for france germany and also britain the three big countries city and sophia we have to stand up against the trump and to show him that he cannot impose sanctions tariffs against european countries in this iran deified and he cannot impose sanctions for still another million country as he wishes companies as he wishes so now is the time to show him that we are united how long this will last we don't know if the americans can put a wedge between france germany and britain then maybe this front. if trump chooses to punish single. companies from france germany or britain maybe then he will be successful but as of now this front stands but nobody knows how long the european union wants to use a blocking statute to protect european companies what is the statute what it mean exactly. this is an odd law in the book since nineteen ninety six it was designed to circumvent american sanctions against cuba libya and iran at that time but this law was never in acted actually because the political fight was over before this law came into action so nobody knows exactly what now will happen on friday th

countries the likes of france u.k. germany. well practically speaking the comic exchange and the you know make relation konami relationships between europe and the united states are much much much larger than this and more strategic but at the end of the day. you know this is not going to go down well total for example according again citing the wall street journal. article that apparently they tried they anticipated something like this and they tried for example not to use american software or let their american employees directly deal with this so they would be directly affected with any sort of sanctions obviously they could be forced by the americans to get out and then they might be looking for alternatives and so on but this is again telling all these. all these big companies that they're not really independent they perceive. deals based on green lights from their respective governments to tell for example or france or the royal dutch shell for example the netherlands and so on they have to wait for a green light from the

and germany to create a broader agreement. and staying in france we're also going to have the latest from one of the most prestigious and glamorous events on the movie calendar the cannes film festival. welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump has announced he is pulling the united states out of the iran nuclear deal truong called the twenty fifteen agreement defective to its core and signed into effect the highest level of sanctions against tehran iran's leaders said the u.s. had done nothing except put empty signatures on pieces of paper speaking just moments after trump's announcement as an ranis said his country would negotiate with other world powers to try to keep the nuclear deal in place well those countries include france germany the u.k. as they reacted to the news one word summed up the u.s. decision regret and former u.s. president barack obama who spearheaded the deal also weighed in calling his successors decision misguided and warning it would erode america's global credibility i am announcing today that the united states w

companies from france germany or britain maybe then they will be successful but as of now this front stands but nobody knows how long the european union wants to use a blocking statute to protect european companies what is the statute what does it mean exactly. this is an odd law in the books since one thousand and ninety six it was designed to circumvent american sanctions against cuba libya and iran at that time but this law was never in acted actually because the political fight was over before this law came into action so nobody knows exactly what now will happen on friday this law will be of already invoked by the european commission and it says that companies may not follow u.s. sanctions they will be punished if they do so but they but also be reimbursed if there's any cost that they have to endure after that but nobody knows exactly how and is it a place for large complex companies or trusts or is it only a particular for small companies for example the german chancellor has said so we have to see how that plays out and this come into force with all this the six then the unit

if the americans can put a wedge between france, germany, and britain, maybe this will crumble . if trump chooses to punish single companies from france, germany, or britain, maybe he will be successful. but as of now, this front stance, but nobody knows for how long. brent: the european union wants to use of blocking statute to protect european companies. what does it mean, exactly? reporter: this is an audit l -- odd law in the books since 1996. it was designed to circumvent american sanctions against cuba, libya, and iran at the time. it was never connected because the political fight was over before the law came into action. no one knows what will happen. on friday this law will be invoked by the european commission, and it says that companies may not follow u.s. sanctions. there will be punished if they do so, but they will be reimbursed if there is any cost they have to endure after that, but nobody knows exactly how. and it is applicable for large companies or trusts were only applicable for small companies, as for example, the german chancellor has said? we will have to s

its national interests on respected other signatories to the twenty fifteen dealing clued in france germany and the u.k. have said they regret trump's decision but will remain parties to the agreement they'll be meeting with their iranian counterparts on monday to discuss the developments but president trump did get support from the united arab emirates saudi arabia and israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu is praised the u.s. president for what he's called taking a bold decision. to pull out of a quote disastrous deal a white house correspondent kimberly helka reports. after much anticipation u.s. president donald trump made good on a signature campaign promise solidifying his america first agenda i am announcing today that the united states will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal this was a horrible one sided deal that should have never ever been made. the u.s. negotiated the agreement with iran in two thousand and fifteen along with the united kingdom france germany china and russia to limit iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief with the announcement the united stat

the three signatories to that deal france germany and the u.k. say that they regret trumps decision and will remain parties to the pact they're planning to meet but they're ready and counterparts on monday to discuss the situation france's foreign minister says the risks of confrontation a real following trumps withdrawal from the deal attention but the reports from paris. for france it believes that this deal is the best that they raise out there for the moment all saying that iran is complying with this deal that it's the best chance to stop iran from developing nuclear weapons and ensuring peace and stability in the region did say there are areas that still need to be discussed with iran such as it's been the stick missile program but that they will be done naturally and in due course u.s. secretary of state mike pompei as arrived in north korea for another surprise visit it's a second trip after meeting kim jong un in pyongyang last month he's expected to discuss kim's upcoming meeting with president trump the rights of the high security priso

three signatories to the deal france germany and the u.k. say they regret trump's decision but will remain parties to the pact they're planning to meet with iranian counterparts on monday to discuss the situation u.s. secretary of state mike pompei as arrived in north korea for another surprise visits he's expected to finalize details of the upcoming meeting between donald trump and kim jong il and discuss the detention of three u.s. citizens the leaders of china japan and south korea have agreed to increase cooperation to get north korea to give up its nuclear weapons they met in tokyo for the first trilateral meeting since twenty fifteen the leaders concrete action by pyongyang for a permanent peace settlement on voting is underway in malaysia and what's being billed as the country's tightest ever election prime minister najib razak the ruling coalition is likely to win the most seats but says it's expected to be a close race between him and mahathir mohamad the leader of the opposition alliance at least six people have been killed of the

and germany and france need to take charge they need to lead europe. and there's never been a union within a larger region without hegemonic partners and germany and france need to assume hegemonic status and step up as the leading powers in europe. may until france has understood the opportunity it has together with germany europe won't make any progress. openly for. anybody but the opposite of this is happening it feels as though europe is winding down in britain is excellent eastern european countries are saying sure we'll take the money but we don't want any responsibilities italians are saying there should be a parallel currency that allows them to get out of debt or can the e.u. as we know it be salvaged so. no one understands what italy is on about let's wait and see. eastern europe is saying it wants to be heard. in this respect the u.s. is playing an unfortunate role because it went out of its way to convince these countries to be terrified of russia and it played a not inconsiderable role in the ukraine problem. we need to talk very clearly ab

for france germany and britain the three big e.u. countries city and so feel we have to stand up against the trump and to show him that he cannot impose sanctions or tariffs against european countries in this iran deified and he cannot impose sanctions for still another million country as he wishes companies as he wishes so now is the time to show him that we are united how long this will last we don't know if the americans can put a wedge between france germany and britain then maybe this front. if. chooses to punish single cunt companies from france germany or britain maybe then they will be successful but as of now this front stands but nobody knows how long and that was our correspondent brant record at the e.u. summit in sofia also to come on the day a new ebola threat in congo the deadly virus spreads from the remote country zion to a large city health officials are racing to contain the outbreak more on that later in the day. although it has been three days or since israeli forces killed sixty palestinians along the gaza borde

france, germany and the uk all say they regret the us decision.n other news — north korea's kimjong un makes a surprise second visit to china for a beach rendezvous with president xi, just weeks before his planned summit with president trump. every day on outside source, we pull together the most important information on the biggest stories. if you want to get in touch with them, the hashtag is #bbcos. (titles) after months of speculation — we have an answer. donald trump has pulled america out of the iran nuclear deal. in an address at the white house, the us president said the current deal doesn't stop iran from making nuclear weapons in the future. take a listen. injusta injust a short in just a short period of time the world's meeting state sponsor of terror will be on the cusp of acquiring the world's most dangerous weapons. therefore i am announcing today that the united states will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal. inafew withdraw from the iran nuclear deal. in a few moments i will sign a presidential memorandum to begin reinstating us n

in the last few months, we have engaged in talks with france, germany and the united kingdom. and we have also con sulsulted our friends in the middle east, and are yuunified in our understanding of the threat and our conviction that iran must never acquire a nuclear weapon. after these consultations, it is clear to me that we cannot preve prevent and iranian nuclear bomb, under the decaying and rotten structure of the current agreement. the iran deal is defective at its core. if we do nothing, we know exactly what will happen. in just a short period of time, the world's leading state sponsor of terror will be on the cusp of acquiring the world's most dangerous weapons. therefore, i am announcing today, that the united states will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal. in a few moments, i will sign a presidential memorandum to begin reinstating u.s. nuclear sanctions on the iranian regime. we will be instituting at the highest level of economic sanction, any country that helps iran in it's quest for nuclear weapons could also be strongly sanctioned by the united states. america

so we've seen the route and germany france and the u.k. have decided that we remain committed to the agreement that these up and for more let's bring in dave thomas sparrow who is following the very latest from berlin for us so we heard a calm chance so there however very determined reiterating many of the words that we have heard before from her european counterparts how is this message being received thomas. well it is being received in that way that you specifically say obviously with concern here in germany this is a decision that is not necessarily welcome however if you ask german politicians if you ask them to put it in not only now after the decision but also before their decision for example when i'm going to call went to washington to visit mr mr trump the expectations were not necessarily very high that i'm going to call french president mccrone could actually sway mr trump to changing his opinion so expectations were not necessarily high i don't think the decision came as a as a very big surprise however it did come as a decisi

with iran so just a flavor of the immediate reaction that's been coming in but want to eat at france germany and the u.k. regret the u.s. decision to leave the g. c.p.o. a the nuclear nonproliferation regime is at stake we will work collectively on a broader framework covering nuclear activity the post two thousand and twenty five period but listing activity and stability in the middle east notably syria yemen and iraq all that's going to. fly first now in paris. and so european leaders we know that they tried very hard to convince president not to withdraw from the nuclear deal and to continue to uphold it they have vowed to live up to their commitments but how difficult is it going to be to deliver on that without u.s. participation. well i think that's a big question i mean what we have seen this evening is certainly european leaders rallying round and trying to form a common position in that position is as we heard in the words of the e.u. foreign policy chief just a bit earlier frederica more green a is that they are determined to maintain this deal whether or not the u.s. is is in it n

negotiated the agreement with iran in twenty fifteen along with the united kingdom france germany china and russia to limit iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief with the announcement the united states now bria poses tough economic sanctions on iran's oil and banking sectors that had been lifted arguing iran did not live up to its end of the agreement we have definitive proof that this arabian promise was a lie. even though u.s. intelligence the united nations and european allies maintain iran has been compliant under the agreement trump cited a recent israeli report that iran had not been truthful about its activities before entering into the deal trouble also argues the agreement should have dealt with iran's military pursuits in the region and its ballistic missile program. capitol hill the top senate democrat disagrees and to me the right thing to do would have been to try and come up with our allies with an agreement on those issues and let the nuclear part of this continue as is because it's not being violated in any way trumps predecessor barack obama the man wh

france germany and iran that is despite donald trump pulling the u.s. out of the agreement. as you know very well complex enough long enough details enough doesn't need to be changed to modify it or have any addition everything is already written there i hope to be able to make it do with a good deal a fair deal a good deal for them better for them better for them but we cannot allow them to have nuclear weapons in a press statement following the hours of negotiations you foreign policy chief of the parties relevant to these talks have decided that they're going to keep working on the full implementation of the iran nuclear deal that she called a diplomatic breakthrough in fact she compared the parties at the big ocean table having joked that this deal is relative that they all have in intensive care that they want to get out of the hospital and of course this comes in somewhat of the contradiction from signs we have seen from the u.s. that have on one side said that they might be implementing sanctions against european countries if they continue to work with iran is the u.s

in the meantime, those from the european union, the united kingdom, france and germany have expressedare all going to talk, discussing with other signatories way forward but many looking would argue, without the us, it doesn't really work from a practical point of view. our financial works, you really need that player than the logistics of the things to work. donald trump has said, whether it was him directly, but it's been said of course that the deal with boeing is off but also oui’ the deal with boeing is off but also our bus. 10% of the components are from the united states. it does have implications for other countries. and the deal doesn't sit the same. the sanctions, going from the us, they needed the relief from those us sanctions. sanctions will be reimposed, says the us. plenty of time to come up with an alternative. it's then a better deal for the world and donald trump will say it's a fate ——a safer world. we will be singing the praises of donald trump for pulling out of the initial deal. in the meantime, is expected visit to north korea is the next big event in terms of g

france germany and the european union it it ended iran's nuclear nonproliferation in exchange for the easing of economic sanctions around agreed to restrictions that were supposed to make it impossible for it to produce a bomb as well as regular inspections that would control tehran's compliance president trump has been a consistent critic of that deal he said that it does not benefit the u.s. and that it allows around to continue producing nuclear weapons secretly he reimposed all the sanctions that were lifted in twenty fifteen and added that america does not make empty threats america is director of the. british think tank that focuses on the prices in syria and the middle east very good evening to you so we've heard donald trump's announcement he was scathing of iran and their actions in the middle east peace.

and iran are china france germany russia and the united kingdom last week the leaders of france and germany made their final pleas to mr trump to let the agreement stand french president mccrone responded to president trump's announcement just moments ago via twitter writing france germany and the united kingdom regret the u.s. decision to get out of the iranian nuclear deal the international regime against nuclear pearl for liberation is at stake and here discusses four pentagon official michael maloof michael thank you for being with us as always we sure do appreciate it so give us the hundred foot for people that may not have been paying attention how do we get to this place well back in two thousand and fifteen an agreement was signed that in which with iran by the people us five countries that you mentioned earlier and they basically was that iran would limit its enrichment as well as development of centrifuges that would exceed that that could make a nuclear weapon but there are time limits imposed and this is what president trump is rebelling against the sunset clauses as he calls it

and that means, he said, moving jobs to france and germany.is that the government is considering building a british satellite navigation system — going it alone in space. this company, surrey satellite technology, has made the key parts of the galileo spacecraft and it could do the same for britain. if britain does go ahead and launch its own satellite navigation system, it will be run from a place like this and the feeling in the space industry is that the idea is perfectly feasible. but it would be a massive undertaking. each satellite would cost about £35 million and to make the network function, you would need about 30 of them altogether. the total cost of that? well, anything from £2—5 billion. at stake are hundreds of high—techjobs. the galileo contracts are worth millions and valuable future work is also in the pipeline. sharing the burden of a big and complex system like this with european partners is the most cost—effective way to proceed. nevertheless, if we were not able to participate in that, then having a sovereign capability wou

with the united kingdom's germany and france we have to reaffirm that we are attached to the agreement from two thousand and fifteen because the iranian regime cannot take that its activities up again. what you have heard that they are stalling that's what they said in their declaration of yesterday there is no escalation and the european decision allows us to stop activities for now and to limit escalation and this is why we have to work together with our partners in order to limit and that's going to of tension in the region and this is what we have been trying for months now and this is also why we have to broaden already the topics in order to bring all the parties back to a larger security and stability framework for the region because you are saying that the europeans are going to try to remain in in the agreement and adopt it but what does it really mean without the united states what is it rusts without them is . a proposal that sufficient for iran and. between us and iran and i think we can go beyond this through a large a negotiation that i proposed already in last september

live in the south's of our country and went in belgium in france in germany and a lot of people suffered for that so we know would be is the difficulties to be migrant italy is an incredible and gorgeous kountry in a very delicate position because all we are a natural bridge between europe and africa and if the politics refused to play a role in libya because this happened after the terrible decision of so crazy and cameron to go in libya and hillary clinton. there united states of america remember barack obama in the atlantic interview the side too tried to needle view bush. made an interview not write a book about the mistakes of this decision the decision of europe not so easily because italy with the president has clearly decided. to go make war in libya and my view is that after this decision we open. a gate. not to from only bia to italy but to from africa. to europe. this gate arrived through lack of political governance in africa. and for the lack of vision. of european leaders i remember the discussions with my colleagues in two thousand and fifteen when i was prime minister ple

neither germany certainly not britain and france either are willing to spend up and take over the defense of their realm and they are not merely dependent on the u.s. but they've grown yes. needy and so the u.s. doesn't want to be in a position where it has to jump every time nato gets a twitch and so what he's doing is redefining the strength of the u.s. in the alliance. without overcommitting and also this kind of representation speaks well with his base and they are excited because the us is acting like the great power but my let me ask you let me ask you but do you know would this paradigm here does it actually make america more solid in the alliance and does it make the alliance more solid because what we have here is a moral hazard ok they're not the europeans are you know they say they're going to spend money and all that but they're just going to look to washington for their defense and you have a president is actually quite skeptical about all of these things i mean that's kind of a very dangerous thing to be in ok because you i mean the european nato allies are like drug addicts

trying to knock some sense into trump with france germany and the u.k. sending their top guys to try and change his mind the president has been right to call attention to it but you could do that without just throwing the baby out with the bath water nine years of talks a diplomatic breakthrough. a true success was it all for nothing. donald trump's controversial choice for cia director as being grilled at a senate confirmation hearing over her alleged involvement in torturing political prisoners gina house will insist under her leadership torture in the cia will be a thing of the past i can offer you my personal commitment clearly and without reservation that under my leadership on my watch cia will not restart the detention and interrogation program. cia has learned some tough lessons from that experience possibles confirmation might not go so smoothly today's hearing there was some very clear opposition to hostile but those who are skeptical were concerned about her prior involvement with the cia's enhanced interrogation techniques which many describe

france or germany who all signed the deal and wanted to survive this is how iran supreme leader reacted to trump's decision to go how to present have police chief the u.s. president made worthless amine remarks there are probably ten lies amongst his comments he announced washington's betrayal from the nuclear deal and threatened iran and its ruling system and said they would do this and that on behalf of the iranian nation i say mr trump you cannot do a damn thing. after much anticipation u.s. president donald trump made good on a signature campaign promise solidify his america for its agenda i am announcing today that the united states will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal this was a horrible one sided deal that should have never ever been made. the u.s. negotiated the agreement with iran in two thousand and fifteen along with the united kingdom france germany china and russia to limit iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief with the announcement the united states now brea imposes tough economic sanctions on iran's oil and banking sectors that had been lifted arguin

negotiated the agreement with iran in twenty fifteen along with the united kingdom france germany china and russia to limit iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief with the announcement the united states now bria imposes tough economic sanctions on iran's oil and banking sectors that had been lifted arguing iran did not live up to its end of the agreement. we have definitive proof that this arabian promise was a lie even though u.s. intelligence the united nations and european allies maintain iran has been compliant under the agreement trump cited a recent israeli report that iran had not been truthful about its activities before entering into the deal trouble also argues the agreement should have dealt with iran's military pursuits in the region and its ballistic missile program. capitol hill the top senate democrat disagrees and to me the right thing to do would have been to try and come up with our allies with an agreement on those issues and let the nuclear part of this continue as is because it's not being violated in any way trumps predecessor barack obama the man

threatening europe threatening germany france or the u.k. with economic sanctions in order to ko worse those countries to forward through and support it with this decision on the real. well this is certainly a huge blow to the united states european allies remember we saw last month that german chancellor angela merkel was in d.c. and so was french president and pleading with trump not to remove the united states from this deal now also very surprisingly in trump's announcement he didn't just say that they would pull out of the iran deal but also said that any nation that helps iran. in its quest for nuclear weapons could be strongly sanctioned by the united states it's going to be interesting to see what they mean exactly by that what they consider helping iran so in terms of whether it actually would be willing to turn on its good allies in the european union i think we will find out in the coming months but certainly the europeans did not have a win in the way that they hoped in trying to convince triumph that the deal was worth preservin