fought the so-called islamic state is so far second would be alliance and incumbent prime minister hyder body in third place. with. iranian president hassan rouhani says his country will remain committed to the two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal despite the u.s. decision to exit the accord he says the iran will abide by the agreement if the remaining five countries keep up their end european signatories have reaffirmed their willingness to keep the deal alive. in pakistan five students in their twenty's have died after a wooden bridge collapsed about a dozen people remain missing in the kashmir region the area is a popular tourist destination and of tourism department officials says the bridge was not designed to hold a large number of people. to italy now where it's been two months since the country held inconclusive elections the populist five star movement and the far right league are still in negotiations to forge a common program for a coalition government the parties were adversaries before the march fourth vote but now it seems they may be finding common ground. the coming hour

well this is being seen by many as a kind of a referendum on prime minister hyder alibi. but yet he does face certain tough competition why is that. yes. because our buddy today is being questions where a lot of iraqis because as an example he said we defeated i asked but if you look today in iraq you have a lot of terrorism happening in different countries alone today here the elections on my way to this to this place where i'm saying now where is it where is election is happening you have a curfew no one is allowed to be with their cars people are walking like really far from different places in order to be able to elect and this shows how in secure location is and how and how security is playing a role and all say ok how is the how he's doing this election sometimes there is insecurity beside that you have to look at the corruption iraq according to transparency international is at the last places concerning corruption so people say there's a lot of corruption what is he doing exactly going again to the north to mosul people say one year after that they are not doing a

students and visitors i like the atmosphere here it's the perfect place to quiz vino about life in hyderback. sooner than you know just what do you study in heidelberg studio here a bachelor's in southeast asian studies with a focus on history and ethnology especially in my native sri lanka and south india in here and why in hyderabad like over the think it's never several reasons heidelberg is a lovely town and has a good reputation it's internationally renowned. it's also a very compact town people say heidelberg is actually a village with the university and that pretty much hits the nail on the head and off. the tape on us to it or does it it's not only german students here right there from all over the world. but it's all right heidelberg is very international and so was the university we frequently have students from india pakistan bangladesh who start their master's program here we also run a lot in summer and vacation courses. here so why is highly back known as the student tell us a so i thought i think that has a lot to do with the history heidelberg university was founded in th

well let's now get the thoughts of our guests joining us from islamabad martin hyder political commentator and professor at national university of modern languages and kabul mushtaq a him regional security specialist and also in islamabad as hassan khan a political analyst a very warm welcome to all of you mr why the why is the government taking this step now. yes thank you so much the debate has already been passed by the national assembly of august and that is about far does with care but both province and goldman basically took this particular step of did deliberation and consultation with all the stakeholders and there was a committee which was headed by deputy chairman of the planning commission mr said di disease the committee held several long and of calls with the tribal ended and after the deadly deliberation and consultation finally did a board up the committee was presented to the prime minister and couple of these bags the committee to board was also presented before the national security committee the highest forum which is responsible for making decisions related to national

the current prime minister hyder all of body is lagging behind he's in third place right now the election is the very first one since the government declared victory over so-called islamic state. that was last year. well european companies are scrambling to understand what the renewal of u.s. sanctions on iran could mean for business around is given the european union sixty days to guarantee the continued implementation of the nuclear deal after the u.s. decision to leave it now this issue will likely be a focus of discussions between iranian and european foreign ministers in brussels tomorrow european commission president john claude junker has suggested using the european investment bank as a way around u.s. sanctions legally though european business is not bound by u.s. foreign policy but ignoring sanctions could affect their business interests in the united states. for iran's foreign minister mohammed javits a reef this week could become the most important of his career his mission to salvage the twenty fifty nuclear deal and he'll be counting on the support of the five other countrie

opposition from iran which is to prevent his block from taking power in the current prime minister hyder on the body is lagging behind in their words place. and we have good news just for abdul karim with us here in our studio he was just in iraq are covering the elections and has returned jeff are you keeping a close eye on the vote count because you tell us it can look so for the coalition iran there will be the winner of iraq is election we're seeing no more hind us. i just talked to someone from inside the commission and unofficial to know he's going to be the winner even after accounting mosul which is the second largest city in baghdad and everyone was thinking there going to be a turn turn over because mosul is supporting al buddy but it wasn't enough so to know it looks like he's the winner but it's not official yet not official but still this is surprising i mean what did a rocky say when you spoke to well when you talk to iraqis two major topics are our dear interests which is corruption and sectarianism and what others did he did he pushed for an anti security and anti-corrupt

all right thank you kemal hyder then giving us the very latest on what appears to be an assassination attempt against pakistan's interior minister it barnow as kemal goes off to find out more about this because we'll bring you the details on this here at al-jazeera but in the meantime this look at other news and north korea has denied u.s. led international sanctions forced it to agree to give up its nuclear weapons a foreign ministry spokesman told the same use agency that the united states is misleading public opinion by claiming that it was the sanctions that actually worked he also warned washington against quote deliberately provoking the north by deploying military assets in south korea now all of this comes ahead of a planned meeting between kim jong un and donald trump which is to happen in the coming weeks and of course would be historic. one of cambodia's strongest opposition parties is threatening to withdraw from july's election it's called the grassroots democratic party and it says that the vote is unlikely to be free and fair though it only emerged as a challenger after

changes will passed by parliament on friday following a series of recent suicide bomb attacks scott hyder points now from jakarta. with a much anticipated bang of the gavel. a new anti-terrorism law was approved by the indonesian parliament on friday changes to existing laws were initially proposed two years ago a series of recent suicide bomb attacks renewed focus earlier this month more than twenty people were killed at churches in a main police station in surabaya indonesia's second largest city two families including children carried out the attacks i saw claimed responsibility supporters of the new law say gives more tools to the government and law enforcement to prevent attacks it also says if someone is charged with an offense when children are involved the penalty will be increased by a third you know when. our old law is only about the response to terror act and we know if we are only responding it won't solve the problem there are always new terrorists. more than one thousand indonesians have traveled to syria and iraq to join isis fight it's estimated five hundred have returned

journalists killed in monday's bomb attack in the capital a tenth died during the attack in the east i meet hydere was one of the last to see his colleagues alive yes it's the dangerous now it is because said that afghanistan one of the most dangerous country in the will that your lives are working without a lot facing the country it you're facing with a huge of treats there's a from law fuels from tourists are going to. a truck bomb blast a few hundred meters away destroyed the one t.v. studios last year three staff members were injured the explosion that killed one hundred fifty and wounded hundreds more reporters were back live on the air within hours of the massive attack. another station came under attack in november shamshad t.v. was besieged for hours by i saw fighters but monday's attack was the most blatant direct assault on the media so far journalists rushed to the scene of the first suicide bomb explosion then a second bomber blew himself up among a crowd of reporters cameraman and photographers. being a journalist has never been easy here in addition to the bombings and attacks journ

but has been sidelined in the past by other shia figures backed by iran the current prime minister hyder body is lagging behind in third place right now the election is the first since the government a clear victory over so-called islamic state last year. and with me now in the studios to have used a far a deal karim he's been covering the iraqi elections he just returned from baghdad good morning to you do far more now before we get into all the analysis you know you were out there talking to a lot of people in iraq about this election what did they say to you if you talk to the people if it's in baghdad on their bill or and most so there's a big mistrust in the political system today and i think that explains the low turnout which happened for this elections our own forty four percent to know is now the number who people who participated so i think whoever wins who have if there is a winner of for this election's he has a lot to do because there's a big mithra mistrust and people think nothing's going to change same people same system there's a big big job for the winner ok you're all

journalists killed in monday's bomb attack in the capital a tenth died during the attack in the east i meet hyder he was one of the last to see his colleagues alive yes it's a dangerous now and it's because they ended up going to sort of one of the most dangerous counted in the will that units are working without a lot facing that mantra that we are facing with a huge of troops there's a from law feels from tourists are going to. a truck bomb blast a few hundred metres away destroyed the one t.v. studios last year three staff members were injured the explosion that killed one hundred fifty and wounded hundreds more reporters were back live on the air within hours of the massive attack another station came under attack in november shamshad t.v. was besieged for hours by isis fighters but monday's attack was the most blatant direct assault on the media so far journalists rushed to the scene of the first suicide bomb explosion then a second bomber blew himself up among a crowd of reporters cameraman and photographers being a journalist has never been easy here in addition to the bombings and attacks