his main challenger is ebrahim raisi, a hardline cleric close to supreme leader ayatollah khamenei.no—one wins more than 50% of votes cast, there'll be a run—off next week. american planes operating over syria have attacked a convoy carrying pro—government militia. a statement from the coalition says the militia were moving towards a—tanf airbase, near the border with iraq, where western special forces train rebel groups fighting the extremist group, the so—called islamic state. police are continuing to hold a man who drove into pedestrians in times square new york. the man, believed to be 26—year—old richard rojas, is believed to have been arrested on two previous occasions for drunk driving. a teenager was killed and 22 others were hurt in the accident which the authorities have said was not an act of terrorism. after years of economic hardship, greece's parliament has approved a further package of austerity measures that include tax rises and more cuts to pensions. the government is hoping the savings will appease international lenders, as the country looks for another instalment

his main challenger is ebrahim raisi, a hardline cleric close to the supreme leader ayatollah khameneinese government has approved plans to allow emperor akihito to abdicate. the draft legislation will now be sent for parliamentary approval. the emperor, who's eighty—three, indicated last year his desire to step down due to ill—health. now it's time for world business report. france gets ready for macronomics, but does the new president have the right formula to bring backjobs and growth? plus — nafta nerves. tense times for mexico as its two—decade old trade deal with the us is thrown into doubt. welcome to world business report, i'm aaron heslehurst. we have got about nine minutes, my very last early—morning programme for you all before i moved to a new show. —— move. coming up, who needs the us anyway? asia pacific trade ministers hope to salvage the trans pacific partnership after president trump pulled the plug. we start in france, where the new president, emmanuel macron, says he expects no honeymoon from the public after his first week in power. he now has try and to win a major

the supreme leader ayatollah khamenei was the first to vote.it's this man who wields ultimate authority. he urged people to vote. the destiny of the country was in their hands, people should pay attention. and voters seem to be responding. long lines at polling stations, some people frustrated by what they see as the dead hand of an ageing revolutionary elite. others fearful that old values are under threat, that the west is still the enemy. and all impatient for jobs and a better life. "we've come here today in order not to go backwards," says this man. "we are the generation of war, and we don't have good memories of war." and this woman says she expects the president to carry out more economic development. "i want social justice," she says, and good relations with all the countries of the world." the two main candidates both hail from the same revolutionary establishment that represent very different visions of the future. hassan rouhani is the older of the two, he's 68, he's been president since 2013, his main achievement so far, the nuclea

in 1989 when the ayatollah khamenei and i ran issued a fatwa against salman rushdie for his novel "the satanic verses" why colleagues and i were swept up what fela commission of local importance. the only time i had given thought to i ran prior to this was during the hostage crisis when some graffiti put thee ayatollah on the building near main street school. every time i look at it i thought the world is full of mysterious dangers. this current danger was exciting.ge i became nearly delirious in my desire to see "the satanic verses".. the topping of cash register buttons was swiftly upgraded into a campaign to save literature from the forces of darkness. i blaze with excitement. prisoner reported for duty to get the latest instructions from corporate headquarters copies of rushdie's book kept near the cash register, no behind the cash register now and the back of the store the stock room or management. employees who do not feel safe selling the book were allowed ty be taken off the schedule with no repercussions. people were bombing bookstores. suburban customers who couldn't in their

the supreme leader ayatollah khamenei was the first to vote.his man who wields ultimate authority. he urged people to vote. the destiny of the country was in their hands, people should pay attention. and voters seem to be responding. long lines at polling stations, some people frustrated by what they see as the dead hand of an ageing revolutionary elite. others fearful that old values are under threat, that the west is still the enemy. and all impatient for jobs and a better life. "we've come here today in order not to go backwards," says this man. "we are the generation of war, and we don't have good memories of war." and she says she expects the president to carry out more economic development. "i want socialjustice," she says, and good relations with all the countries of the world." the two main candidates both hail from the same revolutionary establishment that represent very different visions of the future. hassan rouhani is the older of the two, he's 68, he's been president since 2013, his main achievement so far, the nuclear deal with wo

perception and reached changes and where ayatollah ali khamenei, the ground does not change.t now, keep my feet firmly on the ground. good to see it has not gone to his head. that is all the sport four 110w. head. that is all the sport four now. i will be back in half an hour. thanks, jessica. the testing of primary school children — is affecting their learning and mental health according to an influential group of mps. the cross—party education select committee says the way sats results are used to judge schools, causes a negative impact on teachers and pupils. here's our education correspondent marc ashdown. even from a young age, children are well accustomed to being tested, but mps are worried the importance placed nowadays on how pupils perform in isolated tests leads to a multitude of problems. results are used to judge schools in annual performance tables, which this education select committee report says create a high—stakes environment, damaging to both pupils and teachers. these year 6 students are gearing up for their tests. it is a good school in a challenging are

this is about the succession from an aging supreme ruler, the ayatollah khamenei.light edge for rouhani, but all's in play. francine: thank you so much for the great reporting on the ground. our middle east anchor live in t ehran. football secret trade as the u.k.'s primarily season comes to a close with this weekend. we take a look inside the murky world of the player transfer fees market. coming up next with one of our sports reporter who also just released a book on exactly this topic. this is bloomberg. ♪ francine: good morning, everyone to you are watching bloomberg "surveillance." let's get straight trip first word news. sebastian: president trump has fbiied trying to quash an investigation of his former national security adviser and says there was no collusion with the russians. at a white house news conference, trump says it was "totally ludicrous" to thank you has done anything that would amount to an impeachable offense. president trump: there is no collusion between certainly myself and my campaign, but i can always speak for myself and the russians -- z

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some say he's being groomed to succeed iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei. in campaign speeches raisi accuses rouhani of ignoring the poor and failing to deliver on the promised benefits of the nuclear agreement. >> ( translated ): most of our challenges can be solved with our nation's resources, our potential, strong leadership, our people's revolutionary values. >> reporter: at this raisi rally, a film taunts president rouhani, suggesting he sold out his revolutionary values to cozy up to washington. >> ( translated ): all these sanctions are in place. we lost our dignity. there's no doubt it's time for change. >> reporter: raisi's backers are mostly conservative, devoted to iran's revolutionary values and deeply suspicious of the west. >> his attention will now be on us, will be inside the border. >> death to america! >> reporter: some still chant death to america. rouhani's supporters want to silence those chants. they demand social and political reform, and better relations with the west. they say a vote for raisi is a return to isolation and confrontat