he was speaking at one of a series of americans the summits convened by saudi arabia on iran gulf nations called on iran to respects international law. the iranian regime interfered in our internal affairs and developed ballistic and nucular weapons it affects navigation in international oil this is a naked aggression against our stability and international security the qatari prime minister is attending the summit since saudi arabia after an invitation from king saul man it's the 1st high level meeting between the 2 governments since the start of a saudi led economic and diplomatic blockade on qatar 2 years ago. sudan's transitional military council says a protest camp in the capital khartoum is posing a threat to the nation it wants action will be taken against so-called unruly elements demonstrators want women generals to hands para back to the civilians the u.s. president has announced a tower for all goods from mexico to push the government to take action on a legal immigration mexico is calling the move day disastrous unvarying to respond vigorously a 5 percent levy will be forced f

regional security he was speaking at one of a series of emergency summits convened by saudi arabia on iran gulf nations called on iran respects international law. the iranian regime interfered in our internal affairs and develop ballistic and nucular weapons it affects navigation in international oil this is a naked aggression against our stability and international security where the qatari prime minister attended the summit in saudi arabia after an invitation from king solomon it was the 1st high level meeting between the 2 governments since the start of a sow's ear led blockade on cutter 2 years ago sudan's transitional military council says a process camp in the capital khartoum is posing a threat to the nation it warns action will be taken against so-called unruly elements demonstrators won't relent generals to hands of power to civilians the us president has announced a tariff on all gets from mexico to push the government to take action on illegal immigration the 5 percent levy will be enforced from june 10th and increase every month until something is done mexico is calling the move dis

regional security he was speaking at one of a series of emergency summits convened by saudi arabia on iran gulf nations called on iran to respect international law and stop interfering in other countries internal affairs. while the qatari prime minister is attending the summit in saudi arabia after an invitation from king solomon it's the 1st high level meeting between the 2 governments since the start of a saudi led blockade on qatar 2 years ago. and sudan's transitional military council says a protest camp in the capital khartoum is posing a threat to the nation as want action will be taken against so-called unruly elements demonstrations want more than generals to hand power to civilians. well said back to our top story now from our own bashar is all to see the senior political analyst he joins us now from london marwan you've been following the arab league session i wish is just wraps but it was not addressed by caught so what can be done so that. i think the prime minister of qatar attended the meetings there mainly to for the i mean to attend the g.c.c. summit i think that's the main focu

strongpoint after withdrawing from the nuclear deal he reintroduced harsh sanctions against iran even sent warships to the gulf then iran followed suit by abandoning part of the deal a puzzling incident in the gulf of oman is an indicator of rising tension in the region the united arab emirates says this oil tanker was one of 4 commercial vessels attacked and significantly damaged near the port of food on sunday emirates officials have not described the nature of the attack nor have they said who is responsible what is clear is the growing unease in one of the world's most significant shipping hubs 20 percent of all oil transport passes through the strait of hormuz e.u. foreign ministers warn the incident could trigger a major conflict all the more reason to restore the nuclear deal with iran is in its whole nation that's in europe we are united in our view that this deal is vital to our security no one wants iran to be in possession of nuclear weapons as that's the goal of this accord and that's what we had achieved so far therefore we will stand united for this agreement to be implemented and if that's. pale

strongpoint after withdrawing from the nuclear deal he reintroduced harsh sanctions against iran even sent warships to the gulf then iran followed suit by abandoning part of the deal a puzzling incident in the gulf of oman is an indicator of rising tension in the region the united arab emirates says this oil tanker was one of 4 commercial vessels attacked and significantly damaged near the port of food on sunday emirates officials have not described the nature of the attack nor have they said who is responsible what is clear is the growing unease in one of the world's most significant shipping hubs 20 percent of all oil transport passes through the strait of hormuz e.u. foreign ministers warn the incident could trigger a major conflict all the more reason to restore the nuclear deal with iran is and it's an issue that's in europe we are united in our view that this deal is vital to our security and no one wants iran to be in possession of nuclear weapons that's the goal of this accord and that's what we have achieved so far therefore we will stand united for this agreement to be implemented and has its. own pa

it's hoping to rally gulf arab and islamic support for its position vis a vis iran and on the raising the rising tensions in the gulf region of course the problems in the gulf and saudi arabian. tensions and polarization have been going on now for 4 decades but the recent escalation and the attack on the tankers in the persian gulf as well as apparently on biplanes and saudi arabia has really put pressure on riyadh to try and to reach out to. form our allies i would say like cutter as well as neutral neighbors like all men as well as of course muslim countries in order to raise its profile and to defend its interests whether it would be able to get all these countries to support its position on iran that is doubtful well that certainly is the question they're currently in a closed session just hammering out to see what they are and managed to come away with that but certainly it's very disparate elements they're trying to bring together in this common position is it not and many leaders have stayed away from these meetings what do you think the says about the overall effectiveness of

hosting a series of high level meetings of the gulf cooperation council and the arab league there it comes during a time of escalating tension between iran and the gulf states and its allies. well among those attending the meeting in mecca is qatar as prime minister is the 1st highlevel meeting between the qatari leaders with nations he imposed a blockade on the country nearly 2 years ago leaders also held a wider meeting of the arab league those talks also focus on rights of palestinians the situation in yemen and recent attacks on oil tankers off the u.a.e. both riyadh and washington accuse a run of the attacks earlier this month and the u.s. has deployed additional troops and warships to the gulf. looking someone has told the arab league it's time to take action against iran. not taking a decisive and repellent stance against iran would lead to continuing abuse in the region so to reveal will always stretch its hand to cooperate and help other countries in the region to develop and reach peace in the area including the iranian people we have to exert effort to make the arab world a decisive and effective region internationally. well r

and iran in the gulf is this a real danger. well what we saw last week is the continued military buildup by the united states in the persian gulf there was a briefing by the pentagon of sketching out options for a military escalation including more than 100000 troops u.s. troops which would be needed in such a conflict so there is real and serious planning being done on the u.s. side as it appears and this is what worries everyone else the europeans in particular but also the other signatories of the steel the russians and the chinese and certainly everyone in the region so yes we should not discount this possibility and that's why it was important for the europeans to show once more their position to the u.s. that is a position of what they call maximum restraint as opposed to maximum pressure which the united states is trying to put on iran ok the beans might be calling for maximum restraint but the u.s. secretary of state is pushing europe to toughen its stance on iran will this impact the e.u. position. by what happened yes

iran's accusing the us of escalating tensions across the gulf region iran's foreign minister is in new delhi on an official visit to see his indian counterpart he says tehran predicted what he called the sabotage operation to escalate the situation going back to an aspect of the story in saudi arabia we were talking about at the top of the hour 4 cargo ships near the strait of hormuz were damaged by explosions 3 days ago an american military team is helping with the investigation. as. we discussed regional issues and the policies of extremists inside the u.s. administration and in the region who are trying to impose their policies we also discussed the concerns we have about suspicious sabotage operations that are happening in the region that we had earlier predicted that they would carry out such measures. in the region. ravi has more now from tehran. following an initial assessment by a u.s. military team sent to fit your report to investigate the incident that occurred there an unnamed member of that team seemed to suggest that iran might be behind what happened in for gera now iran

trump withdrew from the deal last may he reintroduced harsh sanctions against iran and most recently he sent warships to the gulf iran followed suit last week by abandoning part of the deal. a puzzling incident in the gulf of oman is an indicator of rising tension in the region. the united arab emirates says this oil tanker with one of 4 commercial vessels attacked and significantly damaged near the port of food trial on sunday emirates officials have not described the nature of the attack or who is responsible what is clear is the growing unease in one of the world's most significant shipping hubs 20 percent of all oil transport passes through the strait of hormuz. e.u. foreign officials warn the incident could trigger a major conflict all the more reason to restore the nuclear deal with iran we are very worried about the risk of a conflict happening by accident with an escalation of these unintended really on either side that ends at some kind of conflict and most of all we need to make sure that we don't and opposite iran back on the path to renewed to rise ation because if you're wrong becomes a nuclear its

defense secretary is downplaying the possibility of war with iran patrick shanahan says the deployment of more forces to the gulf will limit iran's ability to attack he made the remarks after briefing u.s. congress mike hanna reports. congress has been demanding more information for weeks and finally it was provided by the members of the trumpet ministration secretary of state mike pump aoe in the acting secretary of defense patrick shanahan held separate reefing sessions from both the house and the senate. patrick shanahan arguing that the recent deployment to carry a strike force to the region has played a role in controlling the crisis we have to turn attacks based on our repository of assets to turn attacks against american forces. our biggest focus at this point is to prevent iranian miscalculation. that we do not want the situation to escalate. this is about deterrence not about war. or not about going to war we're ready to respond if we have to the best thing to appen is for everybody to calm down and iran to back off and i'm hoping that this show of force will result in deescalating not escalating nobody

gulf states like saudi arabia the u.a.e. and bahrain so how difficult is it for iran to achieve balanced relations with gulf states. i think iran has been trying to reach out to these nations and all of them with the non-aggression and other initiative and regional dialogue you know initiative and rouhani administration but you know the saudi leadership and the u.a.e. and bahrain see. more merit in you know a bandwagon and what they in the u.s. maximum pressure on iran so they are pushing against iran less in the region and they are trying to score some you know scores goals in iran on iran during trump's presidency if they see an opportunity there and i think iran is trying to you know reach out to them to say that's where not threatening unlike what the united states is saying why you know proposing proposal like the non-aggression pact but they are falling on deaf ears i would say and how significant is a rainy and influencing policy in the gulf region i mean buck rein in saudi arabia for instance say iran feels unrest and then a shia populations and of course there's the war in yemen with terror and supporting t

barbuda is a research or specializing in gulf and middle east affairs he says disagreements over iran have split the gulf region making it weaker. is flawed from the state's flawed because in one sense. they don't want to talk to iran iran has asked for a dialogue and they don't want to sit on the table and talk to your own and sort out all the issues that we have of iran on the other hand they are instead of uniting and unifying the gulf region to stand as a block a solid block they're actually dividing it into different countries they are this integrating. regional organization that you see there a conflict within between the g.c.c. member states the blockade against scott are but there is also all conflict within the arabian peninsula there's a war in yemen there is issues with syria or iraq and libya and so on so you can't have one group standing against your own if you want to push back in one sense and this and this group is this united and this is this fragment that well let's stay with this thomas pickering is a former united states undersecretary of state for political affair

it's a good sign it's critical not only for the gulf states to deal with iran as the top line messages and why they need to have gulf unity but also within the region and for regional stability to have tension points reduced is always a good thing and so to see that opening that hopefully will become an opening that begins to expand and where there are real discussions of reestablishing normal relations between the parties the region doesn't win when it has these tension points and right now there are tension points practically everywhere one goes and i think that's also partly centrally why the united states policy is so difficult right now it's not as if we here in washington have a magic wand and that the white house can just decide there's one thing that it will do and everything gets resolved if we should all actors continue to be at loggerheads it only makes it that much more difficult to have a coherent american policy towards the bigger issues ok joel rubin great start to you thanks very much for joining us that life from washington d.c. thank you. i citizens transitional milit

gulf rivals iran and saudi arabia have said they are not seeking war as the u.s. builds up its military presence in the region the leader of iran's revolutionary guard says his country is not pursuing a conflict his comments came after the saudi foreign ministry said the kingdom doesn't want to escalate tensions but will respond if iran chooses to engage in conflict man has called for a 2 emergency summit involving gulf and arab leaders in mecca. on may 30th to discuss the situation in the region. saudi arabia does not want war in the region and is not seeking it and will do its best to have beat it but at the same time if the other party chooses war then we will respond with all strength and determination and will defend itself and its interests the kingdom hopes others to be wise and the iranian regime and its agents to stay away from recklessness and stupid acts and spare the region instability in saudi arabia ask the international community to take responsibility to stop that regime from destabilizing the world while the u.s. has deployed an aircraft carrier a

iran has exploited many american missteps in the middle east, in particular, the persian gulf. led vaccuums in iraq after the us withdrawal. and iran is in the business of saying america is not a trustworthy partner, and that is something that iran is likely to step up it's messaging on, should it go to iraq in the future. that's why the secretary's trip to iraq was so important. how do you feel about this policy of what you might call, sabre rattling with iran? hasn't worked too well so far, has it, do you expect it to work better in the future? why would it? tomorrow the administration's maximum pressure campaign against iran enters year two. for the first year, that policy has been defined pretty much by tough economic sanctions, hopefully creative military posturing and diplomacy could lead to something here. the ultimate goal of all the pressure is to drive iran back to the negotiating table. if it is true, and i do believe it is true, that the iranians were looking to strike american assets in the middle east, perhaps even in iraq, and the deployment of the carrier strike

very concerned that this situation that has developed between the united states and iran focused in the persian gulf that this could escalate escalate without anyone wanting it to. busy here we as i mentioned earlier iran is also losing patience it is said that it is suspended. its commitment according to the iranian nuclear deal it is it is stop selling excess uranium and heavy water it is also threatening that in 60 days the other signatories of the iranian nuclear deal all of their commitments will also restart construction and development of its nuclear reactor the commitments we're talking about here is their promise to shield iran from sanctions to shield its economy its trade from sanctions and to allow the access to global markets that hasn't happened so as i say a lot at stake today a lot at stake and there could be serious progress made or nothing at all since neither the united states nor iran have shown much willingness to make a u. turn. more on going to sting across these talks for us in sochi throughout the day thank you. iran is not the only country washington has tried to bend to it

threat is still very much there and they do see a buildup of iranian military readiness along the iran gulfthing that concerns them a great deal. u.s. military commanders say they must be positioned to deal with this if this threat continues to grow. jake. >> barbara starr at the pentagon. thank you so much. >>> and this just into cnn. the state of new york has just passed a bill that would require the state's tax commissioner to provide president trump's tax returns to congress if they request them. cristina alesci is following this developing story. and that bill is now headed to the desk of governor andrew cuomo and he said he supported it. >> that is right. the governor said he supported it so it looks like this is very close to actually becoming law. and to be clear what this would require is the state's tax commissioner to go ahead and send congress the president's state tax returns. it would be strict -- striped of any federal information and the request would have to come from one of three specific committees. one from the house, or the senate or a joint committee but from those thr

iran of posing a threat to u.s. soldiers in the country just days ago the u.s. deployed a carrier to the persian gulf the trumpet ministration policy is to exert maximum pressure on iran and their sanctions are hitting hard iran's oil exports are down and their currency has taken a dive things are getting tight for tehran. correspondent teresa tropper is with me now in the studio tracer good morning to you you spent a lot of time reporting from tehran for us where do you see this going to do you see a chance of compromise between the u.s. and iran well that's of course very hard to tell right now because congress ramped up pressure ever since this country left the nuclear deal but iran on the other side has so now now have surprising amount of restraint so far. because the government and the people want to keep the nuclear deal in life they were a few supporters of it in the first place so they don't have any interest in escalating this conflict any further but as we heard where the u.s. washed up on the way to the persian gulf and also that all the economic hardships that have come with latest round

in mecca later on thursday the aim to focus on regional security as tension between iran the united states and their gulf allies aska escalates on wednesday regional foreign ministers met as the saudis called on muslim nations to confront iran with what they called force and firmness it's been a particularly tense month in the region with the u.s. deploying troops and warships to the gulf and simmons reports. the 1st of 3 major gatherings of leaders one objective to find a way of reducing tension in the middle east it's difficult at a time when divisions within the region run deep made worse by the battle of rhetoric between the united states and iran the host for these talks saudi arabia has made its position clear. we emphasize the need to exert more efforts to combat the subversive activities of extremist terrorist groups they must be addressed with all strength and firmness. a reference there to damage to 4 vessels including 2 saudi all tankers off the coast of the united arab emirates earlier this month and drone attacks on saudi oil installations 2 days later the saudis had accused iran of ordering

series of apparent attks this weekend that damaged four oil tankers, two belonginto iran's enemy saudi arabia in e persian gulf iran denies it was responsible. >> and richard joins us now richard, we're seeing some deep divisions in the u.s. government >> lester, many u.s. officials are saying the administration is looking for a rs conflict, while othe are more hard line, including national security adviser joh bolton regardless of the divisions, tension remains high and centcom tonight said u.s. troops iraq and syria are on high alert becausof potential attack from iran-backed forces lest >> richard engel in our london newsroom, ank you. >>> tonight the u.s. trade war with china is showing no signs of letting up, despite the president referring to it today as, quote, little squabble it does have some very es real life conseque in the near term for american consumers and middles caught in the we get the latest from our chief white house correspondent hallie jackson. >> reporter: yet another escalation may be just days away as president trump leans h into threat to slap even more tariffs on china and $325 billi

iran is accusing the u.s. of escalating tensions in the gulf region iran's foreign minister divides the reef is in new delhi on an official visit to see is indian counterpart he says predicted what he called a sabotage operation to escalate the situation on monday for cargo ships south of the strait of hormuz with damaged by explosions an american military team is helping with the investigation. as. we discussed regional issues and the policies of extremists inside the us administration and in the region who are trying to impose their policies we also discussed the concerns we have about suspicious sabotage operations that are happening in the region that we had earlier predicted that they would carry out such measures. in the region the same bus driver has more now from to have. following an initial assessment by a u.s. military team sent to fit your report to investigate the incident that occurred there unnamed member of that team seem to suggest that iran might be behind what happened in for jarrod now iranian leaders have been responding to that senior members of parliament have said that the information b

iran is accusing the u.s. of escalating tensions in the gulf region iran's foreign minister zarif is in new delhi on an official visit to see his indian counterpart he says tehran predicted what he called a quote sabotage operation to escalate tensions across the region now on monday for cargo ships south of the strait of hormuz were hit by explosions and i'm an american military team is helping with the investigation let's get more from who joins us live from tehran so saying what do we make of those latest comments from the foreign minister of a port incident. well the foreign minister's comments come after a round of several other people that have been speaking let me just give you a little bit of background before we get to that now the united states has been saying since pulled out of the nuclear deal that iran might target its target maritime vessel traffic in the waters around the country and the report that you mentioned is an it's a report from an unnamed source that is part of an american military team investigating the incidents in for gera and in their initial assessment they said that iran might be

kingdom is hosting a series of high level meetings of the gulf cooperation council and the arab league it comes of escalating tension between iran and the united states and its gulf allies. the iranian regime interfered in our internal affairs and developed ballistic and nucular weapons it affects navigation in international oil this is a naked aggression against our stability and international security. well among those attending the meeting in mecca is cancerous prime minister this is the 1st high level meeting between qatari leaders and nations who imposed a blockade on the country nearly 2 years ago leaders are now moving in ca wise are missing off the arab league those talks are also focusing on the situation in yemen and recent attacks on society vassals well riyadh and washington accuse iran of the attacks earlier this month and the u.s. has deployed additional troops to the gulf. well maran bashar is al jazeera senior political analyst he joins us now live from london marwan sightseer rapier is clearly hoping to put on a united front faced with the threats of iran highlight they'd see achieve this given the tensions that

arabia to discuss regional security as tensions between the united states and iran and its cult thousand i -- and it's golf gulflliesit's escalate. this is al jazeera. also coming up. qatar's prime minister is at the summit, the first meeting with saudi arabia and other nations since they began a blockade of qatar. >> iran is a weakened nation and wants to make a deal also. says the u.s. president sanctions or forcing iran to the negotiating table. ♪ few hopes of finding more survivors in budapest after a tourist boat sinking kills at least seven people. ♪ saudi arabia's king has accused iran of developing nuclear and ballistic missiles which are a threat to regional and global security. salman wast -- speaking during a meeting of , and it comes during a time of escalating tensions between iran and the united states and its gulf allies. the iranian regime interfered in our internal affairs and developed weapons. it affects navigation and international oil. this is naked aggression against our stability and international security. host: among those attending the meeting in mecca is the prime minister of qatar. t

middle east as the standoff between the united states and iran intensifies the trumpet ministration has sent an aircraft carrier to the persian gulf and is updating the war plans over what it says are iranian threats to american troops and interests this follows iran's announcement last week in response to tighter u.s. sanctions that it will partly reduce its commitment to the nuclear deal unilaterally rejected a year ago by washington iran also issued an ultimatum to the remaining parties to the agreement giving them 60 days to find a way to keep trading with iran despite the u.s. sanctions could u.s. pressure put it produce a new and better deal as washington claims or will it result in war that's the question we pose on this edition of quadriga and here are our guests who will answer it it's a pleasure to welcome tori tausig she's a political analyst for the brookings institution currently on a robert bosch fellowship in berlin she says tensions between the u.s. and iran are escalating signals coming out of washington and tehran indicate things won't to cool down any time soon. and we're very glad to have shine archaean on the

iran is in the persian gulf area. we are not in gulf of mexico.questions should be directed to those people who have come to our neighborhood from thousands of miles. we are there. we are protecting our interest in our neighborhood, and we are protecting the safety and security of the persian gulf area. >> you are increasing your stockpiles of heavy water and enriched uranium. why? >> because the nuclear deal was the result of many years of intense negotiations between iran and a number of countries. then, last year, president trump decided to leave the deal. our partners in that deal told us not to rush to withdraw from the agreement, and we did. we accepted their offer. we waited for one year. we were very patient. unfortunately, after one year, we came to this conclusion that nothing actually is happening as regards to iran's interest, based on what we agreed in the jcpoa. so we decided for 60 days to not -- not to honor only two commitments, and we will see what will happen in the course of the next 60 days. >> do you want -- does iran want nu

out of things and trying to get the saudis and the other gulf states to talk to iran that may not be the way the trumpet ministration want to go clearly the iranians i think being quite clever by leaving the u.s. out of this and yet putting forward what they would say is a pretty constructive proposal the certainly the secretary general's office will be making it clear for some days that they're very uneasy about the current war of words and the real fear that they could be miscalculation that could lead to real serious military problems in the region james bays there are diplomatic and is a live for us on the u.n. in new york james thank you now the united nations says it may be forced to scale back the delivery of humanitarian aid to some parts of yemen and to who think control early this month the world food program wrote to him the leaders after being refused access to those in need the agency says the biggest challenge it faces is not threats from weapons but what it calls the obstructive role of some who think need as the u.n. says the suspension of aid would be a last resort.

war with iran patrick shanahan says it's sending more forces to the gulf is meant to deter iran from launching an attack. but french president emanuel mccraw is meeting the libyan war old star in paris after his fighters have been battling forces allied to the un recognized government for control of libya's capital tripoli in recent weeks the u.n. says the fighting could split the country. is live in paris for some of the tasha after meeting the french president there what more do we know about that. was not the 1st time of the french president's a man or my car has met or have to the renegade live in command but it is the 1st time that the 2 men are actually having talks one on one and it comes nearly 7 weeks after half the launched an offensive to try and capture tripoli where the un backed an internationally recognized government is based now the libyan backed prime minister fires are surats was also in paris a couple of weeks ago he also met the french president emanuel my core and what's my point is trying to do with these 2 meetings talking to both sides really to try and urge

iran of threatening its troops and interests u.s. airlines have also been told to avoid flying over the gulf due to increased military activity but iran's foreign minister has this missed the possibility of a new conflict in the region saying toran does not want to war. sri lanka is marking 10 years since the end of a decades long civil war that left more than 100000 people dead the un has urged sri lanka to investigate alleged war crimes committed by both sides but this feud some communities continue to limit progress burnet smith reports now from lee white cotton. 10 years hasn't diminished the grief for the survivors of shoreline because civil war . thousands of tamil civilians are trapped on this strip of land as government forces on the liberation tigers of tamil eelam forced out the last weeks of the war . on a seal in iraq he was 8 months old at the time. she was found sucking milk from her dead mother's breast. the u.n. estimates of 40000 civilians were killed in the last few months of the fighting because the government launched its final assault on our suits me fine says today 10 years on there are still families here waiting

pump aoe is playing down talk of any military conflict with iran last week the white house announced the deployment of extra warships to the gulf region the commander of iran's revolutionary guard described the move as psychological warfare to pompei oh says washington does not want war with tehran. but i'm going to miscalculate our aim is not war our aim is a change in the behavior of the iranian leadership we hope the iranian people will get what they finally want what they did so richly deserve the forces that we're putting in place of course as we've had in the region before you know we often have carriers in the persian gulf but the president wanted to make sure that in the event that something took place we were prepared to respond to an appropriate way and as the secretary of state i want to make sure that we had all the political diplomatic tools in the right place and we want to make sure that we can provide the president with an option set in the had to in the event that the iranians make a bad decision well mr pompeo is due to meet the e use policy chief and other european foreign ministers in brussels later to discu

i'm calling asman in berlin welcome to the program iran is appealing to the united nations to help ease tensions in the persian gulf region that's after a weekend of talks when donald trump threatened and 12 in a tweet to quote and iran tehran has since responded with a warning of its own but says it's not looking for a war relations between the 2 countries have worsened over the past year after washington pulled out of the 2015 deal aimed at curbing iran's nuclear program. iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif didn't mince words in his response to trump's threats. donald trump hopes to achieve what i like sander the great genghis khan and other aggressors fail to do iranians have stood tall for millennia while the aggressors are all gone economic terrorism and genocidal taunts won't end iran never threaten a rainy and try respect it works. it was all in response to trump's earlier tweet vowing to quote end iran if tehran wages war against the u.s. but on the streets of the iranian capital not everyone felt war was looming maybe sit on a war won't have to and it's trump could start one he would have done it

war with iran at shanahan says sending more forces to the gulf is meant to deter iran i'm launching an attack. i'm going to support abortion rights have marched in cities across the u.s. in a show of force against conservative efforts to restrict the procedure castro has more we're going. c on the 100th anniversary of the house giving women the vote in the united states women and abortion rights activists in cities across the country took to the streets to say their battle is not finished does anyone here think women in this country will stay silent while our rights are being taken away from oz. they march to protest abortion restrictions recently passed in conservative states 26 nays one alabama's new law is the most extreme it bans abortions except for one.

iran of threatening its troops and interests u.s. airlines have also been told to avoid flying over the gulf due to increased military activity however iran's foreign minister as this miss the possibility of a new conflict in the region same to iran does not want to war. sudan's transitional military council says it's preparing to resume talks with protest leaders on sunday demonstrators hit the streets of khartoum again on saturday continuing their demand for a civilian government because the asians the terminal new governing body were suspended for 72 hours of wednesday after protesters blocked roads in the capital all the bodies including the un and the european union have called for talks to get going as soon as possible. it's going to democratic republic of congo now where the world health organization says it will move ebola transit centers from the town of bhutan both to avoid attacks by rebel groups health workers have also been targeted by local communities more than a 1000 people have died since the outbreak of ebola was the cleared last august catherine soyuz in the capital kinshasa. just back to the capital kinshasa. whic

operating in yemen russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has addressed the issue surrounding iran he said that some gulf countries may be considering to iran's initiative for a norm aggression treaty years most of. i am aware that certain gulf states not all of them are ready to consider the initiative we are prepared to contribute to the process. of the afghan taliban says that it was behind the car bombing targeting a military convoy in kabul 4 people were killed in the attack 7 others were wounded including 4 u.s. service this. hungary's prime minister viktor orban says that he wants a thorough investigation into a boat accident on the danube on wednesday at least 20 people are still missing feared drowned at least 7 others are confirmed dead rescuers are still searching the river for survivors police have detained the captain of the larger vessel that hit the sightseeing boat it was carrying 35 people when it was struck and sank within seconds. tens of thousands of students and teachers in brazil have rallied against plans to cut spending on education demonstrations took place and 80 cities the gove

iran in south. say they don't want a war as riyadh's ally the united states builds up its military presence in the gulf a leader of iran's revolutionary guard says tehran is not pursuing a conflict earlier the saudi foreign ministry said the kingdom doesn't want to escalate tensions either but stands ready to defend itself. now the united nations says it's running out of funds to help syrian refugees in lebanon nonprofits are trying to fill the gap but as donor fatigue sets in the refugee population is growing more vulnerable by the day as in a harder report on the big. over 70 percent of lebanon syrian refugee population lives in poverty. is one of them he also lives with chronic diseases the cost of care is high non-governmental organizations run clinics like this one for those who can't afford treatment or medicine but not everything he needs is available or the argument of. i have cancer and diabetes i also have heart problems i need my medicine but they're no longer providing it the help has dramatically decreased and we do not know why. the lack of money is why at the same time the needs are grow

and iran a gulf cooperation meeting and arab league conference is being held on thursday in mecca and the organization of islamic cooperation will gather on friday. curtis leaders in sudan have declared their 2 day strike a success all across the nation stopped working on tuesday and wednesday protest groups are now threatening a campaign of civil disobedience to try and force the military council to hand over power to civilians. and gary and police have launched a criminal investigation after a tourist boat sank on the danube at least 7 people are confirmed dead another 21 are missing rescue teams say there is little hope of finding survivors the boat was carrying south korean tourist that reportedly collided with another tourist special heavy rain and strong currents have been hampering the rescue efforts at least 6 people have been killed by a bomb attack in the afghan capital kabul a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a military training center as one of the main centers for training recruits no group has claimed responsibility yet and so the headlines keep it here on al-jazee

gulf. cooperation council iran has been calling for more political talks with the g.c.c. saying that it's up to us to come together talk about the differences solve those differences and move forward they have been warning against any attempt to further isolate iran or any attempt to push for a military confrontation and i think today we are likely to see further strained relations with the saudis in particular and iran so it's not likely at all that we will see this in gauge it in the g.c.c. and iran. that's not likely to come towards the time being. what is what is all this is that the saudis are consolidating the diplomatic push with the support of the getting for more countries i've been hearing from arab leaders saying the exactly the same thing that we support your behavior which could be an indication that we are likely going to see more strained relations between the 2 countries that's a key players in the region and the more tension and this is going to further create many many concerns and worries among the people in the region other time where there were calls

government are downplaying the possibility of war with iran but strongly defended their military buildup in the gulf less than 24 hours ago top officials briefed congress on developments with iran after members of congress voiced concern that to the defense secretary on trip shanahan says the deployment of additional forces to the gulf will limit terror on his ability to attack will can be hoped that joins us live now from washington d.c. kimberly so the house democrats have been pretty angry about what they're being told is the perceived threat from iran who they've been saying yeah there's there's frustration there's confusion and creasing wariness among not just democratic lawmakers but some republicans as well who are trying to get clarity of whether the united states is preparing for some sort of military conflict with iran now there is the concern at all of this that there has not been enough information provided that's why we saw on tuesday members of the trumpet ministration seeking to to calm some of those fears surrounding the escalating tensions particularly in light of the rhetoric that

it will be a catastrophic war not just for iran and it will be for iran as well but for the west and for israel and for the persian gulf region itself the b.b.c. very close ally of the british council arguably saying iran jail's british council workers in inverted commas i presume they don't need the inverted commas but wouldn't move what about the cold war as it were because all we hear about is iran jailing people british citizens wrongly well i mean i want to comment on this particular incident i don't know much about it i'll just plead ignorance all i know is what i've seen on the media which is all because we have is a story of murder on the iranian people involved well i mean i can tell you what the iranians think the iranians thing. western countries and israel are trying to get spies into the country and they're often doing that through dual nationals we have the famous case of nasa needs are going to radcliffe you know she's called me in the in the british press because they want to humanize iran they give her full full title now the iranians feel that she's a spy they're proof that she's a spy she's put on tr