dorman and mike pompei was on a mission a mission that didn't go quite the way he planned pompei has been on the road for the past week rallying support for washington's iran policy last wednesday he abruptly pulled out of a scheduled meeting with germany's chancellor angela merkel instead he met iraqi leaders and warned them that iran's threat to american interests in the region was growing he then postponed a trip to russia to share iran intelligence with european leaders in brussels but they didn't offer him their backing. opinion inside the states of the european union site that's for the technician to do all we can as i said with eastern and to implement it for our part of the nuclear agreement as long as it makes compliance next stop sochi in the russian black sea resort pompei i met president vladimir putin and foreign minister sergei lavrov but again he got very little. the producers we didn't support it and we consider it a mistake that the u.s. exit did the iran nuclear deal. we hope to find a political solution to the situation in iran and will try to assist so that the si

secretary of state mike pompei and chancellor and the knuckles stressed they have the same values but they agree on little else they're wrong is the main cause of friction also coming up the skull cap traditionally won by jewish men is the focus of debate as the number of. incidents in germany rises we meet a man who covers his cap went and then he leaves his home in. a minute it's mckinnon thank you so much for joining us. a european told by the u.s. secretary of state might compare to a strained start when he and german chancellor angela merkel failed to agree on very much a toll and they did agree that they had shed valleys but there was little meeting of minds beyond that policy towards iran is the main cause of friction between the 2 allies. it took mike pompei 0400 days to find time to visit berlin and then officials scheduled only 45 minutes for talks with chancellor angela merkel on trouble spots afghanistan and syria libya and iran. in the world is in great turmoil above all the question of the run and how to prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons the visits what not. no

i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us well the chancellor and mark pompei are starting a press conference at this hour after a 1st round of talks let's go straight to the chancery where that press conference is now taking place. on how can we make sure that iran doesn't have any nuclear weapons how can we work to prevent further aggressive actions on the part of iran and of course we would also be talking about afghanistan i presume both our countries have substantial numbers of troops on the ground and syria is also going to be on our agenda today as the situation is very french and indeed when the north by teams and ends give no 3 all badmouth in a fog of all slant one gets you know nothing in a presidential. well not really opened up about suing them by this confiscating the intel with most as asean feel from one foot even with number in the future funding to push placing even guys that have helped us off this place and we had an. well and the fight for the intense evil conduct and that's good. to name 2 other issues that we will be peace talks upon that is undoubtedly going

mr pompei oh what a lack of sincerity. and so the day ended as it started around it by his generals still in power. again taking to social media to call for more street protests on wednesday. let's get some analysis on this story now is that you have to start if he is a political science professor here in berlin and an expert on venezuela he joins us here in our studio and and we sure when is our correspondent in moscow she's been looking into russia's support of the mother government for us good to have you both if they can let's start with you why though and his supporters we saw those dramatic scenes on the street they were trying to seize the moment and also perhaps the element of surprise to carry out this final phase of his plan is why they called it to oust the mughal government did that fail i do believe it failed because of mostly two reasons did not receive the popular support that way though and his people were expecting and because the military supported india and not us government there were some around handwr

how will they digest those comments where you are from mr pompei o. well certainly here into her own iranian leaders will be watching his comments and the meeting in brussels very carefully. the iranians ever since the united states pulled out of the nuclear deal last year and started its maximum pressure campaign on iran it could be said that iran has carried out a pressure campaign on europe to do something to to help iran still get big benefits out of the nuclear deal to make up for the u.s. pull out and to make sure that it abides by its agreements in the nuclear deal which iranian leaders have criticized europe for being unable to do so or unwilling to do so lately that has become the case iranian leaders have said that the united states or europe is likely to side with the united states some members of parliament even accusing the e.u. of playing good cop of the united states plays bad cop and so there's a great deal of distrust between iran and e.u. leaders now there's a great deal of disappointment iranian leaders say in europe's handling of a

that the policy makers in washington like bolton like pompei or and include. in the democratic party who are sort of the tail to their kite now they're working under this agreement that america may be an empire in decline but by applying maximum pressure on all of its so-called enemies or adversaries it will get them to crumble and so we see i think bolton is working out of the playbook of ronald reagan in the in the 1980 s. when they ratcheted up the arms race against the soviet union thinking that well look they they will go we might go bankrupt from this but they'll go bankrupt 1st and i think when you look at what's going on in china in venezuela now against iran we have a maximum pressure strategy and i think what they have behind them is this concept we are the greatest military power in the world we may no longer be the greatest economic power but this power we can assert and exert and that's our only ticket bride that's why you know composition is it worked what is it worked ok so you have the greatest military on the planet where does it work ok they

it took mike pompei 0400 days to find time to visit berlin and then officials scheduled only 45 minutes for talks with chancellor angela merkel on trouble spots afghanistan syria libya and iran. the world is in great turmoil above all the question of the round house will prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. nor did pump ayos discussions with germany's foreign minister bring the 2 countries closer together washington has been raising the pressure on iran well european countries struggle to save the nuclear deal iran signed 4 years ago. this is also no secret that we are pursuing different approaches towards that and. why from our point of view instead of europe as a whole preservation of the nuclear deal increases international safety and that's important to us but time is running out iran is threatening to stop complying with parts of the nuclear deal if signatories don't find a way to soften u.s. sanctions iran is primarily dependent on income from the sale of oil washington sanctions have effectively choked off that money supply we will do our best to enforce the american sanc

of a minority opinion but eventually they got the agreement through now that bolton and trump and pompei all have sabotaged that agreement ripped it up said it was the worst deal ever there aren't democrats coming to the fore saying look this was barack obama's signature foreign policy achievement we're going to defend it so you hear biden and even bernie sanders they're basically mute about this question so i think it speaks to gary there was a geo strategic difference but trump represents the majority sentiment in the plasma behind you is the capital of the united states and it's a house full of cowards ok max you wanted to jump in go ahead. you know the building up of that it is true that trump is deviating from obama on iran particularly with respect to the nuclear question or whatever the nuclear development however in a way this you know trump is in a way continuing obama's policy particularly in yemen yemen is taking increasing importance because it looks like the correct wire to go after iran might be who things and people often forget because there was hardly any discussion of t

on a number of global challenges including on syria afghanistan and north korea earlier in the day pompei and russia's foreign minister spent 3 hours grappling with pressing label issues among them venezuela on which they agreed to disagree but was. venezuela we have disagreement i urge my russian colleagues to support the venezuelan people as they return democracy to their country the united states and more than 50 other nations agree that the time has come for nicolas maduro to go he's brought nothing but misery to the venezuelan people. and we hope that the russians will support the former dural will and democritus you in your system of democracy can't be imposed by force the threats coming both from u.s. officials and the opposition leader one go i don't know who is always reminding us of the possibility of military intervention have nothing to do with democracy or that there may never often pompei i didn't strike up quite the same level of a poor as their bosses have done in the past at least that's according to the body language expert stanton. people that are getting on very well i

diplomat is in the german capital at this hour for talks on tough issues secretary of state mike pompei on chancellor on the macro have stressed that they have the same values but they agree on a little beyond that from iran and china to ukraine in trade the 2 have a tough time finding common ground also on the show. on greece prime minister promising a thorough probe of a fatal boat collision on the danube with 7 confirmed dead $21.00 still missing almost all south koreans a delegation from seoul is demanding answers. and he's cigarettes have been held to a safer substitute for cigarettes but what are the real risks of a pit. alone welcome to the show i'm brian thomas u.s. secretary of state might pompei always been meeting with chancellor on a macro for high level talks here in poland his visit comes 3 weeks after he called all flying to germany at the very last moment differences in policy over iran and china are high on the agenda. our chief political editor michelle acuff nurses down at the chancellor's office where pompei was meeting with all of the machall right now but earlier h

secretary of state mike pompei all made a last minute visit to brussels to meet with his british french and german counterparts they are still signatories to the iran nuclear deal which the u.s. pulled out of one year ago much to the chagrin of its allies. we continue to fully support the nuclear deal with it on its full implementation the u.s. withdrawal from the deal has drawn criticism from the e.u. china and russia the deal was designed to keep iran from acquiring nuclear weapons in return iran would see sanctions lifted now the iranian government has said it will suspend some of its commitments to the deal tehran has so far not been willing to meet with the u.s. on monday afternoon pompeo met with german foreign minister heiko mass just. as we have a different understanding at the new could a deal to chair the same goal of keeping iran from getting nuclear weapons. and we need to address the new role of iran in the region. at the moment i don't see any better or other suggestions for a better deal i think it's wise to stick to the one we have in the. us 101st. a deal he hopes will

iran vice and pompei oh well pompei are talking about everyone being on the side of freedom and democracy i think what's surprising is how far jeremy haun sounds telling iran to be cautious and to think about the consequences when that really does ignore the elephant in the room which is that it was the u.s. that unilaterally pulled out of the deal in the first place now over a year ago never the you never the less washington is saying that it's that iran's decision is in defiance of international norms take a listen to a separate statement from pompei zero about iran. the iranian regime's announcement that it intends to expand its nuclear program is in defiance of international norms and a blatant attempt to hold the world hostage is threat to renew nucular work that could shorten the time to develop a nuclear weapon on the schools the continuing challenge the iranian regime poses to peace and security worldwide. and in keeping with that maximum pressure mantra from donald trump he has unveiled yet more fresh sanctions against tehran this time targeting iran's mettle trailing tump spoke

secretary of state might pompei it got off to a strange start when he and german chancellor angela merkel failed to agree on anything very much in berlin they did agree that they had shared values but there was little meeting of minds beyond that policy towards iran is the main cause of friction between the 2 allies. it took my palm peo 400 days to find time to visit berlin and then officials scheduled only 45 minutes for talks with chancellor angela merkel on trouble spots afghanistan syria libya and iran. the world is in great turmoil above all the question of the run and how to prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. nor did bump ayos discussions with germany's foreign minister bring the 2 countries closer together washington has been raising the pressure on iran well european countries struggle to save the nuclear deal iran signed 4 years ago. this is also no secret that we are pursuing different approaches towards that and. at the rate at why from our point of view instead of europe as a whole preservation of the nuclear deal increases international safety and that's important t

secretary of state mike pompei o is done playing talk of any military conflict with iran mr pompei o says washington doesn't want war with tehran last week the white house announced the deployment of extra warships to the gulf region. sweden's chief prosecutor has reopened the rape case against julian our songs and is seeking his extradition to wiki leaks founder was arrested last month at the ecuadorian embassy in london where he spent 7 humans after he jumped bail. the polls have closed in the philippines for mid-term elections which could see president roderigo to 30 strengthen his grip on power filipino subsided who will fill $800000.00 positions including half the seats in the upper house or senate to 30 is aiming to have more allies elected to that chamber which has resisted some of his more controversial policies including his crackdown on illegal drugs general allen duggan has more now from manila. when polls opened earlier. this morning people here told us that they were excited and eager to cast their votes not minding the humidity and the difficulty of the situation in man

or bear a thought for those that travel with secretary of state pompei oh they haven't known whether being coming or going for the last 2 weeks just last week they were expected to head here with the secretary of state to live in that was counseled at the last minute they ended up in baghdad this monday they were expecting to be going to moscow they've gone to brussels but of course mr pompei o on the rest of that press corps that follows him around will be heading on to sort of cheat on cheese day for meetings with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov and well if i was a betting man i think iran might be pretty high upon their agenda peter oliver bring us the latest from berlin thank you. we go live now to independent journalist luc roommate for more on this welcome to the program now the french foreign minister has said the u.s. is partly to blame for creating the risk of international anarchy which could lead to confrontations between governments do you think that that's going to far. i don't think so i think it's your opinion of all the ministers of foreign affairs who are in b

counterpart mike pompei oh it's all a sudden change of plan by the u.s. secretary of state who headed to brussels and sort of moscow to discuss iran's threat to renege on its nuclear deal commitments. also this hour swedish prosecutors say they will reopen an investigation into a sexual assault allegation made against wiki leaks co-founder. and he will seek his extradition from the u.k. . the us china trade war is 10 stock markets closed meeting at that's after beijing retaliates to the latest u.s. punitive tariffs by imposing penalties on $60000000000.00 of u.s. goods. you're watching international bringing you your live news updates from our studio here and moscow welcome to the program. russia's foreign minister says he plans to confront his u.s. counterpart on how america intends to find a way out of the crisis it created over the iran's nuclear deal secretary of state my pump is set to meet sergei lavrov this tuesday in sochi on the agenda is iran's threat to stop implementing parts of the $2015.00 deal last year washington backed out of the agreemen

secretary of state pompei 0 in the black sea resort of sochi now this is the latest stop in pump ayos european tour yesterday he was in brussels where it ended a meeting of e.u. foreign ministers they warned him of the risk of war erupting by accident through a further escalation in the gulf iran and the u.s. . here's eve foreign policy chief federica moga renae on what the foreign ministers had to say to. we are living in a crucial that a good moment where. the most relevant. activity to take the most responsible attitude to take is should be and that is not sinister maximum restraint. any escalation on a military site. let's get some analysis now with cornelius. from the think tank the german council on foreign relations he's in our brussels studio mr author bar thanks so much for being with us eve foreign ministers have expressed concern about the possibility and i'm quoting here of an accidental military confrontation between the u.s. 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 th

has now arrived there what can we expect from his visit i don't even think mr pompei yet knows what he can expect from his visit he would very much like to see foreign policy chief federica mcgreevey who was you know the mediator of the iran deal he would also like to talk to the foreign ministers of britain france and germany the 3 european signatories to the nuclear deal but it is not at all clear minute by minute right now whether he'll get to do that there in meetings right now their schedule is very tight it's most likely that he'll have bilateral meetings with some of these foreign ministers on the sidelines of the wider meeting but what's really important for for the europe is to talk to secretary pompei o about deescalating in the persian gulf right now with the u.s. military buildup happening the british foreign secretary said upon his arrival here that everyone is very worried about even an accidental escalation an accident that could then raise tensions beyond the ability to bring them back under control at the same time no one wants iran to get to go back towards enriching

say that they want to improve ties between the 2 countries but a number of democrats are itching pompei or to take a hard line with russia over meddling let's take a quick listen to what they've been saying. secretary of state can play a must make clear that the coast of trying to interfere with american elections will be to hear secretary of state bumpier must deliver a shot across the bow to putin and any other foreign adversity that would dare think about trying to influence our elections for the sake of our national security i implore the administration not to return to business as usual with russia in the wake of the miller report this is not a time for reset with the russian federation the u.s. must be firm and abide by its national security commitments to the american people and our allies i think pompei is going to have those comments on his mind today during these talks. not particularly because i think most of those comments of from supporters of failed presidential candidate hillary clinton who doesn't seem to grasp that she lost and doesn't seem to grasp that she was because

secretary of state might pompei it and not till they have that joint meeting the two top diplomats how did joint press conference and here's what they said. iran has agreed to vital compliance measures if they break that deal and there will be consequences in terms of how europe. powers react so we urge the iranians to think very long and hard before they break the deal. when jeremy hunt they're giving their response on behalf of the u.k. but both of the diplomats were asked the same question asked flat out whose side are you on jeremy hunt didn't respond to that but my pompei i did saying that the us and the u.k. stand together. parlor game that gets played we're on the same side we're on the side of values driven democracy we're on the side of freedom we're on the side of creating a nation for the iranian people where they can have religious freedom and they can have a democracy we're on the side of europe so they can exist without assassination campaigns being conducted its own capitals were on the side together. where europe as you can imagine has also been quick to respond is the

secretary of state mike pompei o is reportedly making a surprise stopover in brussels to discuss iran with the ministers. and our correspondent teri schultz is in brussels covering the story for us hi terry good to see you so my comp aoe is set for talks in brussels today what can we expect. well it's not so sure yet sumi that he set for talks he's definitely set to arrive here within the next hour or so but he was warned in advance by you side that they had a very busy schedule today and they didn't know when they'd be able to make time to speak with them that said i believe they will make time if he's if he's come all the way here and put off some other meetings to talk about iran which as you've just been discussing has become even more of attention spot both transatlantic lee and in the region itself so we would expect that secretary pompei or wants to speak with federico used foreign policy chief and the mediator of the iran nuclear deal as well as with representatives of britain france and germany the other signatories to the deal military as we mentioned earlier the pressure is

secretary of state pompei of this tuesday in sochi. so after those dismiss that arms when you will produce tomorrow i will ask mike compare how the u.s. is going to deal with the crisis that was made by washington's unilateral decisions i hope tomorrow's talks will be frank iran has the right to partly suspend the implementation of the nuclear deal if other parties don't keep their commitments in shorts now that the united states is left the iranian nuclear deal and is trying to get the european union to suspend to suspend its implementation of the deal. have a right a legal right to also suspend their implementation of the deal in effect the deal is collapsing because of the united states sanctions because of how determined the united states is to torpedo this deal and to get the iranians to do what they want nevertheless the united states is as i said adamant and believes that iran must be stopped that iranian behavior is the stabilizing iran is the major destabilizing in influence in the middle east and we aim to fix that our aim is

secretary of state mike pompei a one german chancellor angela merkel could agree on very little except their shared values on trade security and iran are germany and the u.s. postwar allies and partners drifting ever further apart. thanks to the united states is and continues to be the most important partner for germany outside of europe germany is a great important partner an ally of the united states and its artists we agree that we have to prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons so it's no secret that we have differences with regards to the right approach to pursue and we will do our best to enforce the american sanctions regime that is would have been put in place . also coming up on the day smoking is bad for you but what about vaporing on world no tobacco day we look at a popular alternative to regular cigarettes and find out just how good an alternative it really is we know from animal and soul experiments that the paper causes inflammation in cells and when does this suggests that in addition to inflammation it could result in a long term damage such as cancer. we start wit

you are certainly aware of that china has no claim as pompei zero said and i think anybody can justify that russia is a popular. i'm going to use the word punching bag although is overstated diplomatically making russia an adversary and standing up to them is a pretty big deal for president donald trump in light of the last two years as you can imagine so what do you think about pompei a warning beijing not to use the arctic in china's maritime silk route i mean beijing shouldn't really have a stake there should they i mean could the arctic become another political battlefield between china and the u.s. or a proxy if you will. well it's a rare thing in the twenty first century world to find millions of square miles with no people in it and no sovereignty and no problem just moving in and taking a piece of it and starting mining operations technology has gotten us to the point where the resources there are easy to get annoyed got to do is stake a claim and defend it and international law supports the united states and russia but not china and so i think you have to be aware that the chi

that's despite mike pompei a united states secretary of state saying that venezuela's key generals are already at the negotiating table. remained defiant focus on who even merge victorious in every situation and will continue to emerge victorious in any difficulty that we will face from now on in the upcoming months and years i have no doubt about it. and late into the night so too is why do. media for an even bigger uprising. so where's this headed for someone else i'm joined now by i psec risk over of readers from latin american department good morning isaac opposition leader wonder why don't let's start with him he's calling for more protests today what can we expect in caracas in the rest of it as well you know brian her you way the needs resides today that he has kind of success just today with this big surprise to free leopoldo lopez to call it that is progress but underground after a day it looks like. the separation is fading so he needs resized today he needs to bring a lot of people to the street he has called for the biggest march in history of the country so he needs people

president trump's top diplomat is in the german capital for talks on tough issues secretary of state mike pompei oh and chance for all a mac. all stressing they have the same values but agree a little beyond that from china to ukraine and trade the 2 have a tough time finding common ground look at the latest. and hungary's prime minister promises a thorough probe of the fatal boat collision on the danube with 7 confirmed dead and $21.00 still missing almost all south koreans a delegation from the country's government is demanding answers. and cigarettes have been hailed as a safer substitute for cigarettes but what are the real risks of that. alone thanks so much for joining us i'm brian thomas u.s. secretary of state might pompei o has been meeting with chancellor on a macro for high level talks here in berlin his visit comes 3 weeks after he canceled a trip to germany at the very last minute differences in policy over iran and china are thought to be high on the agenda which was also taken off with the german foreign minister heiko mosse. or earlier i talked with the w.'s chief political edito

secretary of state mark pompei are to deescalate the situation over iran america's top diplomat made an unexpected visit to brussels for talks with the e.u. ministers paid all of her small. michael. very clearly today from the from the us the most responsible attitude to take is clearly should be and that of maximum maximum restraint avoiding any escalation on a military site well this was a meeting that was all set it was all planned there was supposed to be sitting down the e.u. foreign ministers as well as the high representative for foreign affairs federica mockery me she's essentially the use overarching equivalent of a foreign minister they were supposed to be sat down talking about libya they tried to do that as much as they could however might pompei oh the u.s. secretary of state he decided he was going to be turning up. of course that has apparently put the cat amongst the pigeons if i listen to some of the people i've been talking to among the diplomats in brussels federica mockery they're far from happy might pump aoe was in town on this day he wasn't supposed to be here

today's going underground the 1st to a man called out this week by donald trump secretary of state mike pompei oh the former cia boss has been in london condemning jeremy coleman for opposing washington's plan to overthrow the government of venezuela it's disgusting to see leaders in not only the united kingdom the united states as well. who continue to support the murderous dictator dictator madeira pump aoe in london that condemning the odds on favorite to be the next leader of britain as well as possibly the next leader of the usa because mike gravel opposed to u.k. e.u. u.s. backed regime change in venezuela is running to be president in 2020 why did they hate us so so many places around because we kill so many people want to. put you to you have a certain arrogance you want to do want to tell the iraqis how to run their country and we can get up against 5 years and get off of carbon in years all we've got to do is want to do it just play get out of their country they're at you know silly and we insist on staying there the military industrial complex not only controls our government lock s

secretary of state mike pompei o playing to talk today of any military conflict with iran mr pompei o says washington does not want war with tehran last week the white house announced the deployment of extra warships to the gulf region. iran's describing reports of attacks on the saudi and the u.a.e. ships alarming and it's called for an investigation that's what happened close to the portal for us just south of the straits of hormuz which is a key maritime passage. and is still under way in the philippines for midterm elections there which could see the president work rico strengthening his grip on power mr to say he wants more allies elected to the senate so that he can push through his controversial policies. talks between the sudanese opposition coalition and the military are expected to resume on monday now the 2 sides are deadlocked over how to proceed with the transition following the military coup last month since then journalists have enjoyed a new freedom as mohammed said the reports now from the capital khartoum. on demand television the news coast is preparing to lead the

secretary of state might pompei was hoping to try and persuade the e.u. leaders to drop their support for the 2015 iran nuclear deal or at least we can they're resolved to support it then he would have left disappointed because as you heard there from the e.u. foreign policy chief frederica model more green e.u. member states still feel very much that they are committed to the deal they say that it is the best deal there is out there in terms of trying to safeguard and ensure regional security in fact earlier in the day we also heard from the german foreign minister heiko mass who said this deal is all apparent preventing iran from having nuclear weapons more greeny also calling on both iran and the u.s. to try and deescalate tensions she called for return to calm she said look everybody has to talk more there needs to be more discussion we need to definitely calm the situation she also called on iran to continue complying with the deal that perhaps comes after last week when tehran indicated that it could suspend some of its commitments to the 2015 deal

secretary of state might pompei was in london on a visit visiting his u.k. counterpart jeremy hunt and jeremy hunt was asked flat out whose side are you on anyway take a listen to his response if they break the deal then there will be consequences in terms of european we aren't so we. very long going home before the break we're working together to push back against that to your question about whose side are you on. this is a parlor game that gets played on the same side when the side of europe it was the u.s. that unilaterally pulled out of this agreement now over a year ago if it even if you listen to the opinion of the un it says iran has been complying with the terms of the deal so you've got the us upping the ante. he with yet more sanctions on iran saying well we're going to give you sixty days or we stop complying on our side so both sides becoming increasingly polarized and you have your up some bang in the middle of it all. the second world war monument in chicago is igniting passions it was erected by the lithuanian community which says it honors a

dominic came can tell us more so what's the point of bike pompei as visits dominic. viewers might recall that this is a meeting that was supposed to take place much earlier this month but was abruptly canceled by the american side of things the u.s. state department when it wanted to show that its displeasure perhaps disagreement with the german position regarding iran that you referred to in the introduction there but whether this is a meeting of minds or not about iran it's certainly a meeting of allies and so when angela merkel in initial statements made when she 1st met mr pompei earlier she gave this message to the media about what she expected to come from her meeting looking hard and then. we'll have plenty of issues to discuss today the world is in unrest indeed 1st and foremost is iran how can we make sure that iran doesn't have any nuclear weapons how can we prevent further aggressive actions on the part of her around. the interesting thing to point out here adrian is that this visit it's not just the angle americal that was the point has been meeting but a

secretary of state might pompei over has canceled his visit to moscow shojo for this monday and that's according to a state department official cited by the media instead he will go to brussels to discuss tensions with iran however pompei owes trip to salt she to meet top russian officials will still go ahead. and secretary plans to meet russian president vladimir putin and foreign minister sergey lavrov that this tuesday. well several days ago minister lavrov and secretary pompei o held talks on the crisis in venezuela it happened on the sidelines of an arctic council meeting in finland and comes after an alleged couper attempt was thwarted in the latin american country among the issues addressed during the finland talks was the possibility of u.s. military action in venezuela the trunk of a pause. the number 1 diplomats 3 of america and russia have finally met and we were hoping to understand if there is at least a slight chance that moscow and washington could be on the same page when it comes to venice well off well it's like the pale didn't speak to journalists at all after this h

with iran france germany and britain about helping iran circumvent sanctions it's something that mr pompei referred to during his meeting with angle americal we've been pretty clear about trade with iran there are items that are sanctioned in their items that are not those items that are subject to sanctions we will do our best to enforce the american sanctions regime that is put it been put in place but for those that are for humanitarian goods things that are permitted to move whether they move through in stacks or through another mechanism those are lawful in appropriate didn't are permitted to continue under under the sanctions or the sanctions laws that we've put in place iran was not the only contentious issue for mr pompei in his visit to berlin when he spoke to his counterpart here in germany heikal mass he raised the issue of china specifically the telecommunications giant huawei and quite how appropriate it was for huawei to become involved in the phone networks and other communications networks in e.u. countries saying effectively that the united states government would have to

among the issues up for discussion in russian meddling in the us elections and pompei 0 warning againstany interference in the 2020 presidential vote which. you're watching news coming up next you know you business with stephen beardsley stating for that he'll be right that. i'm scared that. that's hot and in the end it's the me you are not allowed to stay here and we will send you that. are you familiar with this. new smugglers went by and said. what's your story ready ready. i mean when i was a women especially in victims of violence.

that's despite mike pompei a you noted states secretary of state saying that venezuela's key generals are already at the negotiating table. remained defiant ok most of you have a merge victorious in every situation and will continue to emerge victorious in any difficulty that we will face from now on in the upcoming months and years i have no doubt about it. and late into the night so too is why i do calling on social media for an even bigger uprising. all russia is one of the venezuelan government's biggest backers our correspondent emily sherwin joins us now from moscow good morning emily the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei was claiming that venezuelan president nicolas maduro wanted to flee the country and seek exile in cuba but that russia convinced him to remain in the country have we had any response from the kremlin to those clips. well no we haven't had any direct response to those claims but we do know that russia of course is a vocal backer of nicolas maduro they do not recognize as president and they yesterday criticized the violent methods as they said of the oppositio