after the gabby was posed in a military coup in the autumn his former right hand man took over and is being challenge for the top job by. the electoral commission has until saturday to the third the result now african affairs expert iow johnson told us the results will define zimbabwe's relations with the west and its own future economic development. this will be huge challenges and huge repercussions for whoever wins. and you see wins. then more than likely the west will be happy. with wins and it's deemed that there was some irregularities the question is if the way. it doesn't feel that the we've had a fair shake

e.u. observer mission said in a press conference that they knew that a lot of the results of the presidential come in first so why was it your commission taking so long to announce its results and that caused some of the suspicion some with beings i see on who was going to win and of course whether these elections were rigged or not we know that for example the main opposition party had been complaining about vote rigging from day one pretty much and they were questioning the role of election commission officials and they were always telling them that whatever result comes out if they don't win do not accept it the key thing now is how are they going to react a lot of analysts say logically the best route to take and observers have said the best way to take is to go to court but the opposition say they don't trust some of the judges in the courts they say they are lying to the rulings on the party the other option which isn't desirable is taking to the streets that could cause more violence the question is do we have that appetite off to wednesday's violence when zimbabweans or soldiers on th

e.u. observers have criticized the delay in declaring the final results and will give a further assessment later the presidential election result has not been declared either but unrest is feared if mugabe's successor emmerson. stays in power the opposition m.d.c. alliance has already to. it's kind of been nelson chamisa as the winner. and millions were drawn to polling stations on monday turnout was thought to be around seventy five percent to first time candidates are in a close race for the presidency after mugabe was deposed in a military coup last autumn his former right hand man. took over and is being challenge for the top job by anything the electoral commission has until saturday to declared results african affairs expert johnson told us the results will define zimbabwe's relations with the west and its own future economic development. there are some huge challenges and huge repercussions for whoever wins if. m.d.c. wins. then more than likely the west will be happy if. wins and it's deemed that there were some irregularities the question is if the the west doesn't feel that they'

e.u. observers have criticised the delay in declaring the final results and will give a further assessment later the presidential election result isn't yet declared either but unrest is feared if you've obviously accessor emerson. power the opposition m.d.c. alliance has already declared its candidate as the winner. millions were drawn to polling stations on monday turnout thought to be around seventy five percent to first time candidates are in a close race for the presidency after robert mugabe was deposed in a military coup last fall his former right hand man. took over and is being challenged for the top job by nelson chamisa the electoral commission house until saturday to declare the result. let's bring in our own johnson who's an african affairs expert and founder of viewpoint africa welcome to the program now the ruling party is in line for a parliamentary majority is that an indication of whether god what will stay as president. well more than likely he would stay as president provided there's a difference between the parliamentary elections and the presidential one the parliament

e.u. observers have criticised the delay in declaring the final results and will give a further assessment later the presidential election meanwhile the result about isn't yet the third either but on risk is feared if macao be successor emmerson way stays in power the opposition m.d.c. alliance has already declared its counted it nelson chamisa as the winner. millions were drawn to polling stations on monday turnout is thought to be high around seventy five percent on two first time count the votes are in a close race for the presidency after mugabe was the pows in a military coup in off some his former right hand man. took over and he's being challenge for the top job by. the electoral commission has until saturday to declare the result african affairs expert told us the results will define zimbabwe's relations with the west so future economic development. there are some huge challenges and huge repercussions for whoever wins if. n.b.c. wins. then more than likely the west will be happy. wins and it's deemed that there were some irregularities the question is if the the west doesn't feel

e.u. observers have criticised the delay in declaring the final results and will give a further assessment later the presidential election result isn't yet declared either but unrest is feared mugabe successor dog walker stays in power opposition m.d.c. alliance has already declared its candidate as the winner millions were drawn to polling stations on monday turnout thought to be around seventy five percent to first time candidates are in a close race for the presidency after robert mugabe was deposed and a military coup last autumn his former right hand man anderson and gaga took over and is being challenge for the top job my meals and to musa feel like total commission has until saturday to declare the final results african affairs expert io johnson told us the results will define zimbabwe's relations with the west and its own future economic development. this will be huge challenges and huge repercussions for whoever wins if. you see wins and such as. then more than likely the west will be happy. with wins and it's deemed that there was some irregularities the question is if the the we

e.u. observers have criticised the delay in declaring the final results and will give a further assessment later the presidential election results not declared big day in zimbabwe unrest is feared if mugabe successor emmerson. in power the opposition m.d.c. aligned sounds are ready to carry its candidate nelson chamisa. millions were drawn to polling stations on monday and turnout was around seventy five per cent i think two first time candidates are in a close race for the presidency after mugabe was deposed in a military coup also in his former right hand man. took over and is being challenge for the top job by me said the electoral commission has until saturday to declare the results on african affairs expert johnson told us the results will the fines and its relations with the west on its own future economic development. this will be huge challenges and huge repercussions for whoever wins.

e.u. election observers were critical of the fact that be presidential. result had not been announced yet because you have this very anxious. exactly that's what a lot of people are saying they're saying why are these results taking so long and it's only making a lot more people more anxious most people you talk to say listen if you just release the results as quickly as possible it could calm some people down who knows maybe the opposition as well as one who knows it could con people but the fact that they all these delays and people don't some people don't seem to believe the little commission when they say is to just to go problems but also wondering are they trying to cook the results like it has been released in previous elections you see the army some of them now on foot on the road they're now marching. another one hundred twenty. clearly clearly they are trying to make sure no one causes problems. from the looks of the opposition supporters the ones i've seen some seem resilient they seem to say they're not going to go anywhere you see some soldie

e.u. observers are calling for more transparency and access for sunday's runoff the office of nigeria's president has condemned the blockade of the national assembly by security forces politicians was stopped for an hour from entering the building acting president yemi awesome bargello said this was done without the knowledge of the presidency the head of the department of state security has been fired is that we cannot get into a de office accident way you see nobody was in answer to depression or do you see now from above that nobody should go into the office and since then we have our say now thousands of actors comedians dancers and musicians so flock to edinburgh for the annual fringe performing arts festival anyone can perform at the three week celebration in the scottish capital if barca met one group that's been drawing the crowds. it's one of the biggest festivals of its kind anywhere in the world bringing together thousands of performers and performances in hundreds of very unique locations from dozens of countries where the stars of the future shoulders with today's stars it's also a p

e.u. election observer mission says presidential election results should be released as soon as possible to avoid more violence but. to count. trends up something real before therefore it's needed that it must be a traceability to the police station. but opposition supporters say if a candidate doesn't win they want to accept the results center is over they opposition supporters have been trying to gain but the police have been pushing them back so they've been burning tires and poet is they insist that their candidate the main opposition leader nelson chamisa has won this election there they are over there they are refusing to leave in protest. by law or presidential results have to be announced by saturday most anxious about what could happen if the elisa doesn't accept defeat. so he has condemned the u.s. decision to impose sanctions on two of its senior ministers as the latest effort by the trump an illustration to get her to release an american pastor brunson is accused of helping a group which the turkish government says was behind a failed coup attempt the democratic republic of cong

e.u. election observer mission says presidential election results should be released as soon as possible to avoid more violence but the us to count the. lack of credibility trumps up something single before therefore it's needed that it must be a trace abilities of the road to the police station level. but opposition supporters say if the candidates doesn't win they want to accept the results center is over they opposition supporters have been trying to get in but the police have been pushing them back to they've been burning tires and protests they insist that their candidate the main opposition leader nelson chamisa has won this election there they are over there they are refusing to leave in protest. by law presidential results have to be announced by saturday most of us about what could happen if the lisa doesn't accept defeat. well turkey has condemned the u.s. decision to impose sanctions on two of its senior ministers is the latest effort by the trumpet ministration to get istanbul to release an american pastime under brunson was detained in twenty sixteen accused of helping the grou

e.u. election observer mission says presidential election results should be released as soon as possible to avoid more violence but the longer it lasts to count the more. lack of credibility trumps up something single before therefore it's needed that it must be a trace abilities of the road down to the police station level. but opposition supporters say if they can is it now such an isa doesn't when they want to accept it the result center is over they opposition supporters have been trying to get in but the police have been pushing them back so they've been burning tires a poet is they insist that their candidate the main opposition leader nelson chamisa has won this election there they are over there they are refusing to leave in protest. by law presidential results have to be announced by saturday most of our brains are anxious about what could happen if the lisa doesn't accept defeat. al jazeera. about boys have affairs minister says the government will keep the military deployed following the votes. the commander of the police. forces. remain deployed to. across the country to maintai

e.u. election observer mission says presidential election results should be released as soon as possible to avoid more violence but the longer it lasts to count the more. lack of credibility comes up with something real before therefore it's needed that it must be a trace abilities of the road down to the police station level. but opposition supporters say if they can is it doesn't when they want to accept the results center is over they opposition supporters i've been trying to get in but the police have been pushing them back so they've been burning tires and poet is they insist that their candidate the main opposition leader nelson chamisa has won this election there they are over there they are refusing to leave in protest. by law presidential results have to be announced by saturday most of our brains are anxious about what could happen if the lisa doesn't accept defeat. so about boys home affairs minister says the government will keep the military deployment following the voters. under the command of the police. forces. remain to. across the country to maintain law and order the gover

e.u. observing commission here earlier today brooke let's have a listen to what he told me i am a broken you tell me what is your assessment of this election first of all it was. much better than any other election in this country before and it was freakin pain in creedmore for expression but a lot of shortcomings in favor of the ruling party financing state media intimidation and in the bribery specially in the countryside and such questions until suddenly of in transparency and printing to bellow cheats the voters rolls and all socialists. how grave was it what happened is it but if it was not a fair election does the m.d.c. have grounds to challenge the result but if the result for the presidential election might be fifty point five to forty point four to nine point five and there's a lack of credibility especially not the possibility of. traceability of the voting pro-drug it's gone to the polling station but all the parties had signs the results and i think there is a lack of i expecting the presidential result to be considered different from the parliamentary one that the group be cons

e.u. election observer mission says presidential election results should be released as soon as possible toavoid more violence but the longer it lasts to count the more. lack of credibility trumps are something to see real before therefore it's needed that it must be a trace abilities of the road down to the police station level. but opposition supporters say if they can is it now such an isa doesn't when they want to accept it the result center is over they opposition supporters i've been trying to get in but the police have been pushing them back so they've been burning tires and poet is they insist that their candidate the main opposition leader nelson chamisa has won this election there they are over there they are refusing to leave in protest. by law or presidential results have to be announced by saturday most of our brains are anxious about what could happen if the lisa doesn't accept defeat. al jazeera had. such a south asian our universities and high schools across bangladesh have been ordered to close for a second day after protests over the deaths of two students on the road thou

e.u. election observer mission says presidential election results should be released as soon as possible to avoid more violence but the longer it lasts to count the more. lack of credibility transept there's something single before therefore it's needed that it must be a trace abilities of the road down to the police station level. but opposition supporters say if they can is it now such an isa doesn't when they want to accept it the result center is over they opposition supporters i've been trying to get in but the police have been pushing them back so they've been burning tires a poet is they insist that their candidate the main opposition leader nelson chamisa has won this election there they are over there they're refusing to leave in protest. by law presidential results have to be announced by saturday most of our brains are anxious about what could happen if the lisa doesn't accept defeat let's join our correspondent who's in harare and how the commonwealth observer is not pulling any punches in what is a preliminary report. yes they pretty much are saying they have issues with some o

e.u. election observer mission says presidential election results should be released as soon as possible to avoid more violence but the longer it lasts to count the more. lack of credibility trumps up something single before therefore it's needed that it must be a trace abilities of the road to the police station level. but opposition supporters say if they can is it an isolationist that doesn't win the one expected results center is over they opposition supporters have been trying to get in but the police have been pushing them back so they've been burning tires a poet is they insist that their candidates the main opposition leader nelson chamisa has won this election there they are over there they are refusing to leave in protest. by long presidential results have to be announced by saturday most anxious about what could happen if the lisa doesn't accept defeat. al jazeera. well earlier i spoke to zimbabwean journalists gina god when and she gave me our reaction to the claims of election fraud. these allegations of rigging which is one of the things that sparks the solve these are not jus

e.u. election observer mission says presidential election results should be released as soon as possible to avoid more violence but the longer it lasts to count the more. lack of credibility comes up with something real before therefore it's needed that it must be a trace abilities of the road down to the police station level. but opposition supporters say if the candidates doesn't win they want to accept as the results into is over they opposition supporters have been trying to get in but the police have been pushing them back so they've been burning tires and poet is they insist that their candidate the main opposition leader nelson chamisa has won this election there they are over there they are refusing to leave in protest. by law presidential results have to be announced by saturday most of our brains are anxious about what could happen if the elisa doesn't accept defeat. al jazeera. turkey has condemned the u.s. decision to impose sanctions on two of its senior ministers it's the latest effort by the trumpet ministration to get istanbul to release an american pastor brunson was detain

e.u. election observer mission says presidential election results should be released as soon as possible to avoid more violence but the longer it lasts to count the more. lack of credibility comes up with something real before therefore it's needed that it must be a trace abilities of the road down to the police station level. but opposition supporters say if they can is it now such an isa doesn't when they want to accept it the result is over they opposition supporters have been trying to get in but the police have been pushing them back so they've been burning tires a poet is they insist that their candidate the main opposition leader nelson chamisa has won this election there they are over there they are refusing to leave in protest. by law presidential results have to be announced by saturday most of our brains are anxious about what could happen if the lisa doesn't accept defeat. al jazeera. zimbabwe's home affairs minister says the government will keep the military deployed following the vote. the command of the police. forces remain deployed. across the country to maintain law and or

e.u. election observer mission says presidential election results should be released as soon as possible to avoid more violence but the longer it lasts to count the more. lack of credibility comes up with something real before therefore it's needed that it must be a trace abilities of the road to the police station level. but opposition supporters say if the candidates now such an isa doesn't when they want to accept it the result center is over they opposition supporters have been trying to gain but the police have been pushing them back so they've been burning tires a poet is they insist that their candidate the main opposition leader nelson chamisa has won this election there they are over there they are refusing to leave in protest. by law presidential results have to be announced by saturday most of our brains are anxious about what could happen if the lisa doesn't accept defeat. zimbabwe's her affairs minister says the government will keep the military deployed following the vice. to. be command of the police. forces. remain deployed across the country to maintain law and order the go

e.u. and today a your observations is a also by india i did. together with ira i saw that concerns you raised by these guys in ekiti very difficult for anyone to conceive of if the end of election in this country you have a little of intimidation then you talk about of it will see if you talk about in the media you have to move by as you know when you talk of media yet you have read deal then you use the best the media to reach out as they go to the right of you lately andy zandi of was holding one tonight. does better with then you don't want the intimidation the point of being reminded of the past to say if you want it this way what happened in the past is going to revisit you so what kind of fear made it very difficult to get a free and fair elections in this country ok ernest and that will be the that will be the. my apologies that will be that will be the final word and we'll have to follow this for the next few days to see what else happens and i'm sure we'll call on you again gentlemen thank you all for joining me we appreciate it. josep

e.u. election observer mission says presidential election results should be released as soon as possible to avoid more violence but the longer it lasts to count the more. lack of credibility comes up with something single before therefore it's needed that it must be a trace abilities of the road down to the police station level. but opposition supporters say if they can is it doesn't when they want to accept it the result center is over they opposition supporters i've been trying to get in but the police have been pushing them back so they've been burning tires a poet is they insist that their candidate the main opposition leader nelson chamisa has won this election there they are over there they are refusing to leave in protest. by law presidential results have to be announced by saturday most of our brains are anxious about what could happen if the lisa doesn't accept defeat. was a barber's home minister says the government will keep the military deployed following the violence. the command of the police. forces. remain deployed. across the country to maintain law and order the government

e.u. election observer mission says presidential election results should be released as soon as possible to avoid more violence. runs up. before. it's needed. but opposition supporters say if the candidates doesn't win they want to accept it the result is over they opposition supporters have been trying to get in but the police have been pushing them back so they've been burning tires a poet is they insist that their candidate the main opposition leader nelson chamisa has won this election there they are over there refusing to leave in protest. by law or presidential results have to be announced by saturday most anxious about what could happen if the lisa doesn't accept defeat. and just in the last few moments we've heard from the electoral commission who say that the release the results of the presidential vote very soon gave north the details added that there's been no skullduggery in the election process but let's move on to other news for now universities and high schools across bangladesh have been ordered to close for a second day after protests over the road deaths of two students th

e.u. had observers on the ground and i know that you actually spoke with them what do they say about all of this. that's true i spoke to you broke the you know seven issue here. when he's telling me that on the one hand there's been some progress made when it comes to the complaining and the election day itself having been very peaceful but he also voiced major concerns that there were some very big irregularities also mentioned by the m.d.c. when it came to drinking the kind of papers that says to the state media which really has been announced has to. close its status. but what he's been saying. and that was our melanie heard the ball as you can hear there we lost the audio on her feed there she was joining us from harare with the very latest and we're actually going to head back to zimbabwe now as you can see we're joined by eddie cross a member of zimbabwe's opposition party the movement for democratic change and we thank you so much for joining us to share your insight because we know that the opposition your party is claiming that the long delay in releasing the presidential results i

e.u. chief observer the leader of the european union's observation mission said the force was excessive opposition have also been very critical about this they skeptical of the army's role and they say one or position leaders spoke to a short while ago saying are always now under siege he said it was a seven month window from november when till now when there was a bit more freedom of speech a bit more democratic space he said that he believes that it's now ended with the army having been back on the streets and they complain a number of their officials have been arrested as well they say we don't know how many but they claiming that the window of democratic space that's zimbabwe's experienced in the last seven months they say it's now over all right giving us the update from harare thank you well our online journalist hamza mohammed is also keeping us across developments his stories are on the home page of al jazeera dot com and this one right there is the latest one on zimbabwe you can also follow him on twitter he's on underscore africa in the democratic republic of congo supporters of the form

e.u. and today a your observations is a also by india i did. together with ira i saw that concerns you raised by these guys in ekiti very difficult for anyone to conceive of it's the end of election in this country you have a little of intimidation then you talk about of it's a fee if you talk about in the media you have to move buys you know when you don't have media yet you have read deal then you use the best the media to reach out if they go to the right of you lately and the zandi of was holding one tonight and then you know you need us but of and then you don't want intimidation the point of being reminded of the past to say if you want it this way what happened in the past is going to revisit you so what kind of fear made it very difficult to get a free and fair elections in this country ok and i said that will be the that will be the. my apologies that will be that will be the final word and we'll have to follow this for the next few days to see what else happens and i'm sure we'll call on you again gentlemen thank you all for joining m

e.u. and today a your observations is a also by india i did. together with ira i saw that concerns you raised by these guys negative very difficult for anyone to conceive of it's the end of election in this country you have a little of intimidation then you talk about of it's a fee if you talk about in the media you have to move buys you know when you don't have media yet you have read deal then you use the best e media to reach out to speak out to the right of you lately andy zandi of was holding one tonight and then you know you need that's part of it then you don't want the intimidation the point of being reminded of the past to say if you want it this way what happened in the past is going to revisit you so how do you kind of see it made it very difficult to get a free and fair elections in this country ok ernest and that will be the that will be the. my apologies that will be that will be the final word and we'll have to follow this for the next few days to see what else happens and i'm sure we'll call on you again gentlemen thank you all

e.u. companies from u.s. sanctions and keep a lie they deal plan to limit iranian government's nuclear ambitions european businesses have been struck. did that they should not observe demands from

e.u. companies from u.s. sanctions and keep a lie they deal planned to limit iranian government's nuclear ambitions european businesses have been instructed that they should not observe demands from a trump administration for them to curtail all commerce with iran those companies which choose to pull. out because of u.s. sanctions will need to be approved by the european commission or face potential lawsuits by e.u. member states a joint statement by the foreign ministers of the e.u. twenty eight members showed their resolve saying quote we are determined to protect european economic operators and gauge and legitimate business with iran will have more on how iran is hedging their bets on the sanctions coming up a little bit later in the broadcast and breaking news today as facebook is asking banks to share their users personal financial information with the social media site so that facebook can send them new products no fank you the wall street journal broke the story earlier today the journal says facebook executives have been talk with banks including wells fargo j.p. morgan and citibank over creating features such as displaying their account balances to facebook

e.u. companies from u.s. sanctions and keep a lie they deal plan to limit iranian government's nuclear ambitions european businesses have been strong. did that they should not observe demands from a trumpet ministration for them to curtail all commerce with iran those companies which choose to pull out because of u.s. sanctions will need to be approved by the european commission or face potential lawsuits by e.u. member states a joint statement by the foreign ministers of the e.u. twenty eight members showed their resolve saying quote we are determined to protect european economic operators and gauge and legitimate business with iran will have more on how iran is hedging their bets on the sanctions coming up a little bit later in the broadcast and breaking news today as facebook is asking banks to share their users personal financial information with the social media site so that facebook can send them new products no think you the wall street journal broke the story earlier today the journal says facebook executives have been talk with banks including wells fargo j.p. morgan and citibank over creating features such as displaying their account balances to facebook