national a council's statement that the republic of iran within the framework in fact the ministry of foreign affairs of iran will react in the. national framework that has been determined by the national council. and reveal. and allow me to tell you that as stated in the statement and. the decision in the video we responded in the. best time and in the best manner. in the previous days. in the negotiation plus former the qatari foreign minister came to iran he had a special meeting with the reef. and the delegates from different countries had a telephone conversation with brief. negotiation of the points discussed what point what have been discussed so far. it has been reported. in iran retaliates more sanctions can import with the. qatar foreign minister trips to iran. it was planned a few days before the incident. in the the visit that took place after these saddened. event. and. even leave you to cancel the visit but we. are to receive the delegation yesterday they. had their visit to iran. the points negotiated work the similar to the telephone conversation that they've had with his coun

from you the ukrainian foreign ministry i think it's safe to say that it is a search operation not a rescue operation i will be bringing you all the latest as we. many people were on board condolences to friends and families of course of those affected by this recent tragedy for 6 we can see here there are at least dozens of people there at the site right now i know the early reports were pointing the finger at mechanical errors but at this point it's really too early to know anything lation i think we should just wait for the results of the official investigation which is bound to be conducted into this well into this tragedy. donna thank you for bringing us the latest on the. reports of the plane crash came just hours after he rounds fired dozens of ballistic missiles at 2 u.s. military bases in iraq iranian military is calling the move a revenge for the death of its top general kasem salmoni was killed in a u.s. drone strike last week. for the latest on those missile strikes across live to our middle east correspondent paula slayer does it seem that the u.s. and iran are on the br

again my question also concerns the position of the foreign ministry until recently . foreign ministry is up with i've been saying that it's always disinformation coming from the west. while in fact there were facts that there was some on the contrary to the naked eye it was done something still together differ as it was and the intelligence said that something happened there at the. 5000 meters and we had to fotis going again so that was not as it turns out we forward so my question yes it's do you think you should. be apologized. to the people. whose family members died and i would like to listen to your opinion about what the money and sad news and. so they don't want to. whom are you indiscernible i don't really remember the foreign ministry to talk official the version of the plane was shot down that misinformation never said it. i don't remember saying things bring up a good boy is with you and if you've got to say something i said it was your deputy me he said it i saw his garment you knew you think it happened we made no official statements to do that and you m

been on leave it is leader is vowing to punish those behind so the money is killing china's foreign ministry has called for calm and has all sides to exercise restraint while the u.k.'s foreign secretary says all parties need to deescalate with further conflict nobody's interests let's get the picture now from europe we can speak to rory chalons who's live for us in london nairobi what's being said. you know we had comment now from ministers from spokespeople from former leaders as well you just highlighted there what don't rock the the u.k. foreign secretary has said in a statement from the u.k. foreign ministry he put the position that yes the u.k. is always recognized the quds force and sort of money aggressive threats now that he is dead they say we will size to deescalate now dominate rob and mike pompei out his counterpart in the united states of talks on the foreign and following that conversation it's we to that he's thankful that i was recognize that continues aggressive threats posed by the iranian quds force the u.s. remains committed to deescalation and i think that's a point tha

mr macaire was nonetheless summoned to the iranian foreign ministry to explain himself. tensions have been high from the assassination of a top uranian official. iran retaliated against us bases with iraq and the ukrainian airliner was tragically shot down. but for a moment today, those tensions were calmed as world leaders gathered in oman to mourn the death of the country's leader at relations with iran remain unchanged and unresolved. today, president rouhani met qatar, said that deescalation was the only solution to perhaps not for the region but is well on the streets of tehran. now on bbc news, sport today. hello, i'm gavin ramjaun, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: super sergio! manchester city striker aguero hits a record—breaking hat—trick, as his side demolish aston villa. back on top, juventus lead the way in serie a, with cristiano ronaldo on the scoresheet in their win at roma. and serbian delight. novak djokovic helps them to victory over spain, in the first ever atp cup final. we start with football, and

to the foreign ministry because of his unconventional or inappropriate behaviour by attending what theyally. we haven't yet had official confirmation from the foreign office, but we wait to get a read out of how that meeting went and see how iran and the uk will proceed from here. and we will see how iran and the uk proceed from here. one of the background elements to this, and rob macaire referred to it in his explanation, was that the vigil turned into an anti—government protest and there have been a number of anti—government protests obviously over the shooting down and then the denial of shooting down the plane which included a lot of iranians among the dead, but also in the build—up to that anti—government protests because of the state of the economy. we have just seen a tweet from donald trump in which he says, "to the leaders of iran, do not kill your protesters. "thousands have already been killed or imprisoned "and the world is watching. "more importantly, the usa is watching. "turn your internet back on and let reporters roam free. "stop the killing of your great iranian peopl

we do call upon everyone to at least warn the foreign ministry that you may be coming there it's your right you are well within your right not to inform us but if you want to be safe just as police if you inform us about your upcoming. journeys to any dangerous places. japanese agency kyodo pleased to be hello mr lover of japanese information agency. i've got a question regarding the talks with chipper. last year when you visited japan. but you couldn't leave. russians to give the least of your concerns to the japanese. way i understand that your concerns are deployment of american. defense systems in japan. and the question news. to move forward in these talked with japan and japanese side. so what should you do. for russia and. as long as the u.s. our allies we can relieve your concern so bet there's my question actually. well you said it yourself your answer to your own question. which is that this is a very serious each. and it's part of our dialect with japan it's not part of the peace talks not on the part of. of course we wouldn't live to have our good neighbor and we think the

mr macaire was nonetheless summoned to the iranian foreign ministry to explain himself.s unjustified and a violation of international law. in a tweet, he said... completely unacceptable. i think you are right, a breach of certainly the vienna convention and a whole range of things. iran is at a crossroads. they've got a decision to make and the point we are making, the foreign secretary has said just this morning, is we want to see things de—escalate. we want to see iran come back into the international fold and play their part but they are at a crossroads. 0fficials here at the foreign office have been mounting a robust defence of their ambassador. but they are equally keen to ensure this incident doesn't further damage uk iran relations. particularly when their overarching strategy is to de—escalate tensions, rather than inflame them. those tensions have been high after the us assassinated a top iranian general. iran retaliated against us bases in iraq and the ukrainian airliner was shot down by an iranian missile. the prime minister at a state funeral in oman, joined

against iran that would increase tensions in the region not so much of a surprise that lebanon's foreign ministry would issue this statement because the caretaker foreign minister in this country should run by a c.e.o. who's with the free patriotic movement he is an ally of hezbollah so coming on the heels of hezbollah statement again not really it too much of a surprise he would do so we've not heard from other political leaders here in lebanon which really kind of amplifies the fact that right now lebanon is at a crossroads and many people are concerned about what exactly is going to be happening next of course this country has been rocked by over 2 and a half months of anti-government demonstrations there have been people coming out on mass day after day demanding an end to the political elite here they would like to see a complete overhaul of the political system in lebanon and just as they were starting to cling to some hope that perhaps a new government would be formed this really throws a wrench this really complicates that because right now you have a situation where there is a prime mini

and again my question also concerns the position of the foreign ministry until recently. the.foreign ministry of finance do so much is up with i've been saying that it's always disinformation coming from the west something while in fact there were facts that there was some on the contrary to the naked eye it was done something still together differ as it was done and the intelligence said that something happened there at the. height of new t.v. or in 5000 meters and we had to fotis going again so that was not true as it turns out forwards so my question yes it's do you think you should you could argue apologize to the people. whose family members died admire i would like to listen to your opinion about what. the. so we don't want people to whom are you.

ukraine over the so-called glorification of far right nationalist it comes after the israeli foreign ministry said that it was its moral duty of the world to condemn anti semitism is more of the story paula slayers. what we're hearing from israel is a message to ukraine that it will not battle to of the debate that's taking place in kiev over the glorification of individuals during the 2nd world war now the israelis are concerned that some of those individuals who are being glorified by the ukrainian government are people who were responsible for the mess murder of jews during the holocaust people who murdered jews and paul graham's at the same time people who collaborated with the nazis and also anti semitic ideologists of the radical ukrainian national movement now the ukrainian government has responded by saying that this is an internal matter that deals with ukrainian politics and that any kind of criticisms that are coming from israel are essentially counterproductive but the israeli foreign ministry has said as you correctly pointed out that anything that belittles the memory of the hol

gratton doha with the top stories on al-jazeera the spokesman for iran's foreign ministry says iran is not pursuing war but is prepared for anything about moussavi spoke just moments ago in tehran he said iran is disappointed by u.s. president donald trump for box and the country will respond to any threats salvi said iran has not yet decided whether to accept the a using that i should to brussels to discuss the escalating tensions. no one can tell iran what to do or what not to do the determination and the intention of any kind of retaliation remains with the government of the islamic republic of iran foreign delegations have been in constant contact with mr zarif the nature of the situation is that we want to bring to verity ancien how important the issue is for us is the nation. joins us now live from tehran and also just take us through what else the. had to say. well he said that iran has written to the united nations security council and the secretary general of voicing their condemnation that's what has happened the assassination of general costs and so the money also summoned t

yet today, mr macaire was summoned to the iranian foreign ministry to explain himself. them his detention was unjustified and a violation of international law. tensions have been high from the moment the us assassinated a top iranian general. iran retaliated against us bases in iraq and the ukrainian airliner was tragically shot down. but for a moment today, those tensions were calmed as world leaders gathered in oman to mourn the death of the country's leader. but the causes of the confrontation with iran remain unchanged and unresolved. today, president rouhani met the emir of qatar, who said both men agreed that de—escalation was the only solution. perhaps notjust for the region, but also on the streets of tehran. borisjohnson hasjoined with the french president, emmanuel macron, and the german chancellor, angela merkel, in a fresh appeal to tehran to return to complying with the international nuclear deal. in iran, the british ambassador has strongly objected to his arrest during demonstrations last night. earlier our diplomatic correspondent james landale explained

despite having rolled back its commitments to the pact iran's foreign ministry has also criticized european powers for failing to salvage the agreement britain france and germany triggered the dispute mechanism this month citing iranian violations fighting has broken out south of the libyan capital tripoli for a conference on stopping the violence ended in berlin world leaders agreed to respect a u.n. arms embargo and push warring sides toward a permanent ceasefire the u.n. has war that a missile attack on the government military camp in yemen coup de rial efforts to deescalate the country's 5 year long conflict at least 111 people were killed and 62 wounded in the attack on sunday yemen's government is blamed hutu rebels that has vowed to retaliate leaked documents suggest africa's richest woman siphoned hundreds of billions of dollars of angolan government body to offshore accounts the international consortium of investigative journalists obtained papers which it says implicates the former president's daughter isabella dos santos those are the headlines the news continues here on how to 0

the 25 day uclear deal that's despite having rolled back its commitments to the pact. iran's foreign ministry his also i criticised european powers for filing to salvage the agreement to ron has been scaling back its commitments on the the deal after the u.s. withdrew from the agreement in 28 sane britain france and germany trigger to dispute mechanism this month signing iranian violations renewed violence has broken out in libya hours after a peace conference wrapped up in berlin military forces aligned with the un recognized government accused those loyal to war the order of the 4 hafter of shelling residential areas south of the capital and that casts doubt over the latest push for peace by world leaders who promise to respect a u.n. arms embargo and work towards a permanent ceasefire as about reports from the german capital. it was the most important gathering to and libya's conflict in many years but from the start german chancellor angela merkel was struggling to narrow differences between libya's rivals prime minister of the tripoli based government of national accord phase assad was w

before now it's going to be impossible now certainly so now you have the statement from the foreign ministry of course not too much of a surprise considering the fact that the caretaker foreign minister here in lebanon gibran visio he's with the free patriotic movement that is an ally of hezbollah in the government here let's also talk for a moment about that statement by house and the. the leader of hezbollah of course condemning the killing saying sensually offering his condolences to as he calls our dear brothers the officials of the islamic republic of iran especially the leadership of the islamic revolutionary guard and again as you mentioned mr nasrallah saying that we will complete the path of money work day and night to achieve his goals will carry his flag and all arenas fields and fronts now we've heard a little bit more from hezbollah in the hours since that statement was released we now know that the group plans on holding a funeral for mr survey money on sunday $1230.00 g.m.t. in the day which is a neighborhood in beirut that is a stronghold of hezbollah has a lot of support the

a less fool or work for oman's foreign ministry implementing cup looses gentle approach to in. national affairs well remember. he cared about his people and he prioritized having people's respect and he applied the same principle when dealing with the rest of the world. it's an approach ingrained in amman's institutions and unlikely to change under a new leadership. was the quintessential elder statesman a rare voice of reason who throughout his public life held the middle ground in an increasingly polarized middle east and omani seem confident their new sultan is the right choice to keep it that way zain basra the old a 0 mosque up. and over again the headlines on al-jazeera this hour qatar is amir's calling for a dialogue between the u.s. and iran to diffuse regional tension comes as iran's government faces growing anger over its initial failure to admit responsibility for the downing of her ukrainian airliner on wednesday. this visit comes as a very critical time in the region we've agreed that the only solution is to fuse escalations among all posses and we've also agreed t

also being the secretary of foreign affairs ministry that's also important because he was the person who knows exactly what the files the country are dealing with so basically he is aware of what work a man was doing when it comes to different files and also he's engaged internally with the country and that is maybe maybe the leader or man once or the moment because sultan can be as has his 2 big achievements one the development of and yes i recall when when he took over there were only 10 kilometers of paved roads now and on a completely different place and the other part of it was mediating between different palaces so you're saying that that his successor is an illegitimate success and potentially in both those regards yes yes he seems according to the position he will hold he's the person within the institution within the establishment within the government it seems obviously he was a close to the decision making the decision making circle he's a person outside that and that is that's important because i think a man of the time it's someone from within who knows exactly how stiff

the iraqi prime minister has called the killing, a "political assassination" and its foreign ministryummoned the us ambassador. here's our diplomatic correspondent, james robbins. tens of thousands of iranians are mourning general soleimani and apparently getting behind their leaders in promising revenge. the chants are familiar, including "death to america", but the circumstances are radically changed. the war of words is intensifying. president trump has tweeted, this threat of massive retaliation if iran strikes any americans or american assets, he says, we have targeted 52 iranian sites. some at a very high level and important to iran and the iranian culture. those targets and iran itself will be hit very fast and very hard. the usa wants no more threats. under enormous american pressure, britain is adjusting its political stance. the foreign secretary is now sounding increasingly sympathetic to the united states, but still stops short of outright support. we understand the action they took, but we also need to be very clearly focused on what happens next. we want to de—escalate t

the individuals responsible including those in the intelligence services the royal court the foreign ministry and other saudi ministries who we suspect to have been involved in mr death i do. like stopping massive amounts of money that's being poured into our country spending $110000000000.00 on military equipment and or things that create. like. others for this country the kingdom of saudi arabia purchases huge amounts of u.s. weapons and supplies us oil giants with huge amounts of crude the multibillion dollar relationship seems to take priority over the war in yemen human rights and other concerns riyadh denies any wrongdoing however the united nations once the usa to conduct its own investigation to get to the bottom of what actually happened however if the killing of jamal khashoggi has shown us anything it's that the relationship with the monarchy is worth more than any allegations. r.t. new york for years the. says it will take more than a killing on a phone hacked spoil u.s. saudi relations. i don't think anything is going to break anything of the foreseeable on the horizon is going t

egypt is among the countries to welcome the proposals, its foreign ministry said it "appreciates thech a comprehensive and just peace for the palestinian cause. " the eu says it will "study and assess the proposals on the basis of commitment to a negotiated and viable two—state solution". turkey's foreign ministry said in a statement, adding: iran put it even more bluntly: and contrasting with the eu's lukewarm response, the uk foreign secretary welcomed the deal for both sides, saying: sara herschorn is an assistant professor of israel studies at northwestern university in chicago. shejoins me now. what are you thinking about this plant has yellow is very discouraging because you can't really have an israel palestine peace plan without at least one of the negotiating partners appearing at the table as you mentioned in your broadcast, the palestinian leader vowed a thousand nose to the trump peace plan so it seems stillborn at its birth. it doesn't seem to be a deal in the usual sense of a deal. very much so, i wouldn't even consider it to be a peace plan. what it truly is the united

kong airport denied entry to rot yesterday and reportedly offered no reason or today china's foreign ministry cited national sovereignty and blamed human rights watch for inciting violent protests in hong kong kenneth roth joins me in just a moment 1st though his video from the airport in hong kong and beijing's response its focus at the report this year was going to be how the chinese government is really trying to deliberately undermine the international human rights system not simply suppress the rights of people at home but also undermine the ability of anybody else to try to hold china to human rights standards sadly as they arrived here the chinese government decided it didn't want to give me a little i don't i also want to point out that many facts and much evidence show that the relevant and geo has supported people who are anti china and disrupt hong kong in different ways it incites them to take violent and extremist actions inflames the activities of hong kong separatists and holds a major responsibility for the current chaos in hong kong this organization should be sanctioned and

of criticisms that are coming from israel are essentially counterproductive but the israeli foreign ministry has said as you correctly pointed out that anything that belittles the memory of the holocaust in which 6000000 jews died is something that israel and its allies around the world have both a responsibility and a moral obligation to speak out about preserving the memory of the holocaust and the battle against anti semitism including the group for creation of murders of jews are not an internal matter of any country now the israeli and polish ambassadors made public letters that they blow to the ukrainian government criticizing those individuals that it was glorifying in response the ukrainian ambassador to israel said that the revival and preservation of the ukrainian national memory was one of the priorities of this government and that it was really up to experts and historians to have the final say in this whole debate central to the whole conversation is the figure. now many in ukraine still glorify him in regard him as a national hero but he was in actual fact the leader of the rad

crazy no for the so called glorification of far right nationalists it comes off to the israeli foreign ministry said it was the moral duty of the world to condemn anti semitism it's got late to support us later on this when she's in israel a poll or television not backing down but what triggered this criticism in the 1st place what about for us. well tell of a 2nd not backing down israel saying to you crane that we will not have this conversation that is taking place in ukrainian capital. of kir over the border for cation our figures from the 2nd world war not here we have specifically as well concerned that figures who are being glorified are people who were responsible for killing jews during the holocaust killing jews during paul graham's people who collaborated with the nazis and at the same time anti semitic ideologists who are part of the ukrainian national movement now the ukrainian government has said that this is an internal matter that it really has nothing to do with israel and that any kind of objections that are coming from israel are really just are really just counterproductive t

egypt is among the countries to welcome the proposals, its foreign ministry said it "appreciates the a comprehensive and just peace for the palestinian cause. the eu says it will "study and assess the proposals on the basis of commitment to a negotiated and viable two—state solution. "the united states' so—called peace plan is stillborn," turkey's foreign ministry said in a statement, adding "this is an annexation plan aimed at killing a two—state solution". iran put it even more bluntly: "the shameful peace plan imposed by america on the palestinians is the treason of the century and doomed to fail". and contrasting with the eu's lukewarm response, the uk foreign secretary welcomed the deal for both sides, saying "we encourage them to give these plans genuine and fair consideration and explore whether they might prove a first step on the road back to negotiations. the former british prime minister tony blair — who was middle east envoy to the us, russia, the un and the eu for eight years — has been talking to the bbc, he says the palestinians should engage with the plan rather than

egypt is among the countries to welcome the proposals, its foreign ministry said it "appreciates thenued efforts made to reach a comprehensive and just peace for the palestinian cause. " the eu says it will: "the united states‘ so—called peace plan is stillborn," turkey‘s foreign ministry said in a statement, adding, "this is an annexation plan aimed at killing a two—state solution." iran put it even more bluntly: and contrasting with the eu‘s lukewarm response, the uk foreign secretary welcomed the deal for both sides, saying: scientists in australia have become the first to recreate the new coronavirus outside china — they‘re calling it a "significant breakthrough" in the race for a vaccine. this is a timelapse of the growth of the virus, taken from an infected patient in australia. it was extracted then developed in a lab in melbourne. the scientists say they will now share the information with the world health organisation. more here from one of the team, dr mike catton. it is the development of vaccines to assess vaccines, animal models are very helpful so there are colleagues w

rob macaire was detained by police yesterday for what iran's foreign ministry described as inappropriateaviour at an illegal gathering of anti—government protesters. the ambassador, seen here next to the former foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, was held for three hours until his identity was confirmed and he was released. the foreign office said the ambassador had been paying his respects at a vigil for those who died in the ukrainian airliner shot down by an iranian missile on wednesday. something that has prompted angry demonstrations on the streets. in a tweet, mr macaire said... completely unacceptable. i think you are right, a breach of certainly the vienna convention and a whole range of things. iran is at a crossroads. they've got a decision to make and the point we are making, the foreign secretary has said just this morning, is we want to see things de—escalate. we want to see iran come back into the international fold and play their part but they are at a crossroads and they've got to make that decision. yet today, mr macaire was summoned to the iranian foreign ministry to explai

qatari foreign minister's visit is the 1st official of its kind and the we just spoken to the foreign ministry here and they're expecting the qatari foreign minister to meet his iranian counterpart know how much of out serif and we will leave this meeting is to express qatar's concerns about the rising tensions in this region following the assassination of us himself and money we are we have heard from the iranian foreign minister mohammad javad zarif who appeared on state television late last night and he explained iran's actions and what they were going to do when it came to holding the united states accountable on the international community to draw me in have to. republic of iran holds the right to respond any time and in any manner and it will we will not be involved in america's smear campaigns and their blackmailing we will give a proper response in any manner in time we will as stated by the supreme leader. dosa can you tell us more about the funeral arrangements that will see in the coming days in iran. yes there's been a 3 day mourning period the cleared by the supreme leader so that

beginning you would like to thank you very much for hosting us and welcoming us in the iraqi foreign ministry these visit come at a critical time as witnessed by iraq and. the region my visit aims at avins logs with his ex and see the foreign minister of iraq. about how to keep iraq away from conflicts and how not to have iraq as a scene of a struggles which the tension is all over the place and everyone and every country has 2 degrees tension. together with some friendly countries is trying to decrees the tension we have made contact international contacts for more consultations with our friendly unsisterly countries today we see. signs of decreasing tension and we hope this will continue the state of qatar on therms the necessity of supporting iraq the unity of iraq to its old integrity of iraq and the full independence of iraq iraq lives in a difficult area bards in this connection we praise the movements that have been made by the iraqi state with the neighboring countries and we seek stability in iraq to. bring good stability as soon as possible to iraq. and this is my dream our starting

well the ministry of foreign affairs here in moscow has actually sent out a press release that both leaders there. the head of the un backed government and the warlord tele for a half hour will actually meet here in moscow today during negotiations which will be attended by the foreign ministers and ministers of defense of both of turkey and russia here at the foreign ministry the aim of this meeting is negotiations and also ending with the signatures under to cease fire that was actually declared on a sunday morning you'll remember that the turkish president and russian president had a meeting in istanbul last week they brokered this cease fire initially for half the rejected to participate in it then he eventually agreed just a just before it was going to take effect on sunday morning there have been some breaches of this cease fire so these negotiations will take place here in moscow today and there are also reports that delegates from egypt and also the united arab emirates will take place and witness this ceremony here it's going to be a long meeting that's where the foreign ministry h

meeting his or rainy and counterpart mohammad javad zarif we have heard from sources within the foreign ministry who have been speaking to our various other media outlets that they say that there is a message that is being possibly carried by the qatari foreign minister from the united states for iran this is a very very critical time i think there's a lot of worry that iran might react quite quickly and harshly to what the united states has done and rightfully so with the assassination of their money is not an ordinary assassination and the iranian president hassan rouhani this morning has been meeting the family members of the assassinated general in the capital tehran let's hear some of what he had to say. 'd that the americans do not realize what a big mistake they've made they will see the consequences of the mistake not only today but in the years to come this great man. not to be killed by an ordinary person or terrorist but to be martyred by the history's biggest terrorist in this general is martyred the whole u.s. army is put on alert in the entire region and or says tell us more about

we've heard from a spokesperson from the chinese foreign ministry who came out and said that they will continue to work closely with the world health organization but said that china has the confidence and capabilities to beat this we have also heard from the chinese ambassador to the united nations who while admitting that this is in a very critical stage with coronavirus saying we urge the world not to overreact so what you're hearing from china is very much message that we do have this under control. the u.s. special envoy for syria says at least $200.00 as drawings of him the last rebel held province in the last 3 days and estimated 700000 people in italy have been the lean towards the turkish border. doldrums trial defense team has told u.s. senators that the president should not be impeached for doing anything to boost his reelection prospects democrats say they're trying to normalize lawlessness and police and protesters have clashed in india's capital after a man opened fire at what had been a peaceful rally is the latest outbreak of violence and weeks of nationwide protests ag