the winner will succeed hassan rouhani, who's not allowed to serve for a third term., with candidates hand—picked by iran's powerful guardian council, many would—be voters have become disenchanted, especially the young. the vote also comes at a sensitive time for the country with us sanctions still battering the economy, and the future of the iran nuclear deal hanging in the balance. our middle east editor jeremy bowen reports. elections in iran are not free or fair, but they're a window into an opaque country with a repressive regime. any resemblance to democracy is coincidental — candidates are vetted in advance. millions of frustrated iranians have stopped hoping that voting will improve their lives. in the city of shiraz, he was pulling down every election poster he could find. man yells. "well done!" shouts the man in the car. this man posted a plea to boycott the election next to portraits of his son, amir hussain, who was killed next to portraits of his son, amir hussain, who was killed with hundreds of others in protests in 2019. "my vote," he says, "is for th

the current president, hassan rouhani, beat current candidate ebrahim raisi four years ago.y are considered hard-line conservative candidates. the former central bank governor, hemmati, is seen as a reformist. the irgc is a powerful voice in parliament, but officially it stays out of the presidential race, not supporting any candidate. ♪ let's now bring in our guests. joining us from tehran is mohammad marandi, he's the head of the north american studies graduate program at the university of tehran. joining us from berlin is ali fathollah nejad, who is an affiliated scholar with freie universitat's center for middle eastern and north african politics. and also from tehran is mostafa khoshchesm, a journalist and iran affairs analyst. thank you so much for joining us on "inside story." mohammad marandi, we don't want to speculate as to who the winner will be of this presidential race. so first, set the scene up for us. tell us what the mood is like in tehran, as this election unfolds and voting takes place. >> well, despite the fact that the coronavirus in iran is still a prob

the winner will succeed hassan rouhani — who's not allowed to serve for a third term. controlled contest, most reformist candidates were barred from standing. almost all those allowed to run were regarded as hardliners. it comes at a sensitive time for the country — with us sanctions still battering the?economy and the future of the iran nuclear deal hanging in the balance. the polls are expected to close in the next hour. the polls i believe have already closed now. we arejust the polls i believe have already closed now. we are just waiting a further update on the situation within around when it comes to the election there. earlier i discussed the likely turnout with our chief international correspondent lyse doucet. bring us up—to—date because i believe the polls, well where are we? they had closed initially in smaller villages and towns.— had closed initially in smaller villages and towns. what happened now? well, — villages and towns. what happened now? well, they've _ villages and towns. what happened now? well, they've been _ villages and towns. what happened now

the conservative chief justice was congratulated by his sole moderate opponent, and president hassan rouhani, whose term is ending, also congratulated the president-elect before the official results were made public. the last polling places closed well after midnight local time. some of them have been open for 19 hours. that was much longer than planned and an effort to boost voter turnout. now, besides dealing with domestic crises, iran's next president will help decide whether the 2015 nuclear deal can be revived. it is a position raisi is said to favor. the executive vice president of the quincy institute for responsible statecraft and the author of "losing an enemy: obama, iran, and the triumph diplomacy" joins me now from fairfax, virginia. good to see you. i'm curious. what does the leadership's decision to basically, you know, rig the candidate list basically to push such a hard line, someone literally under u.s. sanctions. what does it say about the direction you think the leadership wants to go in terms of relations with the west? >> well, i think primarily this has not been about t

he was hand—picked by hassan rouhani... i he was hand-picked by hassan rouhani- - -_ rouhani...ne is not — rouhani... i am so sorry, the line is not good _ rouhani... i am so sorry, the line is not good enough. - rouhani... i am so sorry, the line is not good enough. we l line is not good enough. we will have to leave it there. if we can get a better line we can come back to you later. let's get some of the day's other news: yemeni government sources say 50 people have been killed in fighting between their troops and houthi rebels, around the northern city of marib. the sources said the government had lost 16 men, including six officers. the head of the world health organisation has congratulated the people of guinea, after the latest outbreak of the deadly ebola virus there was declared over. the who chief said that a coordinated response, community engagement and the use of a vaccine meant that guinea had managed to control the disease. six people were left in a critical ccondition after a truck driver ploughed into cyclists taking part in a charity bike ride in arizona. polic

polls have closed in iran's presidental election, to choose a leader to succeed hassan rouhani —— who's allowed to serve for a third term. in a highly controlled contest —— almost all those allowed to run were regarded as hardliners. the conservative cleric, ebrahim raisi is expected to win. ajudge in brussels has rejected a legal attempt by the eu to force the drugs firm astazeneca to provide it with 120 million doses of its coronvirus vaccine, by the end ofjune. the court instead ordered the company to deliver just over eighty million doses by september. now on bbc news — the media show. hello, we are talking radio today. the biggest leaders are fa ce—to —fa ce the biggest leaders are face—to—face with meetings this week. these are some the most intensely scrutinised meetings you can imagine. and you will have to imagine because none of the press were allowed in the room. how easy is it for journalists who specialise in diplomacy to sort fact from spin. to the politicians even want them there on this of course it's to snap them with those ridiculous family photos was of an introductio

the headlines: polls have closed in iran's presidental election, to choose a leader to succeed hassan rouhani — who's not allowed to serve for a third term. in a highly controlled contest, almost all those allowed to run were regarded as hardliners. the conservative cleric, ebrahim raisi is expected to win. roman catholic bishops in the us are on a potential collision course withjoe biden after voting overwhelmingly to draft a teaching document addressing whether catholic politicians, who support abortion rights, should be barred from communion. the vatican has already indicated its opposition to the bishops�* move. and england and scotland have played to a 0—0 draw at wembley in their eagerly anticipated group game at euro 2020. it was the first contest between football's oldest rivals at a major tournament since euro 96. now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello again and welcome to the week in parliament — the week the health secretary discovered who his friends are. the right honourable gentleman, now forever branded as hopeless hancock by his own leader. also in this programme: brit

it was pandemonium when hassan rouhani showed up to vote.up around the blocks to vote. this will be potentially one of the worst voter turnout in the history of the country and we will see the hard-liner take power. is that your base case? esfandyar: that's the very fair expectation. pundits have been saying for a while that this election would favor hard-line candidates. april predict -- a poll predicted he will win this election on the basis of 77 percent of the vote with a 53% turnout. voters are apathetic after three years of a really difficult period economically, both because of sanctions and the pandemic, and they increasingly feel disenfranchised. annmarie: what does this mean for the nuclear deal? we have the talks in vienna taking place. there is this temporary monitoring path that the iaea was able to get with iran. that expires next week. at the same time, potentially we are going to have a hard-line government come in. where does it leave those talks? esfandyar: i would not worry too much about the outcomes of the talks. the str

the first results are expected within hours as voters in iran choose a successor to president hassan rouhanien after moving to deny holy communion to politicians — like the us president — who support abortion rights. more trouble at the golden globes as two members of the body that organise the awards quit, calling the organisation toxic. the woman who punched a crocodile on the nose to save her twin sister tells us how she fought off the deadly reptile. and — one of the most anticipated matches of euro 2020 so far ends in a goalless draw as england face scotland at wembley stadium

the headlines: polls have closed in iran's presidental election, to choose a leader to succeed hassan rouhani — who's not allowed to serve for a third term. in a highly controlled contest — almost all those allowed to run were regarded as hardliners. the conservative cleric, ebrahim raisi is expected to win. roman catholic bishops in the us are on a potential collision course withjoe biden after voting overwhelmingly to draft a teaching document addressing whether catholic politicians , who support abortion rights , should be barred from communion. the vatican has already indicated its opposition to the bishops�* move. england and scotland have played to a 0—0 draw at wembley in their eagerly anticipated group game at euro 2020. it was the first contest between football's oldest rivals at a major tournament since euro 96. the stalemate still leaves both sides still able to qualify for the next round. now on bbc news, click. hey, welcome to click. lovely to see you out in the sunshine. lovely to see you too, lara. how are you doing? and you! i'm good. the sunshine is wonderful. mmm, yes. but,

a leader to succeed hassan rouhani, who's not allowed to serve for a third term. in a highly controlled contest, almost all those allowed to run were regarded as hardliners. the conservative cleric ebrahim raisi is expected to win. roman catholic bishops in the us are on a potential collision course withjoe biden after voting overwhelmingly to draft a teaching document addressing whether catholic politicians, who support abortion rights, should be barred from communion. the vatican has already indicated its opposition to the bishops�* move. england and scotland have played a 0—0 draw at wembley in their eagerly anticipated group game at euro 2020. it was the first contest between football's oldest rivals at a major tournament since euro 96. the stalemate still leaves both sides still able to qualify for the next round. now on bbc news, click. this week, it's only a game show, it's only a game show, but what a game show! we are at e3 look at the big new games. the new games stars, made by you, and the mum and daughter trying to boost representation in games. hello,

host: how would he compare to outgoing president hassan rouhani? guest: there is a big difference between them and they do matter. we can see that clearly, negotiating with the nuclear negotiator and the team that changed once honey came into chavez and negotiations were headed by the general, there was a difference in many ways. that is why the nuclear deal came into his existence -- and to existence. if iran moves in and authoritarian direction, with the type of selection taking place right now, it will be fascinating to see the degree to which the population decides to participate in the elections or not. the main issues have not been the issue themselves, but whether to cast a vote or not. and they will be decisive if participation rates go below 40% or 35% as early polls indicate they would. if they go higher, however, there is a likelihood might not necessarily a large one, but a likelihood, that this would half go to the second round because he would not be able to get 60% in the first round. in the second round, things can change quite a lo

they want to capitalize on the lame—duck period of the outgoing iranian president, hassan rouhani.ian supreme leader ali khamenei everything he wants. he can blame any issues with resurrecting the deal on the outgoing administration and then pin any of the dividends on the incoming hard—liner, who he is personally closer to. so you're sensing enthusiasm for the deal, in iran? not necessarily enthusiasm but something to notice, that hard—liners, who about 5, 6 years ago critiqued the deal, now talk about wanting to implement it more vigorously and indeed that is something that raisi during the debates, in televised presidential debates in the campaign cycle. so it's been a shift on their part but one reason for the shift that i don't think the biden administration has internalised is the sanctions pressure. it's the sanctions pressure that is bringing iran to the table. unfortunately that sanctions pressure seems to be easing up, based on the us position in the region and the delisting of iran's proxies in the region. and even moving sanctions off of two former iranian oil executive

the headlines: polls have closed in iran's presidental election, to choose a leader to succeed hassan rouhani — who's not allowed to serve for a third term. in a highly controlled contest — almost all those allowed to run were regarded as hardliners. the conservative cleric, ebrahim raisi is expected to win. roman catholic bishops in the us are on a potential collision course withjoe biden after voting overwhelmingly to draft a teaching document addressing whether catholic politicians, who support abortion rights, should be barred from communion. the vatican has already indicated its opposition to the bishops�* move. england and scotland have played to a 0—0 draw at wembley in their eagerly anticipated group game at euro 2020. it was the first contest between football's oldest rivals at a major tournament since euro 96. the stalemate still leaves both sides still able to qualify for the next round. he italy has announced that from monday any visitors arriving from britain will have to be tested and quarantine for five days. so what does that mean for one of the big holiday destinations for uk

voters are said to pick a replacement for hassan rouhani, who is seen as a moderate.helped improve ties with the u.s. many leading reformist candidates leaving the door open for hardliners. elections happening against the backdrop of nuclear negotiations. an agreement was said to be imminent. an accord would allow iaea cameras to stay and monitor data from iran's nuclear facilities. ayatollah khomeini, the iranian supreme leader, casting his vote in that presidential elections in iran. yvonne: i think, as iran says, still fundamental differences on where the powers are seeing how to restore this 2015 nuclear deal. let's take a look at china consumption. a 618 shopping festival underway. shopping platforms such as jd.com launched promotions as early as last week. let's cross over to beijing, where our markets coanchor tom mackenzie is on the ground at jd.com headquarters. how is it looking? tom: so far it is looking pretty good. on the first day they saw transactions up 140% year-over-year. we are at jd.com's headquarters, the final day of this shopping extravaganza. i

the new leader will replace hassan rouhani, who was limited to two terms in office. several reformist candidates were prevented from standing, leaving three hardliners and one moderate in the race. a court in belgium has ordered astrazeneca to provide the european union with 80 million covid jabs by september. the eu had brought the case, asking for 120 million doses. astra zeneca said it would easily meet the target. at the euro 2020 football tournament, england and scotland have played out a goalless draw at wembley in london. earlier, sweden beat slovakia one nil, and croatia drew one—all with the czech republic. the palestinian authority has cancelled a deal under which israel earlier, sweden beat slovakia one nil, and croatia drew one—all with the czech republic. the palestinian authority has cancelled a deal under which israel was to give it at least one million covid vaccines. the authority said the pfizerjabs were too close to their expiry date. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are dawn foster, b

raisi has already med hassan rouhani and says he's focused on the task ahead.he trust the people have placed in me. for many, that means getting the trump-era sanctions lifted and reviving the nuclear agreement, all to jump-start the ailing economy. >> there's a tremendous amount of continuity, and have i important foreign policy issues are not said by the president alone or the foreign minister. it requires a much greater degree of systemic buy-in. >> reporter: one thing both moderates and conservatives agree on is iran's struggling economy is the country's top issue. now raisi will get his shot to bring it back on track. for fred pleitgen, cnn, tehran. >>> meanwhile, sad news from the white house today. the president and first lady announcing their 13-year-old german shepherd has died, this from an official statement today. our hearts are heavy today as we let you now or beloved german shepherd champ passed away peacefully at home. a white house official tells cnn champ passed away at the biden family home in wilmington, delaware. the news reminded us of the

raisi has already met outgoing president the moderate hassan rouhani and said he's focused on the task ahead. >> translator: i hope i can live up to the trust that the people have placed in me during my term, he said. >> reporter: for many getting the trump era sanctions lifted and reviving the iran nuclear agreement to jumpstart the ailing economy. >> there is a tremendous amount of continuity and very important policy issues, the jcpoa, are not set by the president or foreign minister. >> reporter: one thing moderates and conserves agree on is iran's struggling economy is the top issue. now ebrahim raisi will get his try to bring it back on track. >>> international reaction ranged from congratulations to condemnations. two neighbors offered words of support. turkey's president sent a letter saying he wishes for "the spirit of cooperation between our countries to continue to strengthen." iraqese leader said "iraq truly looks forward to strengthening its relations with iran and looks for brotherly and friendly ties that link through their historical cultural and social bonds." amnesty

in a presidential election expected to see a hard-line conservative replace the more moderate hassan rouhanithat could complicate efforts to restore a landmark nuclear accord that has major implications for middle east security and oil markets. the election turnout is expected to be at a record low and will all but ensure the victory of abraham raisi. emergency repairs forced the shutdown of a pipeline. repairs on june 4 released 2.7 million cubic meters of methane. the environmental defense fund has said that has about the same short term planet warming impact of 40,000 internal combustion cars in the u.s. for a year. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm leigh-ann gerrans. this is bloomberg. ♪ pres. biden: in making juneteenth a federal holiday, all americans can feel the power of the stay and learn from our history, and celebrate progress and grapple with the distance we've come, with the distance we have to travel. lisa: president biden announcing a new federal holiday of juneteent

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the new president will succeed hassan rouhani at a crucial time as talks continue to relaunch the irannuclear deal, which the u.s. unilaterally withdrew from in 2008 under president trump, reimposing sweeping sanctions on iran. in a rare acknowledgment, north korean leader kim jong-un said wednesday his nation faces widespread food shortages due to international sanctions, the covid-19 pandemic, and crop failures caused by last summer's typhoons. the world food program says about 40% of north korea's population is undernourished. the intercept reports a top official in the outgoing bolivian government plotted to deploy hundreds of mercenaries from a u.s. military base near miami to overturn the results of bolivia's election in october of 2020. though the coup plot was never carried out, documents and recorded phone calls reveal the former bolivian minister of defense, luis fernando lÓpez, discussed the plan with joe pereira, a former civilian administrator with the u.s. army. pereira, who has boasted of links to u.s. special forces, promised lÓpez he could mobilize thousands of foreign

images of newly elected president hardline cleric, ebrahim raisi, alongside the outgoing president hassan rouhani. but it was clear that raisi would be the winner. can i ask who you voted for? >> raisi. >> reporter: and why? >> because i thought it's a true choice, to change our situation. >> reporter: raisi, who has the backing of iran's supreme leader, will be the first-ever serving iranian president sanctioned by the u.s. government before entering office. raisi was placed on a sanctions list in 2019 for human rights abuses. he has voiced support for the iran nuclear deal, his strong anti-western attitude may make it difficult for president biden to achieve the longer and tougher deal he is hoping for. >> one of the key foreign policy platforms of candidate biden was to reinstitute the obama era nuclear course with iran. it will continue to be a hardline iranian regime. which will make it a challenge. >> reporter: the win comes as no surprise, in an election that many believe was already decided. there were more than 500 candidates that wanted to run for president. but the majority of them wer

raisi has already het the outgoing president, the moderate hassan rouhani, and said he's focused on theed in me during my term, he said. for many that means getting the trump era sanctions lifted and reviving the iran nuclear agreement all to jump start the ailing economy. >> there is a tremendous amount of continuity and very important foreign policy such as the jcpoa are not set by the president alone or the foreign minister. it requires a much greater degree of systemic buy in. >> reporter: one thing both moderates and conservatives agree on is that iran's struggling economy is the country's top issue. now ebrahim raisi will get his shot to bring it back on top. fred pleitgen, cnn, tehran. >>> a dangerous surge in gun violence puts american cities on edge as the summertime crime wave is expected. meanwhile police arrest and charge a 19-year-old man with first degree murder in connection with eight shootings thursday in phoenix. tropical storm claudette makes landfall along the gulf coast putting more than 20 million people across the south under watches. more than 30 million around t

the conservative chief justice was congratulated by his sole moderate opponent, and president hassan rouhaniterm is ending, also congratulated the president-elect before the official results were made public. the last polling places closed well after

made thus far as a host of conservative and hardline candidates are vying to succeed president hassan rouhani. attorney general merrick garland is supporting the justice department's decision to defend former president trump against a defamation lawsuit brought by a woman who accused trump of raping her in the 1990's. e. jean carroll filed the suit in 2019 after trump said he would not have assaulted her because "she's not my type." justice department lawyers told a federal court this week trump cannot be held personally liable for comments he made while he was president. attorney general garland defended the decision to a senate committee wednesday. >> the essence of the rule of law is what i said when i accepted the nomination for attorney general. it is that like cases be treated like, that they're not you one rule for democrats and another for republicans, that they're not be one rule for friends and another for foes. amy: e. jean carroll blasted the biden administration for defending trump, writing in a statement -- "as women across the country are standing up and holding men accountable

you are absolutely right, it certainly is shaping up that after the eight years of hassan rouhani inbly towards a more hard line and more conservative leadership, most probably even h -- the big thing that the nations involved in the jcpoa are trying to salvage that agreement before the elections and that's because they will have a whole different set of negotiators if there is a new administration in tehran that could certainly make things more difficult. one of the things that we have to seen in mind in those negotiations is that the trump administration put in place sanctions on iran that were specifically designed to make it difficult for another administration to get back into that deal. >> right. >> very difficult to work through these things. >> yeah. >> however, it certainly does seem as though both the u.s. and iran wants to salvage that agreement and difficult, but let's see maybe they can make it happen. >> if this he get to yes in a way that everybody is happy with. that's always the challenge. fred, thanks for popping up for us this morning. appreciate it. >>> back to th

the new leader will replace hassan rouhani, who was limited to two terms in office. several reformist candidates were prevented from standing, leaving three hardliners and one moderate in the race. a court in belgium has ordered astrazeneca to provide the european union with 80 million covid jabs by september. the eu had brought the case, asking for 120 million doses. astra zeneca denied it had not met its contract, and said it would easily meet the target. the palestinian authority has cancelled a deal under which israel was to give it at least a million coronavirus vaccines. the palestinians said the jabs were too close to their expiry date. the danish footballer christian eriksen has been discharged from hospital — after an operation to treat the heart problem which led to his collapse on the pitch at euro 2020. at ten o'clock sophie rayworth?will be here with a full round up of the days news. first the media show ...the world's biggest leaders have been face—to—face in a series of meetings. but as always, nobody from the press was allowed in the room. so how easy

voters in are choosing a new president to succeed hassan rouhani — who has held the position since 2013t can be done in the crucial first years. our royal correspondent, daniela relph, reports. the youngest in society are now the biggest part of the duchess of cambridge's royal work. she says she's learned that the hardest social challenges often begin in the earliest years of childhood. for her, improving the lives of the very young is the social equivalent of managing climate change. it is a bold ambition. the new centre will pull togetheracademics, medics, psychologists and a whole range of early years expertise under one organisation. working closely with others, the centre hopes to raise awareness of why the first five years of life are just so important for our future life outcomes and what we can do as a society to embrace this golden opportunity to create a happier, more mentally healthy, more nurturing society. by working together, my hope is that we can change the way we think about early childhood and transform lives for generations to come — because i truly believe big chang

host: how would he compare to outgoing president hassan rouhani?st: there is a big difference between them and they do matter. we can see that clearly, negotiating with the nuclear negotiator and the team that changed once honey came into chavez and negotiations were headed by the general, there was a difference in many ways. that is why the nuclear deal came into his existence -- and to existence. if iran moves in and authoritarian direction, with the type of selection taking place right now, it will be fascinating to see the degree to which the population decides to participate in the elections or not. the main issues have not been the issue themselves, but whether to cast a vote or not. and they will be decisive if participation rates go below 40% or 35% as early polls indicate they would. if they go higher, however, there is a likelihood might not necessarily a large one, but a likelihood, that this would half go to the second round because he would not be able to get 60% in the first round. in the second round, things can change quite a lot. i

polls close in iran for the presidential election to choose hassan were sunny's successor -- alzheimer's sunny -- hossein rouhani'ske to philip lane yesterday and he was down plan expectations. some very important subjects on the agenda and it will be very interesting to see what they decide to do on inflation goals. let's get a bloomberg first word news update. here's annabelle droulers. >> thanks. the u.k. recorded the most coronavirus cases in a day since mid february. this amid warnings the current wave, driven by the highly transmissible delta variant, may still be weeks from peaking. more than 11,000 new infections were reported thursday. president joe biden signed a bill making juneteenth a federal holiday to mark the end of slavery in the u.s. most government employees will be granted paid leave friday. juneteenth commemorates june 19, 1865, when union soldiers brought news of freedom to enslaved people in galveston, texas. pres. biden: i am especially pleased that we showed the nation that we can come together as democrats and republicans to commemorate this day with an overwhelming bipartisan support of