e.u. sanctions. this is the double your business as in berlin it's a done deal germany is largest airline is about to take over most of what remains of its rival bankrupt. the deal was signed today after two weeks of negotiations british no frills airline easyjet is still in talks to swallow the leftovers and competitor ryanair whose boss has called the deal a stitch up in the past said it's going to complain to e.u. and he trusts authorities so why is everybody so up in arms let's see what's up for grabs in this deal first there are apple and landing rights for routes around the world it's unclear who they're going to at this point but loved ones are likely to get most of them of tons i will also take over eighty one of evelyn's are craft the rest of them were reportedly earmarked for britain's easy jet but that deal is now under doubt but they're still talking technically airlines flight maintenance operations is said to be going to a berlin based logistics company but lufthansa is reportedly prepa

e.u. sanctions and russian import tariffs do not apply in addition delivery times are short and management wants to expand in russia. the thinking of a month we're always thinking long term and i believe that we have very good business opportunities here even if there are setbacks in the coming months or years because it's them hard. russia's economy has suffered due to the fall in the price of oil and gas and due to the effects of western sanctions following the annexation of crimea in two thousand and fourteen. relations with germany were tarnished due to sanctions violations when gas turbines made by zeman were transferred to crimea. i don't think that this one incident will have further consequences and because everyone here is interested in continuing to work together some european exporters have been hard hit by the implementation of e.u. sanctions on russia with some putting the cost at thirty billion euros german companies have been affected most of all now many of them like the car looking for ways to get back onto the market there president putin wants german business representat

e.u. sanctions against members of the vicious gradgrind. ourts and the austrian freedom party see the autocratic lot of near putin mostly as a trade partner so they want to ease sanctions against russia can they want to allow more popular referendums possibly even on the euro and the e.u. itself does the election in austria represent a setback for europe. so let me get matthew carney and franco from the duel it out a bit now because your opening statements indicated rather contradictory views on what this means for the e.u. going forward so frank kaufman saw some potential for strengthening of core europe and you said you thought the austrian results could well halt the process of integration and halt mr macro push so perhaps matthew go first with that more pessimistic view and then will the clip you know of but this is really the core question it's pessimistic depending on where you stand on the issue i think a lot of people even in germany would say we like the e.u. as it is we're not anti you we like the free market we like the euro we wa

e.u. sanctions rory chalons reports. what we're looking for in this disputed land is high tech equipment proof in finely machine steel of the lengths russia's leaders will go to to supply the crimean peninsula with electricity and the trouble that's bringing to the kremlin. territory cannot do without. power lines but ukraine refuses to provide it russia's mainland doesn't have enough of it and you sanctions shots crimea iraq and western energy technology so russia's opted for deception when their thought about building a power station on the mainland and the growth for electricity to the. it was a fake because the well it was just going to recall those door buy ins from. there say well we'll install them here but not on the occupied territory of the crimea but crimea is where siemens acknowledges the four turbines now are the reuters news organization filmed these two large objects in july for the crimean port of feodosia despite russian media reports two years ago about the turbine secret destination siemens accepted m

e.u. has also responded with new sanctions asset freezes and travel bans. when we visited theodosia the turbines if that's what they were had disappeared perhaps they're already here one of the two new power plants being built in crimea that russian technicians are expected to face significant problems getting them to work because siemens is refusing technical assistance this whole siemens gas turbine saga illustrates in a nutshell the bines that russia has got itself into and trying to wriggle past the e.u. restrictive measures moscow has just incurred more of them and with washington signing in new american sanctions the ability of russia to secure the investments and technology it needs to stop the country sliding backwards well that only gets harder rory talents for al-jazeera simferopol crimea. unfairly battle with headlines on al-jazeera the palestinian faction hamas says it's reach a deal on political reconciliation with fatah the two groups have been meeting in egyptian capital cairo to discuss the formation of a national unity government. the iraqi

e.u. has also responded with new sanctions asset freezes and travel bans. when we visited theodosia the turbines if that's what they were it disappeared perhaps they're already here one of the two new power plants being built in crimea but russian technicians are expected to face significant problems getting them to work because siemens is refusing technical assistance this whole siemens gas turbine saga illustrates in a nutshell the bines that russia has got itself into and trying to wriggle past the e.u. restrictive measures moscow has just incurred more of them and with washington signing in new american sanctions the ability of russia to secure the investments in technology it needs to stop the country citing backwards well that only gets harder rory chalons for al-jazeera simferopol crimea i'm going to have more news from london in just under half an hour but now let's go back to the even though. other thank you well if you're watching us on facebook for our viewers there what you'll see in just a moment is an eleven year old one hundred boy who escape

e.u. impose sanctions on russia in two thousand and fourteen door advised putin to react with counter sanctions but door says he has not switched sides. he's providing i'm convinced that my proposal was correct when i don't like this i'm for an eye mentality and silly sanctions have no place in the twenty first century they don't work they might against a small country and if the whole world joins in it's keep flaking but it's ridiculous to impose sanctions on a huge country like russia being the reason longview was particularly since only half of the world's countries are taking part in these little his subsequent. russian farmers and food producers benefit from the fact that their country no longer imports western food products stefan door is one of the winners the milk market is booming and turnover is increasing in late two thousand and sixteen dollars started processing his own milk he's exhibiting his new dairy products for the first time in moscow yogurt cream curds and whole milk under the brand name academy of dairy sciences. the products are said to be high quality and pure not watere

e.u. isn't backing iran sanctions using. here's what people have been saying about rejected and. pull on. the only show i go out of my way to. really packed a punch oh yeah john oliver of marty america is going to say we are apparently better than blue. sea or heard of. jack tonight president of the world bank so very. seriously send us an e-mail but will these games you name all that you say. but. it's really. the russian economy and the financial system and i know a lot of people who are looking for a creative ways to get better research. welcome back donald trump claims the e.u. would have supported his call for sanctions against iran if he'd been persistent but he claims in an interview he didn't do that because he wants them to continue making money do you think you're going to get the europeans to support you in terms of sanctions in terms of not selling technology to iran honestly i told them to friends of mine they really are i get along with all of them whether it's a manual or whether it's i get along i really like those people i told them just keep making money don't w

e.u. states impose sanctions on austria now there is barely a peep and in fact we hear the the social democrats in austria have not ruled out themselves entering a coalition with the freedom party what's going on i have feeling that the freedom party moved more to the center they tried to. get rid of people and positions extremists and far right of course there was a few arguments and t.v. discussions also were anti-semitism was lying under the surface but i think that you've got to to leave it there and not bring it up like before that's one point the other thing if i may i would like to come back to that how many witches this is our last chance in europe i disagree i think this is the biggest chance for what europe has now to to change the system to change the block towards more integration towards more europe with these societies and these countries that want to move forward ok let's come back to that in just a moment i saw him shaking her head rather vigorously there and i went it's not true that the freedom party moved to the center it's very right thing party and that hasn't changed i thi

e.u. isn't backing sanctions against iran using. local blogs selling you on the idea that dropping bombs brings police to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battle. for new socks for the tell you that every gossip the public. doesn't tell you on the cool enough to buy their products. that we all. want. to make this manufacture consent to public wealth. when the ruling class is to protect themselves. the family. we can all middle of the room sick. really. really really. welcome back we don't need that's donald trump's dismissive message to e.u. leaders on the wrong in a fox news interview the us president also joked europe should just keep making money do you think you're going to get the europeans to support you in terms of sanctions in terms of not selling technology to iran i really like those people i told them just keep making money don't worry about it we don't need you on this you just keep making money. well earlier france germany and the u.k. issued a joint statement denouncing trump's decision not to recertify iran'

e.u. isn't backing sanctions against iran you say. here's what people have been saying about rejected in the night the senate is full on ourselves the only show i go out of my way to launch you know what it is that really packs a punch at least yap is the john oliver of r t america is doing the same we are apparently better than. some see people you've never heard of love redacted the next president of the world bank will tell you because you weren't sure if you sent us an e-mail. anyone else seems wrong well we just don't all. get to shape out just. how to. engage with equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. the. welcome back we don't need donald trump's dismissive message to e.u. leaders like i'm going to come in the manual my call on iran in an interview with fox news the us president also joked europe should just keep making money while america on its own moles more sanctions and essentially find the ground walk nuclear deal with terror on. do you think you're going to get th

e.u. has also responded with new sanctions asset freezes and travel bans. when we visited theodosia the turbines if that's what they were had disappeared perhaps they're already here one of the two new power plants being built in crimea but russian technicians are expected to face significant problems getting them to work because siemens is refusing technical assistance this whole siemens gas turbine saga illustrates in a nutshell the bind that russia has got itself into and trying to wriggle past the e.u. restrictive measures moscow has just incurred more of them and with washington signing in new american sanctions the ability of russia to secure the investments and technology it needs to stop the country sliding backwards well that only gets harder rory chalons for al-jazeera simferopol crimea. the u.s. president donald trump is denying allegations he wants to dramatically increase the size of america's nuclear weapons arsenal but he admits that all key policy differences between himself and top republicans in his cabinet and in congress a white house co

he wants to impose sanctions on e.u. countries that refuse to take in refugees. >> i'm skeptical. i think that would more likely provoke a counter-reaction in those e.u. member states. those in power, mr. orban in hungary and mr. kuczynski in poland, would use it to argue, see? they want to pressure . we don't want that and our people don't either. that would probably make it impossible to reach a compromise on the european level. >> merkel was in power during the european debt crisis. throughout europe, she is still seen as favoring thrift rather than investment. now france's new president macron wants far-reaching reforms, an e.u. finance minister, and a budget of its own for the whole eurozone. is merkel prepared for such radical restructuring? >> i think a chancellor schulz, if he wins the election, would be more willing to compromise with france and, based on those compromises, to also find consensus on how to continue with the economic and currency union. he would be more willing to compromise. >> merkel enjoys great international respect. she is even said to be able to deal

e.u. has also responded with new sanctions asset freezes and travel bans. when we visited theodosia the turbines if that's what they were had disappeared perhaps they're already here one of the two new power plants being built in crimea but russian technicians are expected to face significant problems getting them to work because siemens is refusing technical assistance this whole siemens gas turbine saga illustrates in a nutshell that binds that russia has got itself into and trying to wriggle past the e.u. restrictive measures moscow is just more of them and with washington signing in new american sanctions the ability of russia to secure the investments in technology it needs to stop the country sliding backwards well that only gets harder now to a power generation problem of a different kind blacked out and on the brink of bankruptcy most of puerto rico still has no power nearly a month after her a can rear devastated the u.s. territory it's just one factor crippling economic activity and adding to the humanitarian crisis unfolding that the island is vi

e.u. would have supported his call for sanctions against iran if he'd been persistent but he claims in an interview he didn't do that because he wants them to continue making money do you think you're going to get the europeans to support you in terms of sanctions in terms of not selling technology to iran obviously i told them to friends of mine they really are i get along with all of them whether it's a manual or whether it's on the i get along i really like those people i told them just keep making money don't worry about it we don't need you on this you just keep making money. well earlier france germany and the u.k. issued a joint statement denouncing trump's decision not to recertify iran's compliance with the nuclear deal they also said they're concerned about the possible implications and reminded the president the deal was implemented by all sides not just the u.s. . it is not a bilateral agreement it does not belong to any single country and it is not up to any single country to terminate it this is a difficult and in our view dangerous signal and the agreement with iran has sho

the first comprehensive study of anti russia sanctions show they hit e.u. much more than russia so the report was written by algeria's interests just harry who is a un special rapporteur of the negative impact of the universe a lot of old coercive measures so they have a. a section of the u.n. called that the negative impact of the unilateral. corrective course of measures because they consider it an act of war essentially right and you know as we reported on our show because we actually were in moscow talking to people who were affected by the sanctions local restaurant tours yes they have very quickly adapted you know the thing about this twenty first century world we see it all over the world adoption is fast because technology is is so pervasive and so powerful that we had entrepreneur spring up like lilies or daisies after a rainstorm just coming out and starting new businesses they started new food businesses that a culture of business went to mess tic not so much importation from abroad and the net impact of that was zero we reported on that but susp

e.u. imposed any new nonnuclear related sanctions or designation against iran since the jcpoa? and how do we get the e.u. onboard when its member states have given their seal of approval and opened up tehran for business? and then for general wald, you mentioned iranian regional aggression under the jcpoa undermining efforts in iraq and in syria, support for hezbollah, support for the huteys in yemen. -- huttis inen. there are also hearns qatar's aggressions with ties with iran. so i would ask just how bad the consequences are for the region if iran continues to support the huttis and now draws closer to the qataris. how would we be addressing that? mr. chairman, i note for the committee, as we here are discussing the iran nonproliferation threat, i would like to report to the committee that our very own plibet was nominated today to the position of assistant secretary of state for verification and compliance. as many of you he served as the chief of staff and staff director for this committee. we congratulate dr. pablet on this nomination. i won't have time for answers, but i'l

i mean you're seeing cracks in transatlantic unity on sanctions policy which has really been at the heart of the alliance and particularly the e.u. u.s. relationship over the past ten years if you look at ukraine russia if you look at iran you look at north korea it's that transatlantic unity that has kept countries under pressure and if that cracks open not only will there be laying sanctions on each other which is very problematic but it just causes frictions in the relationship it's it's going to be really hard to bind those wounds well we'll see which which wins openings and which ones are sealed closed in the next hour or so when you look at rejoin the surf and other tyson baka from the aspen institute in burnet thank you. onto other news now thirty one people have been killed in the wildfires raging across northern california the deadliest in the state's history with hundreds still missing the death toll is expected to rise dry conditions and fierce winds are hampering efforts to bring the fires under control the blazes in the wine country north of san francisco have been burning since sunday and conditions of forecast to

you with us bragg said migration policy and tougher sanctions against north korea those are just a few of the main topics tonight in brussels where e.u. leaders are holding a two day summit the british prime minister theresa may she's come to the summit armed with proposals that she hopes will move breaks it talks a lot but e.u. leaders say she has to match her promises with concrete details if any progress is to be made. walk the walk and talk the talk let's go to brussels now where our very own max hoffman is standing by and so max what did mrs mae what did she bring to the table today and what's been the reaction. she demanded more urgency because what the reserve may once has moved to phase two of the negotiations with which would be negotiating a future relation between the u.k. and you namely a trade deal but that you doesn't want to do that just yet they still want to settle a couple of issues the so-called divorce issues which are for example the border between northern ireland and ireland or the status of citizens in the u.k. and of course the braggs it bill now things aren't as gloomy as they might seem for the u.k. because

good to have you with us migration refugees and more sanctions against north korea these are just a few of the hot topics in brussels this evening we're e.u. leaders are holding a key two day summit british prime minister to resign may has come to the summit armed with proposals that she hopes will move talks along for the e.u. leaders say that she has to match her promises with concrete details of any progress is to be made. well just in the last hour the president of the european commission and the european council have been giving a press briefing want to go to brussels now our max hoffman is standing by he's covering this summit force good evening to you max what did you make of mr toast and mr youngers comments the start was migration policy. migration is probably the biggest topic they talked about because that's what's been discussed so far bragg's it is on the menu for dinner there's the difference and what's interesting brant about the migration part the president of the european council said that they wanted to attack a subject that they haven't been able to resolve for years lots of years and that's a common asylum system they

e.u. is a problem not only for the northern regions of italy but for all european countries it is the european union that imposes sanctions on russia crippling our agricultural sector and robbing italy of seven billion euro is a year today we advocate the unity of italy but with autonomy for the regions and federalism we do so who first and foremost defend ourselves against the onslaught of the e.u. and multinational corporations which are simply seeking to annihilate us. what is it that i do not agree with when it comes to catalonia see many of those who are in favor of the independence of catalonia ones who remain in the european union they want to keep the euro and also the ones open their borders to migrants from north africa while this kind of independence independence with brussels in the driver's seat without cutting off the flow of migrants that decision would pose grave problems to the also wish for it so he'll also sad that he don't want to blow up the euro at a referendum on abandoning it would be unconstitutional how does it go along with your earlier statement that hero is an experiment gone bad. i believe th

e.u. will be a lot but we won't see how it is an imposition of those diplomatic sanctions that we saw in two thousand when the european union really i think. many actually over reacted in its response that the freedom party joining the coalition then. commissioned a role to ensure that human rights to being up here no i don't think we'll see anything like that this time around which again shows us how far europe is traveled i'm glad that you mentioned that matthew allison the freedom party as both of you now mentioned you know they have been in a coalition government before the early two thousands. why is there a feeling this time that the country is really on the verge of this is different. well firstly to go back to the issue of you know whether there will be international conservation mattie's obviously right on this that it's unthinkable i think that they. will now muscle in and start to slap down austria possibly in part because in so many of the member states there are equivalent successes for the far right so everybody's busy looking at their own getting their own house in order or no

e.u., canada, and new zealand. much progress has been made but more work remains to be done. hezbollah is not subject to u.n. sanctions. regional or national level and south america, africa, or southeast asia where the group is active. additionally, some countries have chosen to only designate hezbollah's military wing leaving its clinical wing untouched. that is a false distinction. make no mistake, hezbollah has no political wing. it is a terrorist organization, rotten to its core. this limits other government ability to freeze hezbollah's assets, shut down its front companies, close down its recruiting efforts. the united states will need allies in this fight. that of already sanctioned hezbollah, we applaud them for taking this step and we urge them to further disrupt the groups activities. we invite the countries yet to do so to step up and help us confront this common threat. in particular, we urge them to join the coordination group. a platform for strong corporation among 25 countries confronted by this threat. concluded it is important to recall hezbollah has not developed its military and terrorist capabilit

congress could impose new sanctions and that's exactly why big banks are actually reluctant to backing investments in iran the e.u. doesn't want this to damage its new business ties so the european commission wants the european investment bank to get directly involved with business in iran the individual member states are also taking action at the beginning of the year germany backed up its company's efforts in iran with safeguards totaling four hundred thirty million euros and now the damage export credit agency has offered one hundred percent assurances to danish companies exporting to iran these efforts could now be in danger as the world's number one economy changes its stance for iran trumps announcement could damage its economy the country's exports more than quadrupled following the end of economic sanctions exports to europe more than tripled in twenty sixteen and there are a lot of companies especially in transportation and construction have benefited from the deal. the cheese made in this factory for example is being cut using machines made in bavaria multi-book is just one of many german companies bene