nations too because i mean the united states weren't the only ones in this deal there was also germany britain france russia and china also backing this deal and who have all of those countries including america's allies reiterated their support to the deal so has trump seen it through really is he ready to for the rift between the united states and its allies to grow wider world maybe maybe he did because he after all he has been touting this america first approach from the beginning of the campaign also he also said something about iran not knowing life let's just for a moment let's listen to that again and. understand. life because i don't think they do understand. well you know there's a whole article on american exceptionalism and how america is special and not like any other country and basically gets to dictate what other countries have to do well this tirade could pretty much out a whole section to that article i mean we get it understand what life is is basically a euphemism to understand how america wants it and act accordingly so but at the end of it the whole life thing it wasn't a

nations too because i mean the united states weren't the only ones in this deal there was also germany britain france russia and china also backing this deal and who have all of those countries including america's allies reiterated their support to the deal so as trump seen it through really is he ready for the rift between the united states and its allies to grow wider world maybe maybe he did because after all he has been touting this america first approach from the beginning of the campaign also says something about iran not knowing life let's just for a moment let's listen to that again they. understand. life because i don't think they do understand well you know there's a whole article on american exceptionalism and how america is special and not like any other country and basically gets to dictate what other countries have to do world this tirade could pretty much our whole section to that article i mean we get it understand what life is is basically a euphemism to understand how america wants it and act accordingly so at the end of it the whole life thing it wasn't all that he said beca

nations too because i mean the united states weren't the only ones in this deal there was also germany britain france russia and china also backing this deal and who have all of those countries including america's allies reiterated their support to the deal so has trump seen it through really is he ready to for the rift between the united states and its allies to grow wider world maybe maybe he did because after all he has been touting this america first approach from the beginning of the campaign but you also said something about iran not knowing life let's just for a moment let's listen to that again they. understand. life because i don't think they do understand well you know there's a whole article on american exceptionalism and how america is special and not like any other country and basically gets to dictate what other countries have to do world this tirade could pretty much out a whole section to that article i mean we get it understand what life is is basically a euphemism to understand how america wants it and act accordingly so at the end of it the whole life thing it wasn't all tha

united how long this will last we don't know if the americans can put a wedge between france and germany and britain then maybe this front. if trump chooses to punish single. 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 f

oh man i think we're now seeing a rift in german american and european american relations we britain germany and france were of the opinion that the agreement on iran's nuclear program such only has weaknesses but is an agreement that we should add here to. the american president so things differently. interesting times lots to unpack today we correspondent is in brussels where these meetings are taking place there the chancellor is keeping firm but there are so many complications without doubt no lack of complications here in brussels with these talks of the foreign minister of the u.k. boris johnson just arrived on the scene talking about these complications saying that there is that there are no under no illusions about iran's disruptive behavior but that the e.u. seeks a different way to deal with that behavior and that is they do want to keep the diplomatic channels open they do want to protect the business interests involved and so they he said they are looking at a package a whole package of tools that could now be implemented to preserve that deal but of course the complications here

s top diplomat for the rican mcgreevey next on the agenda talks with the foreign ministers of germany britain and france tehran is urging europe to resist pressure from washington that's after the u.s. moved to withdraw from the pact cast doubt over the deals future of america's withdrawal has also raised tensions with traditional allies german chancellor angela merkel had to weigh in on that today oh man i think we have now seen a rest and german american and european american relations we britain germany and france were of the opinion that the agreement on iran's nuclear program such really has weaknesses but is an agreement that we should add here to. the american president so things differently and not our event was to impact their lives take this over now to our correspondent gave much as he's on the story for us in brussels good evening to you georg so we've got the german chancellor and others saying again and again we want to keep the deal alive are they going to be able to do it and do we know how. clearly there is no a magic option here and e.u. ministers are fully aware of that and

germany britain and france are still committed to the iran nuclear deal. their foreign ministers will work with iran to try to keep it alive. this is green when it's a wreck the in fact the security interests of europe. without this agreement there will be more in security and on certain about development center iran and the nia and idly. to deal less economic sanctions on iran provided the iran limits its nuclear activities and allows international inspectors to verify compliance. but no president trump has restored the old sanctions or a grand threaten to impose new ones on businesses to trade with iran or when. you're going to see. the political bit that has been expressed by the remaining participants. can be translated into specific action and do see that thank you. the u.s. has stepped up the pressure on the europeans can they stand up to washington. when they claim they want to do just that they revived something called a blocking resolution a tactic that was used in regard to cuba sanctions essentially telling european companies not to comply with

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 se

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 border it happened as the new u.s. embassy in jerusalem was dedicated or today the arab league held an emergency meeting and called for an investigation into the killings at the u.n. a proposal for an independent investigation was blocked by the united states. more tolerable but the. call for a credible international investigation about to the crimes committed by the occupiers on the cause of borders in the last few days which res

because i mean the participants of the deal have called the emergency meeting on monday and i mean germany britain france russia china and iran will be meeting most likely on monday to discuss how to move forward with this so a lot of to look forward to. over a million people took part in the whole regiment march in moscow one wednesday event on those and commemorates those killed in the great cultural war it was first held in twenty eleven since then it has become a key part of the day celebrations around the world hardly any. family in russia of the soviet union was i left unaffected by the great natural to war in which around one in every six soviet citizens lost their lives seeds in a trunk of modest with the crown. the biggest and the most emotional event perhaps on the calendar and this country is making moscow cheer and cry at the same time i can tell you that this as a feeling that makes your heart so it is truly incredible the people are carrying the portraits and i can tell you that three years ago i made myself a promise that at the next four years every year i'm going to be carrying a

future of the nuclear deal got off to a good start today or have met the foreign ministers of germany britain and france to hammer out a plan to salvage the deal just days after us president obama said that he was pulling out the european union's foreign policy chief says the other parties to the agreement are working on a practical solution to keep the law. we recalled our commitment to the continued full and effective implementation of the iran it's a deal that was in i mostly endorsed by the u.n. security council resolution twenty two thirty one as a key element of the global nuclear nonproliferation architecture and a significant diplomatic achievement all right liz across now to our correspondent in brussels good evening to you very org so we've got the foreign minister of iran saying good start after talks with the representatives what did the e.u. used federica margarita what did she say in the press conference. the u.s. foreign policy chief spent quite some time to introduce a list of issues to be addressed and when colleagues pressed her on a what does that exceed actually mean are t

afterwards he met before and ministers of germany, britain and france.ran is urging europe to resist pressure from washington. that is after the u.s. moved to with draw from the back cast doubt over the deal's future. america's withdrawal has also raised tensions with traditional allies. the german chancellor angela merkel weighed in on that today. >> we have now and seen a rift in german-american and european american relations. we, britain, germany and france were of the opinion that the agreement on iran's nuclear program certainly has weaknesses, but is an agreement that we should adhere to. the american president saw things differently. brent: we have lots to unpack there. let's take this over to our correspondent georg matthes on the story in brussels. so, we have the german chancellor and others saying again and again, we want to keep the deal alive. are they going to able to do it, and do we know how? georg: clearly there is no magic option here. eu ministers are fully aware of that and that is why boris johnson has said they are now looking at a

tragedies of 1918 at the american monument on the island, a naval tribute by three warships from britain, germanynd the us, completed with a wreath—laying at sea. when the 0tranto went down off the west coast of islay, 500 men were thrown into the cold atlantic in hurricane conditions. the ship was badly damaged in a collision, and torn to pieces on a reef. it was every man for himself, and they hardly stood a chance. 0nly 21 made it to shore alive. despite not being able to swim, johns roberts‘ father was one of the lucky few.

latest signal us president donald trump is preparing to withdraw from the iran deal still france britain and germany have indicated they'll remain in the agreement regardless of the u.s. decision kimberly help at al-jazeera at the white house well the iranian president says he's committed to the day and as long as iran's interests are protected in your own chim are down about a jaw me whole heem regarding the nuclear agreement if our interests and objectives are protected by other parties to the agreement except america and we will be committed to it if america leaves the agreement it will not mean anything. actually it will mean that the agreement got rid of evil that used to live inside it however if our objectives and interests are not protected we will choose our way if america's goal is to weaken iran we confirm that we will face that forcefully and with no hesitation or going back any american mistake or miscalculation will be met with a strong response that will make it regret it and feel like he is committed a strategic mistake. well let's go to our correspondent andy gallagher now who's joi

unlike germany britain does have a tradition of rebellion when dealing with the little mite the active ingredient in going to get. the four hundred sixty six members of the little my trust and not just fighting for compensation. they want those responsible for their disabilities to be held to account. nick deal breaker is one of them he thinks they have almost succeeded who had which ties and to whom and with his chart to explain the connections to german politicians as well as representatives in the european parliament if they hadn't. ended the trial as they did in the early seventy's then the evidence would have been available to the victims to use in their future actions against and others and in particular the u.k. survivors action in the seventy's would have undoubtedly have been and it in a much more favorable fashion to to the claimants as it was they didn't have the evidence they had to settle for a much bigger discount in the amount that they should have got than would have the bad to be in that case if there's evidence being available that it got a proper settlement and that'

sorry germany britain wins this time reading. great stuff show thank you for bringing us the sort i think they're now in windsor where you are garrick or one night to go before the big event do we know what title the queen has decided to give them as their wedding present. well meghan would get officially the title her royal highness princes henry of wales but you only have the title if she's standing next to rule husband the title of the actual title no she would get is if the queen grounds her grandson the title of a jew and then she would become a duchess and carnley rights are high use that she could become the duchess of sussex but that we'll have to see how i did this in windsor and with me in the studio do you have use charlotte tell some phil thank you so very much and have fun tomorrow. right now to our other top story german chancellor angela merkel and russian president vladimir putin have trying to smooth over some of their differences today at talks in the russian resort town of sochi the two leaders who don't see ey

east top diplomat for the common good he takes on the agenda talks with the foreign ministers of germany britain and france tehran is urging europe to resist pressure from washington that's after the u.s. move to withdraw from the past from the pact cast doubt over the deals future and all we have a so much to unpack the w.'s head of farsi jim she is here with me to help explain it all. the the the problem now is that the remaining parties to the deal him she they are grappling with how to stick with it they say they're committed to making this happen but there are major complications. yes there are actually first of all. iran doesn't want to enter into an endless round of negotiation why it's suffering from u.s. sanctions second. president internal power struggle he's under pressure and he wants to change the situation as soon as he can so this is why actually they gave that sixty days to meet them today. i give him but he's very unlikely at this point that they can do each so quickly because there are so many different views on topics on the table and what happens if they don't meet that deadl

germany britain and france are still committed to the iran nuclear deal. their foreign ministers will work with iran to try to keep it alive. this is green it's a wreck here fact the security interests of europe. without this agreement there will be more insecurity. about development center iran and the nia and idly. to deal lifts economic sanctions on iran provided the tehran limits its nuclear activities and allows international inspectors to verify compliance. but now president trump has restored the old sanctions of the ground threaten to impose new ones on businesses that trade with iran or when. you're going to see. the political bit that has been expressed by the remaining participants. can be translated into specific action and to see that thank you. the u.s. has stepped up the pressure on the europeans and they stand up to washington. when they claim they want to do just that they revive something called a blocking resolution a tactic that was used in regard to cuba sanctions essentially telling european companies not to comply with new u.s. sanct

sorry germany britain wins this time hurling. all right some very dedicated german royal fans there to tell us why do you think britain's royal family does have such global appeal. well i mean i think first of all there are the historic links of the commonwealth respective people who came here from us trade from canada so there are these toys that really go back through history but then i think the royals have really managed to be keep themselves interesting the queen is a symbol to us really respected around the world she's somebody who we almost never put so foot wrong she's so dignified she still after all these years the head of state and she's at my id really i think across the world for being so steady and a symbol of continued to you which is what people are looking for and then into the mix you had the younger royals i think with diana there was something that was almost injected into the royal family something new she was a superstar america stuff was a tragic death this is something that's remembered also on this day on

chris: but the leaders of france, of germany, of britain all say they are going to stay in the deal and look for a way to protect european companies that continue to do business, the question is, how hard is the trump administration prepared to go after european companies that ignore the u.s. pulling out? >> two things, chris, first, the wealth that was created in iran as a result of the jcpoa drove iranian malign activity, provided resources for work in syria and iraq. president trump withdrawal in denying them and taking money away from them. i worked hard over the short time i've been secretary of state to try and fix the deal. we couldn't reach agreement with our e-3 partners, i'm hopeful in the days and weeks ahead we can come up with a deal that really works, that really protects the world from iranian bad behavior, not just nuclear programs but behavior as well and i will work with europeans to achieve that. chris: what about the european countries say, look, there's not going to be a renegotiation anymore than there's renegotiation of the paris climate accord. is the u.s. prepar

book muslim anti semitism you interviewed seventy muslim students and college graduates in germany and britain. tell us some of the things that these people said about the jews. there were a lot of claims about jewish financial and political clout for example i heard allegations that some of the supermarket chains in germany belonged to the jews and that the financial markets belong to the jews. rothschild was a key word for some. and they linked to the strength of israel to the financial influence of the rothschilds family. but a lot of these claims are just cliches they have no basis in fact but people repeat them anyway and we surprised that educated people would say such things. personal i was surprised when a young engineer told me that one hundred twenty zionists are trying to control the entire world it's a conspiracy theory but i knew. when i asked her to define zionist she couldn't but. then i asked her whether all jews were zionists and she said well no not necessarily so there are some ambiguous thinking here. and of course i was surprised by these claims. that some had hostile atti

weeks staff at the international fund for animal welfare sifted through internet sites in germany france britain and russia and came across five thousand eight hundred thirty one advertisements for wild animals. they also included animal products such as ivory with a total value of four million dollars. investigators say many buyers weren't aware their purchases would increase poaching and seriously threaten some species with extinction. citizens got their digital lives back friday in a new law the e.u. recognizes that data is private and personal and belongs to the individual so as of now every e.u. citizen can demand companies like facebook google or amazon tell them what kind of data they hold on them what they do with it and have it corrected or even deleted otherwise companies face stiff fines which could run to over a billion euros per violation. to states or france and gulf by a nationwide civil service strike they were protesting government plans to slash one hundred twenty thousand public service jobs by twenty twenty french economic reform is being driven by president manuel. he's also

france, germany and britain express regret. barack 0bama calls it a serious mistake.ned to preserve the deal. after april's surprise meeting, us secretary of state mike pompeo

runs germany and britain france so forth. sada how did he is set to continue is lebanon's prime minister under the sectarian power sharing system despite his party's core showing in sunday's polls how did he says his future movement appears to have lost a third if it seats and preliminary results show the shop part of hezbollah and its allies winning more than half the seats in parliament zana has more from beirut. there was a clear winner and lebanon's election. hezbollah and its political allies won the majority of seats in parliament it's being seen by some as a victory for iran the shiite group is backed by iran it's the only lebanese party that has an armed wing and its editorial gains further empowers it politically hezbollah's leader called for cooperation. and. all before the poll i stressed that there is a reality in lebanon and that is that no one can eliminate the other even if we have disagreements we want political stability we need to cooperate. the general elections was a loss for lebanon's prime minister saddl