let me read a piece of it to you the new foreign ministry spokesman. said in a statement considering the basic u.s. sanctions were illegal the aslambek republic of iran did not and does not attach any importance to these waivers yet regarding the possible negative impacts and the increased impacts on iran the government the foreign ministry will be working with domestic and international partners and crew including the european union to try to come up with solutions and the statement goes on to say that that will be fed back to the supreme authorities and a decision an appropriate decision will be passed and made public now bear with me i'm going to try to explain why this very bureaucratic government speech style statement does give us a sense of what iran is going through most of these predecessor was often known to respond to u.s. accusations and statements and comments of decisions by saying it's not worth it to respond to those statements were accusations or decisions this is really just another way of the foreign ministry saying the same thing ev

china's foreign ministry spokesperson lu khan told reporters today the china consistently opposes any unilateral sanctions from the u.s. on iran and that any trade it has of the run is in accordance with the law now beijing's ties to terror are very strong while other countries across europe and asia have backed away from their relationship with the country china sea and so have only strengthened it iran is one of the major participants in its belton road initiative and oil is a very big part of this relationship china is the biggest buyer of a rainy and for oil now china along with a few other countries received a waiver from the u.s. to continue buying oil until the beginning of may but unlike other countries such as italy or greece china has not significantly reduced its own purchase of a raining or oil and every year it's estimated to buy about fifty billion dollars worth of iranian or now china has a huge energy demands and it really need to this oil its own supplies of oil i think drilling in recent years and because of this it's unlikely that they will heed any warnings from wa

let me read a piece of it to you the new foreign ministry spokesman abbas mousavi said in a statement considering the basic u.s. sanctions were illegal the islamist republic of iran did not and does not attach any importance to these waivers yet regarding the possible negative impacts and the increased impacts on iran the government the foreign ministry will be working with domestic and international partners and crew including the european union to try to come up with solutions and the statement goes on to say that that will be fed back to the supreme authorities and a decision an appropriate decision will be passed and made public now bear with me i'm going to try to explain why this very bureaucratic government speech style statement does give us a sense of what iran is going through most of these predecessor was often known to respond to u.s. accusations and statements and comments of decisions by saying it's not worth it to respond to those statements or accusations or decisions this is really just another way of the foreign ministry saying the same thing even with their spokesma

the statement made by the reigning foreign ministry came on monday the u.s. government though says iran only has itself to blame for its failure to cope with the flooding rather than helping its currently drafting new sanctions. these floods once again showed the level of the iranian regime mismanagement in urban planning and emergency preparedness the regime blames outside entities when in fact it is mismanagement this led to this disaster that even jail environmentalist's for attempting to help iran prepare for these very issues. washington's latest attempts to ramp up the pressure on venezuela raising concerns in some european countries madrid slammed the decision to allow u.s. citizens to sue foreign firms working cuba a nation which has stood by venezuela's leader nicolas maduro spain's foreign minister outlined his objections in a meeting with u.s. officials. spain rita rates it's firm rejection as a matter of principle to the extraterritorial application of national sanction boards considering it contrary to international law the us secretary of state

why though as president and they came out today again to kind of solidify that position the foreign ministry released an official statement criticizing the opposition they called the the the methods of the opposition violent and they said that the opposition was charting a course towards provoking conflict and they called for this situation to be resolved through talks we also saw from the foreign ministry today a kind of i thought it was a it was a side swipe at the u.s. they called for the international community not to meddle in the situation in venezuela now russia has for months now been accusing the u.s. of meddling the foreign minister sergey lavrov in march came out and accused the u.s. of meddling again accuse them of organizing a coup in venezuela so it seems that venezuela is one of the cases where russia is very much setting up its its foreign policy is anti u.s. and the tensions between russia and the u.s. are boiling to the surface in the country there so what does russia have in venezuela. well first of all russia and venezuela are historic. the two countries have been close f

the iranian foreign ministry confirmed that sanctions were hampering relief efforts. since all the accounts of iran red crescent have been frozen by u.s. sanctions no one can send the financial aid from overseas with us they went by the iranian foreign ministry came on monday the u.s. government both said iran only has itself to blame for its failure to cope with the flooding rather than helping it's currently drafting new sanctions. these floods once again showed the level of the iranian regime mismanagement in urban planning and the emergency preparedness regime blames outside agencies when in fact it is their mismanagement this led to this disaster the environmentalists for attempting to help iran prepare for these very issues. washington's latest attempts to ramp up the pressure on venezuela are raising concerns in some european countries madrid slammed the decision to allow u.s. citizens to sue foreign firms working in cuba a nation which has stood by venezuela's leader nicolas maduro spain's foreign minister outlined his objections in a meeting with u.s. officia

russian's foreign ministry says it's open to dialogue with nato the alliance hasn't shown willingness also says it's ready to deescalate tensions between russia and bloc members. the security situation in the west african nation of mali is worsening despite the fact that french and us troops have been on the ground for over six years that's according to a un expert who spoke out following the massacre of one hundred and sixty civilians and what some fear is the beginning of an ethnic war. the reports. last month hundred and six. children and pregnant women the elderly and young people. why well they were for lonnie and ethnic group who have been accused of having ties to. a course. about three million ninety percent muslim and a number of did join al qaida type groups as a result of the ethnic groups have told all of the same brush calling for the whole community to be labeled as a terrorist group. they are. and they have to be dealt with the un has also warned that the following are being sought out for attacks these people are deliberately targeted women men and children simply for

and uganda says it will consider giving asylum to sudan's deposed president omar al bashir the foreign ministry says it may offer that despite his indictment by the international criminal court for war crimes when it speaks of more about this and the situation in sudan to osman who's an activist also professor. a university of technology she is live from johannesburg in south africa very good to have you with us on their first of all what is your reaction to this ugandan are. try to take in the share would that be something acceptable to protesters instead. i think and i can only offer personal opinion on this. i think it is an option i think there are certain people need to be removed from sudan to society for us to have a chance at establishing a democracy and for sudan to have a chance at real peace for the next few years but you know if uganda where to take him in that wouldn't guarantee a trial i mean for for the crimes he committed in sudan would that be acceptable that he just left with no trial. the what the protesters are palling for is trials for everyone that has participated in any

well that statement by the way in foreign ministry came on monday the u.s. government's though says iran only has itself to blame for its failure to cope with the flooding rather than helping its currently drafting new sanctions. these floods once again showed the level of the iranian regime mismanagement in urban planning and emergency preparedness the regime blames outside entities when in fact it is their mismanagement this led to this disaster they even jail environmentalists for attempting to help iran prepare for these very issues. the c.e.o. of boeing has issued a public apology for two crashes involving the same aircraft model within the last six months which claimed a total of three. hundred forty six lives. we had boeing or sorry for the lives lost in the recent seven thirty seven max accident the history of our industry shows most accidents are caused by a chain of events this again is the case here dennis miller went on to say that the ethiopian airlines incident in march and the indonesian crash in october were both caused by the same technical

the german foreign ministry has set up a hotline for families of the victims madeira has announced three days of mourning . sports now and in the czech and league quarter finals tottenham edged out manchester city on the away goals rule in one of the most dramatic matches in the competition's history the spurs held a one goal advantage heading into the second leg which proved crucial at the end of a breathless ninety minutes. the pregame atmosphere in manchester suggested a memorable much awaited and it didn't disappoint his right name sterling put city ahead after just four minutes a quick fire double from shaun min sun soon put spurs back in the driver's seat by city's bernardo's silva brought the game level again moments later to two or four goals coming in the first eleven minutes of the match city scored twice more through stirling and sergio aguero are the side of half time to take a four two advantage on lisa fernando the red tape to give spurs a novel precious away goal in the seventy third minute city thought they'd sealed i dramatic last gasp winner through stirling in injury t

let me read a piece of it to you the new foreign ministry spokesman abbas mousavi said in a statement considering the basic u.s. sanctions were illegal the islamist republic of iran it did not and does not attach any importance to these waivers yet regarding the possible negative impacts and the increased impacts on iran the government the foreign ministry will be working with domestic and international partners and crew including the european union to try to come up with solutions and the statement goes on to say that that will be fed back to the supreme authorities and a decision an appropriate decision will be passed and made public now bear with me i'm going to try to explain why this very bureaucratic government speech style statement does give us a sense of what iran is going through most of these predecessor was often known to respond to u.s. accusations and statements and comments of decisions by saying it's not worth it.

the iranian foreign ministry confirmed that sanctions were hampering relief efforts. since all the accounts of iran red crescent have been frozen by u.s. sanctions no one can send the financial aid from overseas that statement by the iranian foreign ministry came on monday the u.s. government says iran only has itself to blame for its failure to cope with the flooding and rather than helping its probably drafting fresh sanctions. these floods once again show the level of the iranian regime mismanagement in urban planning and emergency preparedness the regime blames outside entities when in fact it is their mismanagement this led to this disaster they even jail environmentalists for attempting to help iran prepare for these very issues. that's a news break down for this hour and that's all for me as well today but why not neil harvey will be taking over at about thirty minutes thanks for tuning in wherever you may be. breaks it killed joan. u.s. veterans who come back from war often until those same stories. were going after the people who were killing civilians they w

the russian foreign ministry spokesperson saying that hand of. democracy here is strangling freedom pensée you look at it as a say here of some people an absolute villain to others. very unpopular with some of the of the big stories that that he brought the backing for that he broke some people didn't believe it some day. he's been holed up there. for so many years but now is about to. face westminster is the westminster match was caught in the coming time we don't know still no time when i was there it's days or hours since i get more on that says we get more on that we'll let you know but it's all happening under a warrant issued way back by westminster measures court on the twenty ninth of june twenty twelve. or a wiki leaks understand because published that huge trove of documents revealing war crimes mass surveillance and corruption. that works. now among the videos saying in arbutus exclusive to us we're the only ones that are got that at the moment that's to be confirmed but if you just shortly says r.t. international it's the eleventh of

picks up the story the reason behind such a harsh statement coming from russia's foreign ministry is the fact that they had a fresh as defense ministry research institute me was denied a u.s. visa now he was supposed to travel to new york and there at ten and a un security council session he was do you to brief the council on russia's account of as a suspected poison gas attack in syria now the ministry added that the us authorities were obviously as seeking not to allow objective information about what happened in syria to be heard at the un and as it turns out such situations are becoming quite common now the. opposite follows quite a similar visa denial to the had of the russian delegation of a un desire moment commission in march at the ministry now believes that the us side repeated the tries to prevent true information from spreading by preventing a prominent chemical expert from going to new york the us government was clearly try. to prevent objective information on the incident from being told from the un tribune groundlessly putting the blame for it on the syrian authorities

the iranian foreign ministry confirmed the sanctions were hampering relief efforts. since all the accounts of iran red crescent have been frozen by u.s. sanctions no one can send the financial aid from overseas and the statement by the iranian foreign minister came on monday the u.s. government though says that iran only has his self to blame prince failure to cope with the flooding rather than helping is currently drafting new sanctions. these floods once you see preparedness the regime blames outside entities when in fact it is their mismanagement this led to this disaster they even jail environmentalist for attempting to help around prepare for these very issues. international stick around my colleague daniel hawkins will bring you all the latest updates at the top of their. china has arrived in europe in a very big way and not everyone in the west welcomes this italy's support of china's belgian road initiative is a game changer the washington consensus that has dominated the world for the past seven decades is being challenged to turn to the east continues. to.

interesting part all this was only possible after a lengthy negotiations between the german foreign ministry and could also or a teaser northern syria and took a shot or she something that the german authorities the german foreign ministry has said all along was not possible well that's right germany has been very reluctant to take back citizens who joined the so-called islamic state so far so is this a change of policy that we're seeing in. well it's a bit early to say that but i think it's a kind of it's a proof of concept it proves that if german authorities are willing that is a way to take these people back and up to now the german authorities have always hidden behind prosecutorial questions basically the argument was we don't have an embassy in damascus any martin known. no diplomatic channel to syria we don't recognize a cause sorties so sorry there's no way we can deal with these people holed up in. iran camps in northern syria but this proves if the will is there then it can be done and i think. with this point now the pressure will rise to take home more of those jihadi. what's li

demanded washington remove secretary of state my pompei all from any future nuclear talks a foreign ministry spokesperson described tom pale as in mature and reckless earlier north korean media said that the country's military had tested a new tactical guided weapon that's the first reported weapons test in half of the year. supporters held a week overnight for former peruvian president alan garcia who committed suicide yesterday as police came to arrest him on corruption charges members of his party say that the charges were politically motivated garcia have repeatedly denied wrongdoing the left wing populist government peru twice once in the one nine hundred eighty s. and again two decades later. indonesian president joko widodo has claimed victory in yesterday's election and quick counts gave him fifty four percent of the vote his opponent former general probable subiaco also claimed victory he said his campaign had evidence of widespread election cheating official results are to be announced on may twenty second. we're heading now to india where voting is underway in the second phase of

demanded that washington remove secretary of state mike compiled from any future nuclear talks a foreign ministry spokesman described as the pump a was in mature a direct us earlier north korean media said the country's military had tested a new tattled guided weapon the first reported weapons test in six months. supporters of held awake over night for former peruvian president alan garcia he committed suicide yesterday as police came to arrest him on corruption charges charges which his party supporters say are politically motivated president garcia had repeatedly denied any wrongdoing the left wing populist left peru twice once in the one nine hundred eighty s. and then again twenty years later. in the nation's president a joker widodo has claimed victory in yesterday's election quick cars gave him fifty four percent of the vote but his opponent general are probably. so be unter has also claimed victory and that his campaign has evidence of widespread election fraud official results are due to be announced on the twenty second of may. that are in india where voting in the second phase of the co

but on the same day, pakistan's foreign ministry also accused india of planning an attack later thisranslation: recently, the cabinet committee on security was held, which was chaired by indian prime minister narendra modi. heads of the armed forces, who participated in the meeting, said we are ready for action against pakistan. pakistan's foreign ministry said ambassadors of the permanent members of the un security council in islamabad had been alerted about the situation, but india denied it was planning an attack. it described the accusation as irresponsible and preposterous. an indian foreign office spokesperson said pakistan had a clear objective of whipping up war hysteria in the region. the two countries came close to war in february after a suicide bombing in indian administered kashmir that killed 1:0 indian administered kashmir that killed a0 indian troops. pakistan has always denied any responsibility for that attack, but india responded with airstrikes on its neighbour's territory. soon after, pakistan shut down indianjet. territory. soon after, pakistan shut down indian

russia's foreign ministry condemns you to eighteen months in jail sentence for failing to register as a foreign agent as politically motivated coming up we speak to her lawyer. it's very dangerous because if other countries adopt the same. attitude you can get a tit for tat situation with countries grabbing civilians of other countries as leverage or for other reasons a. french media companies join forces to condemn the country's intelligence service for questioning journalists about a leaked documents only to saudi arabia. controversy is the prosecutor in texas said they'll no longer prosecute theft as long as it's not for economic gain. you know prosecuted i mean if there is a process of criminal operating in this country and once that happens people are stuck. for russia this saturday morning this is all it's international coming from moscow h.q. with me kevin and good morning welcome first of the headlines in more detail than a cold in the u.s. is census russian national maria boots and to eighteen months in prison after she pleaded guilty to conspiring to act as an unregistered f

russia's foreign ministry condemns maria eighteen months in jail sentence for failing to register as a foreign agent as politically motivated in the program we speak to a lawyer. maria's activities in the us were illegal. in and of themselves but she got caught up in this. hysteria. french media companies joined forces to condemn the country's intelligence services questioning journalists about a leaked document sales to saudi arabia and. controversies district attorney in the us state of texas stops prosecuting the. essential goods that cost less than seven hundred fifty dollars. for. not prosecuting. me clear. is that there is a process. in this country and once that happens people are stuck in or circumference. around the world live from russia the saturday morning this is an international very good morning for me. first of the headlines in more detail the russian national has been sentenced to eighteen months in prison in the united states after she pleaded guilty to conspiring to act as an unregistered foreign agent he's already served nine months in jail the thirty year old is a

madera is a popular tourist destination most of the victims were from germany the german foreign ministry has set up a hotline for families of the victims madeira has announced three days of mourning . francis saying thank you to the paris firefighters who prevented greater damage in monday's disastrous fire at the famed notre dame cathedral firefighters were invited to the elysee palace in paris where president emmanuel mccrone is now paying tribute to the first responders the more than four hundred men and women who battled the blaze our president with protecting because beatles two massive bell towers and saving many of the artworks and relics inside of the building later today a ceremony a pair of city hall will honor the firefighters. of spring and corresponding rebecca rivers who is standing by at the elysee paris where that ceremony is currently taking place so rebecca what do we know about these firefighters who are being honored today and their role in their efforts to save the cathedral. well these men and women of the paris fire brigade are certainly the heroes of the hour i'm

they run in foreign ministry confirmed sanctions were hampering relief efforts. since all the accounts of iran red crescent have been frozen by u.s. sanctions no one can send the financial aid from overseas but that statement by the iranian foreign minister came on monday and the u.s. government though says iran only has a sofa to blame for its failure to cope with the flooding rather than helping its company drafting fresh sanctions. these floods once again showed the level of the iranian regime mismanagement in urban planning and emergency preparedness the regime blames outside entities when in fact it is their mismanagement this led to this disaster they even jail environmentalists for attempting to help iran prepare for these very issues. the u.s. is developing a rescue plan for venezuela's economy is on to pump cash into the country through banks smart phones and apps but even though the trumpet ministration isn't rushing to reveal details the plan condition. the timeline is to get rid of my girl. i have no idea and that's going to be that would begin immedi

demanded washington removed secretary of state my pompei or from any future nuclear talks a foreign ministry spokesperson described pale as him a chore and reckless earlier north korean media said that the country's military had tested a new technical guide on weapon that's the first reported weapons test in half a year and france is honoring firefighters who battled the blaze that almost destroyed notre dame cathedral in paris president emmanuel mccrone invited them to a private ceremony at the elysee palace the firefighters are credited with preventing the fire from reaching the saddam belt towers and saving artworks in the relics from inside the building. turkish election officials have confirmed the victory of the opposition candidate a chrome goal who in last month's election in istanbul a recount showed that he defeated the candidate from the ruling a k party in a major blow to president wretch of type and a once authority he said that the a.k.p. will keep fighting this results but for now supporters of the opposition the republican people's party or c h p are celebrating. celebrating

secretary of state my pump ale from any future nuclear talks a foreign ministry spokesperson described pompei was in mature and reckless earlier north korean media said that the country's military had tested a new tactical guided weapon it's the first reported weapons test in half of the year. and france is honoring firefighters who battled the blaze that almost destroyed notre dame cathedral in paris president emanuel makana invited them to a private ceremony at the elysee palace the firefighters are credited with preventing the fire from reaching notre dame's bell towers and saving artworks and relics from inside the building. you're watching news still to come on the program in the gambia they are still washing. luxury cars two years after the corrupt leader floods has anything changed in the country. but first germany has called for an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council to discuss a surge in fighting in the libyan capital tripoli forces loyal to the libyan army commander are battling to seize control of tripoli from the internationally recognized libyan government shell

the foreign ministry says that three of them we re ministry says that three of them were british citizens british passports, and two others held deal us— uk citizenships. we will get more details once families have been contacted and informed of the news. the turkish state media news reporting one of the victims was from turkey and the foreign minister of the netherlands confirmed one of the victims was dutch. the bbc‘s azzam ameen is at the scene of one of the attacks in colombo. so far, seven suspects have been arrested. they say they believe most of these were suicide bomb attacks and they say one group is behind it but they didn't name but said that is what they are suspecting. a police curfew has been imposed after the latest attack. eight attacks took place. there will be a full countrywide curfew and they will ask the public to remain inside their houses, don't come out, because the situation was panicking and there were a lot of rumours about more attacks. social media, especially facebook and whatsapp have been restricted to stop information from spreading. he is the bbc correspo

the german foreign ministry has set up a hotline for families of the victims madeira has announced three days of mourning . francis saying thank you today to the paris firefighters who prevented greater damage on monday's disastrous fire at the famed notre dame cathedral firefighters have already arrived at the elysee palace in paris where president of manual kong is paying tribute to the first responders the more than four hundred men and women who battled the blaze are credited with protected because protecting the cathedrals to massive bell towers and saving many of the artworks of the relics inside the building later today a ceremony at parris city hall will honor the firefighters. of burgundy that your correspondent rebecca riggers who is outside of the elysee presidential palace where that ceremony is taking place welcome to you are back what do we know about the firefighters being honored today and especially you know their role here in their efforts to save the cathedral. when sarah these men and women really are being hailed national heroes here today i mean the full court of th

the eighteen months and sentence to maria i already commented on that and the comment by the foreign ministry says it's lawlessness so what did she do what is she being charged with there's no crime i think they're just trying to save their face . because they. grabbed her seized her put her behind bars but there is nothing they can do.

rehearses with the orchestra five times a week she's also studying and doing an internship with the foreign ministry. the twenty eight year old hopes she might get a job there later something that's not easy in the democratic republic of congo the orchestra is run by a free christian church that offers people support and has also built a number of schools and hospitals in one thousand nine hundred four it's set up the orchestra. music lessons take place within the church building there are no music schools in the democratic republic of congo so how is anyone supposed to learn to play an instrument. those who wish to play i like music a lot ever since i was little when i listened i feel good music is the soundtrack to everything. the church is now building a real music school and wants to give more people access to the power of music. everyone here is prepared to roll their sleeves up and get digging even the musicians. you. see for you to see for work is not too difficult afterwards at four o'clock last night go to the choir. the church also runs a large choir and until the building is finished the

honeycomb at least fifty people most of them tourists are believed to have been on the bus germany's foreign ministry and other sources say at least some of the day are german nationals. are in for more of this we want to bring in said c.l.'s edda she's a journalist for the newspaper j.m. medea cynthia can you tell us a little bit more about the action and what the real. ok ok do you think and we don't know that much but the official violence is twenty eight people and twenty eight injured is it really the oficial information rest of us simply really as far as we know among the victims are a lot of fun males and seventeenth being out eleven. miles and it is seventeen females from. the contract there were sixty fifty takes i'm sorry fifty six passengers on the bus most of them are from the german they are from that is the nationality but we don't know if there were others there still that's information to current term because we don't know that much been true my shame is being we are in those hazing information from the government and from the special forces. from hour to hour is not that much and we