and win advocacy at the e.u. level. in the meeting with pope inncis, mr.in's third six years, an opportunity to present himself as statesman-like like on the world stage, a president whose foreign policy left russia isolated on many fronts. he had been feted not just by a senior member of the european union, but also by the head of the catholic church. >> wine production is a growing industry here in the u.k. in part because of climate change. a record number of vines have been planted here in england andwales. we have the report from worcester in northern england. >> it is not bordeaux in france or tuscany in italy, but britain, where more vines are being grown for winemaking than ever before. it in the wind and rain takes skill, the right variety and determination to grow grapes this far north. the signs are good. soon these flowers will bear fruit. >> instead of being such high levels of short days and high, intense sunshine, we have an extended period of lower light levels and that has an impact on the quality of the fruit. reporter: this year alone 3

and to win advocacy at the e.u. level and of course in the meeting with pope francis is to putin's with the pope in 6 years an opportunity also to present himself as observers will tell you a statesman like on the world stage here was a president whose foreign policy has often left russia isolated on many fronts here being feted not just by a senior member of the european union but also by the head of the catholic church. why production is a growing industry here in the u.k. in part because of climate change a record number of vines have been planted this year in england and wales and they would reports now from west or north of england. it's not budo in france or tuscany in a silly but britain where movie being grown for wine making than ever before. and in the wind in the rain it takes skill the right to parity and determination to grow grapes they spawn all the signs though soon these flowers will bear fruit instead of being such high levels of short days and highly intense sunshine we have this extender period of lowe

and to win advocacy at the e.u. level and of course in the meeting with pope francis is to putin's with the pope in 6 years an opportunity also to present himself as observers will tell you a statesman like on the world stage here was a president whose father. policy has often left russia isolated on many fronts here being freighted not just by a senior member of the european union but also by the head of the catholic church. there is of the community in israel have agreed to end days of protests against police brutality and demonstrations began in response to the killing of an 18 year old ethiopian israeli who was shot by an off duty police officer on sunday the officers been arrested bernard smith has the latest from. the police officer who shot solomon tucker is still being questioned by detectives from the police's own internal investigations department or that the ethiopian army sweeping speech that was part of the problem because this was an older member of the public who shot solomon he would have been arrested and

and to win advocacy at the e.u. level and of course in the meeting with pope francis is to putin's with the pope in 6 years an opportunity also to present himself as observers will tell you a statesman like on the world stage here was a president whose foreign policy has often left russia isolated on many fronts here being feted not just by a senior member of the european union but also by the head of the catholic church. mexico's government is blaming the opposition and what it calls corrupt interests for instigating a strike by the. several police officers have been protesting outside the capital's police headquarters and blocking highways outside the city they're angry over the government's plan to transfer them to a national guard at the newly created security force they say the change will lead to pay cuts and fewer benefits but the government security chief assures them this won't happen as you go probably jail this scenario has been exploited by systematic critics of the government also by interest groups linked to

heard from the secretive group there's there is very clearly that desire to do with out on the e.u. level but there are also the states that are not confronting this i go back to the case and i mean just because there is a case that we're involved in and here you have numerous complaints being made you have victims coming forward there is a legal framework in spain to do with it and they're not in the not investigating it there are 30 turning a blind art to that and there are allegations against your impulse in itself in spain that they are complicit in a lot of what is going on so i think that yes there is there is a question that you need to create greater awareness i think it is a far bigger problem than most people would would readily admit it is it is a very serious problem and it's getting worse and i think that the case that we've seen successful prosecution can have an impact on targeting this but it is largely going to end our great equilibration twin states in transnational prosecutions and that's that's where i think the court is lacking there is no regrettably there is no inte

fully restored ties and he hoped that italy would be an advocate for russia's interests at the e.u. level he knows he hasn't got many friends in the e.u. of course if very firmly particular this popular government is one of them a toe renzi the far right leader now deputy prime minister has called those sanctions madness mr conti has lobbied for russia's re admission to the g. 7 the g. 8 is it was of course until russia was expelled so an opportunity here for the russian president to bolster ties with an important e.u. member of course but also to test and tickle the soft underbelly of europe if you like probing for cracks for divisions in the facade that has been unified against russia up to now and to try and win an advocate as i say for its interests within the e.u. also a very important meeting at the vatican for president in what's at stake that. it's . well yes in fact in the end as far as we know anyway from a vatican statement we know no more than that that invitation that had been suggested was possible did not come for pope francis to make the 1st papal visit to russia ever this

heard from the secretive group there's there is very clearly that desire to do with out on the e.u. level but there are also the states that are not confronting this go back to the case and i mean just because there is a case that we're both in and here you have numerous complaints being made you have victims coming forward there is a legal framework in spain to do with it and they're not in not investigating it there are 30 turning a blind art to that and there are allegations against your impulse in itself in spain that they are complicit in a lot of what is going on so i think that yes there is there's a question that you need to create greater awareness i think it is a far bigger problem than most people would would readily admit it is it is a very serious problem and it's getting worse and i think that the case that we've since successful prosecution can have an impact on targeting this but it is largely going to end our great equilibration between states. in transnational prosecutions and that's that's where i think what is lacking there is no regrettably there is no international j

as we heard from the secretive group there's there's very clearly that desire to do that on the e.u. level but there are also the states that are not confronting this go back to the case and i mean just because there is a case that we're involved in and here you have numerous complaints being made you have victims coming forward there is a legal framework in spain to do with it and they're not in the not investigating it there are 30 turning a blind art to that and there are allegations against your impulse in itself in spain that they are complicit in a lot of what is going on so i think that yes there is there's a question that you need to create greater awareness i think it is far bigger problem than most people would would readily admit it is it is a very serious problem and it's getting worse and i think that the case that we've seen successful prosecution can have an impact on targeting this but it is largely going to end our great equilibration tween states. in transnational prosecutions and that's that's where i think what is lacking there is no regrettably there is no internationa

e.u. top level fred it's not only that it's also that the german social democrats are in a coalition with the party of was enough an ally in the c.d.u. they governed together in berlin and yet here in the european parliament they're absolutely opposed against her or the reason or one of the reasons is that up until the end the social democrats were hoping to get their lead candidate through to have their lead candidate become commission president france to moments and things were looking really good in the end it changed again it's switched and it looks like i'm going to back i had her way and that's something that the s.p.d. so the german social democrats often had that they look like they you know they would have their will but in the end i get a makeover wanted to seems to be that feeling that is motivating them and come tomorrow if the if an ally and she loses this vote do european leaders do they have another surprise candidate up their sleeves that they can pull out. they would have to come together again in summer and decide on that surprise candidate we have some names but quite f

unless you keep your different station levels under under check. so the e.u. basically has leverage then. is there a political will across the board to use it it's interesting to note that this week on tuesday the e.u. published an action plan which sees the e.u. for the 1st time opening the door to regulator measures that would set standards on the goods that the e.u. imports to ensure they're not associated with deforestation and for a sacred ation. it wants this to be a partnership approach so the e.u. is not going to impose its standards on other countries but the e.u. does have a duty to respond to the increasing concern among you consumers about the impact that their consumption is having on forests on the people who depend on those forests and with this communication with this action plan that it published this week it shows that the e.u. is for the 1st time willing to bring in new options that could be regulator that would ensure that products that are being placed on the market from countries such as brazil would not be linked to human rights abuses.

economic khana me to the to the economy of iran to really bring it back to an even level and tonight we're still talking about the e.u. europe as being in a position where it wants to say this deal that it wants to help bring it back to an even level and tonight we're still talking about the e.u. europe as being in a position where it wants to say this deal that it wants to help iran when do we reach the place that europe sees iran violating this deal and then says enough is enough we want to reimpose sanctions on iran. i think the e.u. has been very patient and will continue to be very patient on this deal it's not only because it very much worries that there isn't going to be any broader deal like the united states talks about that will take the nuclear component into account and again stop iran from from enriching uranium so it thinks that this is really the best shot possible to stop iran from possibly getting a nuclear weapon it isn't going to give up early imposing sanctions of course would mean admitting that the deal is dead and despite being offered to do this many times the e.u. is not willing to declare th

unless you keep your different station levels under under check. so the e.u. basically has leverage then. is there a political will across the board to use it. it's interesting to note that this week on tuesday the e.u. published an action plan which sees the e.u. for the 1st time opening the door to regulate 3 measures that would set standards on the goods that the imports to ensure there not associated with deforestation are for a sacred ation. it wants this to be a partnership approach so the e.u. is not going to impose its standards on other countries but the e.u. does have a duty to respond to the increasing concern among you can see a mess about the impact that their consumption is having on forests on the people who depend on those forests and with this communication with this action plan that it published this week it shows that the e.u. is for the 1st time willing to bring in new options that could be regulator that would ensure that products that are being placed on the market from countries such as brazil would not be linked to human rights abuses.

at this point and hope that the levels of enriched uranium are still at a reversible level and just 3 days ago the e.u. told that the trading mechanism which is which is called instax that it is in place and it is working but iran appear really thinks it's not enough in that more can be done europe. europe has really been trying every option possible this mechanism you mentioned called instax it was never going to be the solution that iran wanted it's a trading sort of a barter mechanism working on credit lines so that money doesn't have to actually pass hands and thereby be subject to u.s. sanctions europe has also tried to protect its companies from sanctions threatened by the united states saying if the u.s. takes you to court for doing business in iran we will support you but none of that was enough no no company has enough business in iran to withstand u.s. sanctions they all looked at their at their you know bottom lines and said it is not worth it to stay in iran under threat of the united states so europe has certainly tried to put in place the mechanisms to protect iran but for example brant

level. also within the e.u. if they have been sick safe little efforts to sue religious based organizations who claim. they're on the grounds that this is false advertising and fraudulent because it's ineffectual and it's harmful so that's been an effective just in state in the states where entities are afraid of people suit for offering of saul's. therapy and similarly in china and individual suit a cynic that had the opposite kind of ocean therapy and that was it was successful . there's also regulation by medical authorities that would regulate and save many of the professional association and who they get from and to taking the comical therapy. and the white issue is that it's easy enough to regulate within the formal framework of. medical safety what's more difficult is it serves the religious community with this prayer. so example we do it with the hope that this. group if they were offering they should there be and yet they continue to grow up ok all right graham reed from human rights watch the king to u

e.u. than the is proposed by many mainstream parties d.-u. level of the political groupings and that is namely the europe of the nation so nation states should be a building blocks and european institutions including the next commission should leave us alone to do our own thing therefore france 3 months also if you look at their interest was too much to swallow and i think also he was too divisive candidate in those relations also for the other eastern european countries and just explain to me very briefly because your opening statement said that the vision god group had maneuvered themselves into a corner but in fact haven't they demonstrated how much power they can wield in the 1st round they wear proudly boasting that they blocked france 3 months i think it was more complicated in fact they took the blame or they claim the this does this blocking power but in fact france 3 months was also a main political grouping european peoples party by them but they will be blamed this will be remembered and i think it's not clear what they got in return in

here on al-jazeera now iran is to increase enriching its uranium levels breaching the limits of 102015 nuclear deal ran and given the e.u. until sunday to save the agreement it plans to scale down commitments every 60 days but says it's still open to talks those are job ari has more from to her on we heard from the deputy foreign minister who said that diplomacy is not being abandoned the iranians are only in acting certain clause within this nuclear deal because they feel that the remaining signatories are not abiding by their end of the bargain saying they are giving them another 60 days in the meantime they have said as of tomorrow morning we i.e. inspectors that are in the country on a regular basis will find that iran will have exceeded the 3.67 percent of enriched uranium that they have agreed to an. exit polls are predicting defeat for greece's ruling sarees a party left wing prime minister alexis tsipras called an early election after heavy losses in the european parliament elections in may the conservative new democracy party is predicted to get an absolute majority tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters

$24.00 to unemployment of the european union has hit the lowest levels since monthly figures started being compiled 19 years ago in may the e.u. is jobless rate stood at 6.3 percent however the situation continues to differ greatly between the $28.00 member states zimbabwe dries to battle its currency crisis by printing $400000000.00 new zimbabwe dollars it's the latest step to shore up the local currency after the government and horror last week suddenly prohibited foreign currencies officials say zimbabweans can still withdraw u.s. dollars from their banks but that businesses will face restrictions and a new law from now on requires new electric cars to be fitted with a noise making device the move follows concerns that no emissions vehicles are too quiet and may put pedestrians and danger system kicks in when the vehicle is reversing or traveling at speeds of below 19 kilometers an hour making a conventional engine like more. and staying on the road last year greenpeace label paris western europe's worst city for the pollution caused by diesel cars these. engines had been hugely popular in europe by the authorities are now

e.u. commission president. later the german chancellor got to lift a 2nd to a higher political level by appointing adequate come successes c.d.u. party leader as new defense minister quite a celebration. a.k.k. as she is known then carried out her 1st inspection of the honor guard and delivered her 1st remarks as minister. influence never forget that men and women that serve and fight abroad for us. this is a great responsibility which i'm very aware of and will live. and i very much look forward to the task ahead of itself which to come. no questions allowed but with no experience of defense she will have some convincing to do. you have to lead the nato spearhead until 2023 we don't have the time for her to learn on the job. at times a.k.k. has struggled to shake off the provincial image as the former leader of the small state of the. now is cabinet minister can't callandar will have to take orders from the chancellor trading some of her liberties as party leader getting closer to one day perhaps becoming chancellor. political correspondent saddam and young welcome simon so we're going to come back out about w

audience for their announcement that they will now enrich uranium up to the level of 5 percent was probably european nations the e.u. is still supportive of the nuclear deal and has been devising something called in stakes a work around mechanism that would allow iran to trade and to sell its oil to e.u. and other nations without them incurring u.s. sanctions it's trying to kick the europeans in their posterity or if i can put it that way europe has been very slow to find a way to continue to trade with iran that would not violate u.s. sanctions that would somehow get around u.s. sanctions the tense standoff between the u.s. and iran shows no sign of easing the situation is likely to be high on the agenda one of the important regional player comes to the white house. the emyr of character time in been how middle farmy at the pentagon he leads a nation that hosts an airbase where thousands of u.s. troops are stationed but at the same time his country maintain. relations with iran james al-jazeera washington. britain says the seizure of an iranian oil tanker into broader was not a specific action against iran foreign

now and iran will increase enriching its uranium levels in the next few hours breaching the limits set on the 2015 nuclear deal to iran have given the e.uuntil sunday to save the treatment plans to scale down commitments every 60 days says it's still open to talks. we are going to announce that we are not committed to the level of the in breach meant. a letter was sent to. me in which we have. mentioned to cause the lines of the deal that we are not going to be committed to any longer and again we are going to give another 60 days time and i would like to also explain that the process for decreasing the commitment of iran is actually in order to protect the nuclear deal. now there have been scuffles in hong kong which when protesters and police is demonstrators returned to the streets in their fight to have a controversial exhibition. the rally is being held in. tens of thousands march towards the new train station which links the territory to the chinese mainland. nigeria and the latest african nations to ratify a deal to create the world's largest free trade zone it's being finalized at the start of the african union leaders. eritrea

top stories this hour iran says it will increase and reaching a trainee in levels in the next few hours as its deadline to the e.u. to save the 2015 deal ends on sunday tehran says it will begin scaling doubt commitments to the deal every 60 days but is still open for talks. the taliban is meeting with a delegation of afghans here and they're being mediated by germany and are separate to talks with the united states which have been put on hold for 2 days around 60 afghan officials are sitting down with the group including politicians and women. protesters are returning to the streets of hong kong and their fight to have a controversial forceful extradition bill bill that is scrapped this time around it's being held on a loan that has a mainly tourist area organizers say they want to educate visitors from china about the bill which could see people from hong kong sent to the mainland for trial. voting is underway in greece's general election the 1st since the end of the financial bailouts opinion polls are predicting a defeat for a far left prime minister likes to separatists is called an early election after a se

e.u. commission president. later the german chancellor got to lift a 2nd to ohio political level by appointing adequate come successes c.d.u. party leader as a new defense minister quite a celebration. a.k.k. as she is known then carried out her 1st inspection of the honor guard and delivered her 1st remarks as minister. this man the influence never forget that men and women that serve and fight abroad for us. this is a great responsibility which i'm very aware of and will live up to. and i very much look forward to the task ahead of itself which to comp. no questions allowed but with no experience of defense she will have some convincing to do. you have to lead the nato spearhead until 2023 we don't have the time for her to learn on the job. at times a.k.k. has struggled to shake off a provincial image as the former leader of the small state of the. now is a cabinet minister come callin bar will have to take her orders from the taunts lower trading some of her liberties as party leader getting closer to one day perhaps becoming chancellor. of the i'm joined here of the b table by our political correspondent simon yo

what kind of level for the pound do you think -- to have the e.u. 27 believe it is real policy. you expect? shahab: frankly speaking, given how long we have between now and october 31, it is easy to imagine the pound testing 1.20 in the weeks and months ahead, because what you have right now is an environment where the market, you have the conservative party confidence at the end of september. that often can lead to conversations that can disturb the markets. you also have conversations around parliament as well. they can build up in the weeks ahead. there are a few different things the market is focused on. none of them look like there is going to be a shift to the center. gotrprise would be if we from boris johnson's trips to europe some kind of a policy surprise from some of those conversations. at this point that would be in the surprise category. the meeting matter then? shahab: it still matters. if the boe gives a stronger signal, that rates need to be lower for longer in the u.k., that can be another problem. scarlet: shahab jalinoos from credit suisse is sticking with us.

level playing field. in this context, obviously, china springs to mind. the e.u. is not against the emergence of china, but we have a problem with the lack of convergence of china with the rest of global order. in this respect, we share the u.s.'s concerns about distortions from nonmarket policies and practices, and that is behind our commitment, our engagement together with the u.s. and japan and the so-called trilateral process to try to develop rules to address this behavior. we are also using our economic heard.to make our voice the e.u. expense for a market of 500 million, -- stance for a market of 500 million people and we want to leverage its size and importance in order to shape the global environment in a way that is conducive to fair trading practices and sustainable development. we want to ship in the world through connections and standard-setting. we want to remain outward looking and engaged. as you know, we have had the most active trade negotiating agendas in the world. in the last five years, we have completed negotiations with japan, canada, singa

stories iran will increase in which its uranium levels in the next few hours breaching the limits set on the 2015 nuclear deal to iran had given the e.u. until sunday to save the agreement plans to scale down commitments every 60 days but says it is still open to talks. protesters have returned to the streets of hong kong in their fight to have a controversial fix tradition bill scrapped tens of thousands march towards the train station which links the territory to the chinese mainland. and voting is underway in the greek general election the 1st since the financial bailouts ended opinion polls are predicting defeat for the left wing prime minister alexis tsipras the new democracy leader is tipped to be 10. dozens of migrants rescued off the coast of libya disembarked in italy despite an italian government ban on rescue vessels docking there the alex has been impounded on the mediterranean island of lampedusa and a german vessel with 65 rescued migrants on board is heading to malta instead of to italy or a burden manoli has more. thirsty and exhausted but safe they survived the dangerous journey across the mediterranean from north afr

audience for their announcement that they will now enrich uranium up to the level of 5 percent was probably european nations the e.u. is still supportive of the nuclear deal and has been devising something called in stakes a work around mechanism that would allow iran to trade and to sell its oil to e.u. and other nations without them incurring u.s. sanctions it's trying to kick the europeans in their posterity or if i can put it that way europe has been very slow to find a way to continue to trade with iran that would not violate u.s. sanctions that somehow get around us sanctions the tense standoff between the u.s. and iran shows no sign of easing the situation is likely to be high on the agenda one of the important regional player comes to the white house. the emyr of character time in been how middle farmy at the pentagon he leads a nation that hosts an airbase where thousands of u.s. troops are stationed but at the same time his country maintains choreo relations with tehran james al-jazeera washington. says the seizure of an iranian oil tanker injured or was not a specific action against terror on the foreign

powers are urging iran to reverse its decision to breach the levels of uranium enrichment under the 2015 nuclear accord. still, the u.k. anti-e.ue eu are stopping short of threatening sanctions. sanctions seem to be off the table for now to what action can brussels take? >> there are two ways to go the -- the diplomatic front. they are trying to lower the tensions. obviously, things have become more tense with the u.s. the eu and u.k. are saying let's take a breather and get diplomatic talks. of course, that is somewhat difficult given the u.s. position, but france and iran this past weekend said they want to try to schedule some talks by the end of july which could open up a diplomatic front, so it really is let's try to talk rather than going with further sanctions. >> hong kong police have arrested five people while dispersing protesters in one of the busiest tourist districts. protesters clashed late sunday night after tens of thousands marched against the government extradition bill. >> this is different than what we have seen in weeks past. the protesters wanted to march through one of the busiest shopping areas in hong k