lot from berlin germany and france demand the immediate release of a british oil tanker seized by iran tehran dramatic footage of its revolutionary guards dropping from a helicopter to take control of the ball carrier in paris for alain is calling the capture a dangerous escalation in the gulf region. german chancellor angela merkel needs tributes to the conspirators who try to assassinate all fiddler and overthrow the nazi government 75 years ago today. and tens of thousands take to the streets of london demanding grex it be cancelled. thanks for joining us iran is defying growing international pressure to release a british oil tanker it detained in the strait of hormuz the vital waterway carrying a 3rd of the world's seaborne oil supply iran's revolutionary guards have released footage of its troops boarding a tanker they say they seized the vessel after it collided with a fishing boat the british government has called it a dangerous move germany's says it's an aggravation of an already tense situation. the stana imperio seen here before its capture by iranian naval forces is now a pawn in

joining us iran is defying growing international pressure to release a british oil tanker it detained in the strait of hormuz the vital waterway carrying a 3rd of the world's seaborne oil supply tehran says the vessel was seized after it collided with a fishing boat the british government has called it a dangerous move in germany says it's an aggravation of an already tense situation . iran's revolutionary guard sport this day not in pay to a british vessel it to team did in the streets of harmony after and every day an oil tanker was held in. britain say it's a dangerous move but london is determined not to let the tent for tat spiral out of control. priority. continues to be to find a way to deescalate the situation. that's why i reached out to the iranian foreign minister that's why due process interpol continues we need to see the illegal seizing of a british flag that's so robust we need the ship released and we continue to be very concerned the safety of well the 23 crew members. the u.k.'s allies are also stepping up pressure on iran u.s. president donald trump wants to run to accept more concessions over its nuclear program and he says his strategy is working iran they're sh

navy seized an iranian ship off gibraltar iran threatened to retaliate and that is what happened almost happened yesterday that's according to the royal navy tehran insists that nothing happened tonight the u.k. is trying to deescalate can it limit tensions with iran before this becomes more than a tit for tat over tankers i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. it is and that is that england has taken now requires us to show a reaction because our national interests are in danger. of 3 very concerning developments but also very proud of the role knight and the role that they play. as expresses shipping safety calls on the cynics and the concho in the reaction to what was their reaction when we hit the american drug nothing. we are constantly monitoring the security council be keeping on to refute the kind of security that we need to keep british shipping safe. also coming up the white house social media summit what do the people attending have in common well a love for donald trump and no love for the mainstream media. and. these people who don't like me and probably don't like you i'm going to talk directly to my followers about what i know ab

says it wants to protect the crucial shipping route in iran and yemen ministration blames tehran for recent attacks on oil tankers and the gulf iran denies that european powers meanwhile are focusing on saving the 2015 nuclear deal the french president's top advisor is meeting with iranian officials urging tehran to stop pulling back from its commitments to the agreement all of this will be the focus of an emergency meeting and. international atomic energy agency in vienna later on wednesday we'll get more on the french envoys visit from our correspondent in tehran in a few minutes that bozza is standing by and moscow with russian reaction on tension in the region 1st though john hendren has more on the planned military coalition the united states is developing a military coalition to police the strait of hormuz general joseph dunford the highest ranking u.s. military official is the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff says the u.s. is working with a number of nations to identify who has in his words the political will to join in this coalition and offer military forces for that ope

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britain france and germany say they won't for now move to reimpose tank sions on iran after tehran announced it had a mass more enriched uranium than was permitted the un's nuclear watchdog has confirmed iran has broken the limits set by the 2015 nuclear deal this is terrans 1st major departure from the accord. an excerpt from the logbook of captain james cook. wednesday september the 60 we're in the utmost danger i'm sorry convinced that mr stevens chalk is incorrect and not mine we turn to the northeast in the belief that this was the best direction in which to clear the coast the night was dark and sunda miking and rain as day dawned dangerous breakers could be seen on the coast in heavy seas swept over the full day . with the wind turning more and more in an easterly direction it was going to be able to maintain a slight distance from the reach what made our situation even more along with the loss of the main topsail which was torn up we have no visible contact with the discovery which was saving some distance away to the moon and going to have mercy on ourselves. british lives on the ri

out of the iran nuclear deal even though tehran was meeting its commitments new sanctions swifty followed. and i jump olten trumps national security advisor has long wanted regime change in iran and israel boy by the trump administration support also wants to rein in iran's growing influence in the middle east. iran recently has been threatening israel's destruction it should remember that these planes can reach anywhere in the middle east including iran. the european union hopes to salvage the deal but iran's position looks increasingly precarious. are for more of this i'm joined by our e.u. correspondent teri schultz going to be do you. so we know that france's president micron he sent his top envoy to tehran today what is he hoping to achieve. well brant the goal here is really not in dispute nobody not the u.s. not europe not china or russia wants iran to get a nuclear weapon so that's not the problem here the issue is how do you restrain tehran and right now the europeans feel very much that the nuclear deal which they have stuck to which the u.s. has has withdrawn from is the best w

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the us vows to keep up ‘maximum pressure' on iran, after tehran said it had exceeded the limit on its deal. more than a thousand people have been evacuated in north—eastern germany — as a massive wildfire continues to spread. now it's time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. nearly all the front pages in the uk have the front page —— have this story on the front page. we begin with the times and hong kong where riot police fired tear gas at hundreds of thousands of demonstrators as they fought to evict activists who had stormed the former british colony's parliament building. the gulf news says the united nations atomic watchdog has confirmed iran has surpassed the stockpile of low—enriched uranium allowed under the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. in the telegraph business section, uk firms are warning the entire manufacturing sector is "essentially in recession" as the eurozone's industrial slump, the us—china trade war and turmoil surrounding the future of brexit all conspire to slam the brakes on factories' growth. the daily mail

says it wants to protect the crucial shipping route near iran and yemen donald trump's administration blames tehran for recent talks on oil tankers in the gulf iran denies. that european powers meanwhile are focusing on saving the 2015 nuclear deal french president's top advisor is meeting with iranian officials urging tehran to stop pulling back from its commitments to that agreement president rouhani insists that its uranium enrichment is still within the framework of the deal all of this will be the focus of an emergency meeting of the international atomic energy agency in vienna later on wednesday we'll get more on the french envoys visit from our correspondent in tehran in just a few minutes 1st though john hendren has more on the planned military coalition. the united states is developing a military coalition to police the strait of hormuz general joseph dunford the highest ranking u.s. military official is the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff says the u.s. is working with a number of nations to identify who has in his words the political will to join in this coalition and offer military

iran. tehran's government has broken a restriction on its stockpile. how will the u.s. respond?own with congressman mac thornberry, the chair of the top ranking republican of the house armed services committee, to find out what comes next. rep. thornberry: iran is trying to get european nations to back off some of the sanctions and hope by creating a crisis atmosphere, that they can divide the u.s. and our european allies and get some sort of relief after this. i think the most important thing for us is to not let that happen. to work very closely with our european allies, but also to maintain a strong military presence. i don't think it is a coincidence that these bombings of tinkers started at a time when we did not have a carrier in the persian gulf. we used to have one or two but cap ist have enough that when the last prices -- crisis begin. shery: we are seeing the president dispatch more troops. will that help? rep. thornberry: the troops he is sending our defensive, because i think there has been specific intelligence which -- where americans in iraq and throughout the mi

request which would escalate already tense relations between washington and tehran . iran earlier told the u.s. that it shouldn't start a fire if it's not willing to deal with the consequences that's after war in the islamic republic not to play with fire he was responding to tehran's announcement that it will increase production of low enriched uranium beyond limits imposed by the 2015 nuclear deal. from july 7th on what's the level of enrichment will not be at 3.67 percent and you will know what to do with the airplane with i think they're playing with fire this thing for the us to do so correct it's a mistake if washington is afraid of the word fine you can start on. the spot began washington withdrew from the nuclear deal and impose harsh sanctions on iran after a year of escalating tensions tehran now says it will no longer feel bound by the terms about agreement iran adds that's because other signatories including france germany and the u.k. haven't done enough to keep the deal alive our guest abated who's really been playing with fire. well i really think that presi

could lead to what's known as a snap back sanctions being reimposed on iran france what nicolo is formally the french ambassador to tehran he says the u.s. president donald trump is desperate to present some success on the international front with a new iran nuclear deal. there is no more the image get dancing. to produce are born one needs a balk one tone of. lightly and reach your young to be of course further and rich to 90 percent of course and you are still very far very far from this quantity of your radio and there's no other of course another factor which would be really dense or would be that iran if iran expelled international nuclear inspectors. who are precisely controlling the nature of its program the extent of its program this is what north korea did in 2002 and this opened the way to the bomb but up to now are we have no signal in this direction coming from iran trump is not a man of war noise he wants to use fact basically he wants to fight a deal with iran on the on his own terms of all but this is what he wanted to specially are the is then trying the. electoral campaign you know for the next president

london well meanwhile panama is withdrawing its flag from another royal tank it is being held by iran tehran accuses the rear of smuggling on all 3 the strait of hormuz iran says it told the vessel into its waters after a distress call panamanian authorities say they're canceling its registration because the tanker failed to report an unusual situation in violation of international rules at least 8 people have been killed in 2 attacks in a city in northwestern pakistan 2 police officers were shot dead in the 1st attack at a checkpoint in denver is smile can 6 other people including civilians died in a blast at the entrance to a hospital where the injured were being taken and go live to our correspondent now come on holidays in the pakistan capital islamabad come out should we in the 1st instance assume that these 2 scenes of attack are linked. absolutely coordinate because often. and. of course there were other people who were injured and went. to the hospital and. that then you get dollar bond. so quick to take responsibility. and. election then to drive. which were delayed yesterday dog el

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iran's deputy foreign minister says tehran will secure the st rait. 's foreign minister was one of the first people to congratulate boris johnson. more on this now from the iranian capital, tehran. reporter: iran's foreign minister is the first official to comment on the latest developments out of london. the foreign minister tweeted may government's seizure is piracy pure and simple. i congratulate boris johnson unbecoming prime minister. iran does not confrontation. we have 1500 miles of persian gulf coast line. will are our waters and we protect them. his sentiments are shared by other high-ranking officials in iran. we heard from the first vice president who said the suggestion of a coalition force to patrol the waters of the strait of hormuz and guard the ships that pass through it is absolutely not necessary and that iran is capable of providing security to the ships in the strait of hormuz, and it is up to iran and the regional countries to ensure the safety of their waters. meanwhile, we understand there has been an extraordinary meeting called

iran maximum pressure. it seems as though tehran is now trying the same. gareth barlow, bbc news.other stories making the news. the latest attempt by european union leaders to agree on who should fill the bloc‘s main posts has ended in failure. they'll try again in brussels later today. a number of key roles are up for grabs including the post of european commission president. two facebook workers have possibly been exposed to sarin gas at a mailing warehouse at its headquarters in california. the mail processing centre was evacuated as officials worked to determine what caused mail to test positive for the nerve agent. officials said incoming mail processed by a machine tested positive for the substance. floods in russia's irkutsk region have killed at least 14 people. river levels in the siberian region rose dramatically after prolonged rainfall. a state of emergency has been declared. the women's football world cup is now in its final stages and today is the day when england minuses will ta ke the day when england minuses will take on the champions united states in the semi—fin

iran in damascus from profiting off this illicit trade. the white house unilaterally withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal and slapped harsh sanctions on tehran iran now says it is no longer bound by the agreement and will breach impose limits on uranium stockpiles tehran adds that because other signatories including france germany and the u.k. haven't done enough to keep the deal alive. because live now to fahd is not a professor at the university of toronto faculty of world studies now britain denies that it acted on a u.s. request do you believe the u.k. or not. i think so i think unfortunately the u.k. government is following us foreign policy when it comes to iran the only problem with that scenario is that u.s. foreign policy on iran is failing they have not achieved to overthrow the government the u.s. has failed to get any concessions out of iran and the u.s. is losing the concessions they got under the nuclear regular mint and iran has shown that iran's military abilities are quite extensive given the fact that they were able to shoot down the u.s. very sophisticated u.s. drone so you don't has military capability and iran has the wi

as iran continues to pull back from its commitments to the 2015 nuclear deal president haasan rouhani is insisting tehran's actions are actually peaceful he says iran's increased trade and reaching uranium is within the framework of the nuclear agreement ronny also issued a warning that the u.k. will face consequences for seizing an iranian tanker near gibraltar european powers are meanwhile focusing on saving the nuclear deal french president's top advisor is meeting with the rani and officials to try to keep tehran and line now all of this will be the focus of an emergency meeting of the international atomic energy agency in vienna later on wednesday let's go live now to the iranian capital tehran and talk to our door so jabari so tell us more about what hassan rouhani has been saying today. well the president has been commenting following his weekly cabinet meeting where he defended the country's decision to surpass the limits that is set under the 2015 nuclear agreement of we in richmond levels of it's uranium the levels they were supposed to stay under was 3.67 percent but on sunday the country's atom

expressing concern tonight at iran's warning that it is now enriching uranium at levels forbidden by the 2015 nuclear deal the international atomic energy agency confirmed tehran's move today from seeing hand-wringing in europe and huffing and puffing in washington with the nuclear deal now all but dead iran's decision has added to spiraling tensions between the country and don't trump's white house. oil tankers on fire in the gulf of oman a massive u.s. drone shot down by tehran the wreckage proudly displayed on iranian television a seized a rainy an oil tanker suspected of violating sanctions. the tensions were already sky high in the run up to iran announcing its latest move in violation of the 2015 nuclear agreement that was supposed to provide sanctions relief in exchange for restrictions on tehran's nuclear program but now iran says it's enriching uranium beyond 3.67 percent the threshold allowed by the agreement and threatens more moves to come other percent enrichment is an option even enrichment higher than that is an option is are all options but at the appropriate time. speaking via satellite israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said it's time fo

look there are folks on the other side of the aisle unfortunately they seem to believe iran, tehran,he mullahs and tyrannical theecratic regime more than they believe this administration and this president. charles: are you suggesting that you have american members of our congress who are sort of leaning toward the idea maybe we are starting trouble in iran? >> well that is some of the narrative, is that iran wouldn't be doing this if it weren't for president trump and this administration putting pressure on them. we should have just remained in this nuclear deal which gave iran everything including pallets of cash courtesy of united states tax ier in return for nothing, just extending the timeline which they reached the ability to deliver nuclear weapons around the globe. so this is the circumstances unfortunately -- i wouldn't say it is widespread but it is true. it does undermine to a certain extent the credibility of the country as a whole to push back against the greatest known sponsor of state sponsor terrorism around the world and the country that is literally responsible for

tanker by iran diplomats from tehran a jew in vienna on sunday to discuss how to save the 2050 nuclear deal they're meeting representatives from britain china france germany and russia. russia says it carried out the 1st long range air patrol with china in the asia pacific region moscow says the exercise was aimed at increasing cooperation in the region and not directed at any 3rd country south korea earlier said it fired warning shots at russian military aircraft violated its airspace. kenya's finance minister has been given bail after pleading not guilty to allegations of corruption fraud and abuse of office following the unprecedented arrest of a government minister henry wrote as charged has been charged along with 26 senior officials out there connected to contracts worth around $600000000.00 for 2 hydroelectric dams which have yet to be built contracts were awarded to an italian company then his public prosecutor is seeking the extradition of its chief executive those are your headlines the news continues here after soapbox mexico breaking taboos i'll have 30 minutes of well news

america's strangling iran's economy because it said that tehran is spreading chaos in the region and enies. people here have adapted to sanctions before, but iran's currency is increasingly worthless as the us chokes it off from the global economy. this mechanic says it's now hard to get spare parts from overseas. in the past 12 months, his income has halved. translation: we start working on at the cars and then they get stuck here. i have to work all dayjust to get by, i cannot afford to take any time off. tehran feels cornered by america, abandoned by europe. some iranians blame government corruption for damaging the economy. but in the tightly—controlled media, that's rarely covered, it's the man on the front page who gets the blame. this man says a third of his colleagues have already lost theirjobs. translation: we don't want to fight so why want to fight so why does president trump send his warships to the middle east? does he want to start a war? if there is a war, people will die and nothing will change and everyone will lose. donald trump seems to think that the iranians' abo

of a british oil tanker iran's foreign minister has responded saying any attempt to patrol the gulf will only bring regional insecurity to a such a body has more now from tehran. iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif is the 1st official to comment on the latest developments out of london the foreign minister tweeted that the may government seizure of iranian oil at behest of the us is piracy pure and simple i congratulate my former counterpart boris johnson becoming u.k.'s prime minister iran does not seek confrontation we have 1500 miles of persian gulf coast line these are our waters and we will protect them his sentiments are shared by other high ranking officials in iran we've heard from the 1st vice president who also said that the suggestion of a coalition force to patrol the waters of the strait of hormuz and guarded the ships that pass through it is absolutely not necessary and that iran is capable of providing security to the ships in the strait of hormuz and it is up to iran and the regional countries to ensure the safety of their waters meanwhile we've understood that there has been the extraordinary meeting called in vienna for sunday july

marilyn: this is donald trump threatening iran in response to iran's threats. tehranpush things right now. even as donald trump and says i want to have talks to threatening action, it is clear he does not want a conflict. that very public announcement that he authorized airstrikes and walked them back is completely telling. that said there is a key deadline coming up july 7. iran telling europe it needs an economic guarantee or it might restart construction work on a reactor. francine: that is like three days wait. what does europe do -- three days away. what does europe do in all this? europeans have been on the fence. marilyn: what they can do right now is very little -- >> what they can actually do right now is very little. iran is limited by u.s. sanctions, by the global nature of the u.s. financial system. the u.s. is saying to european companies, if you provide aid or trade with iran, we will come get you as well. this mechanism they have set up can do very little. what iran is saying to europe is , you need to help us somehow facilitate trade in oil. francine:

iran at their own peril. martin patience, bbc news, tehran. laura: the defiant view fm iran. you're watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's pronram, 50 years after the landing, we speak to the author s "hidden figures" about the female mathematicio helped america win the space race. members of britain's royal ubfamilyhoulders with hollywood celebs in londonth for european premiere of "the lioning." the 1994 classic was disney's biggest film of the 20th century, and they hope the new version will be ev more successful at the box office. >> everything you see fits us together in a delicate balance. porter: this time around, the story has been brought life using computer-generated rounds, bs and bac has kept the familiar characters from the original including the comedic pair timon and pumbaa. >> it's a lion! >> it's a little lion! seth: me and billy eichnerid our recording together i think you can really tell. we were able to respond in real time and gives our stuff and incredibly naturalistic feel, which is awesome. >> runaway, simba, and never return. re

is trying to form a military coalition to protect shipping off the coast of iran and yemen the white house blames tehran for several attacks on oil tankers in the gulf in the past few months one 5th of the world's oil is traded through that area earlier a commander in iran's revolutionary guard is shoot a new threat against u.s. bases and aircraft carriers stationed in the region saying they would be destroyed if they made a mistake john hendren from washington no. the united states is developing a military coalition to police the strait of hormuz general joseph dunford the highest ranking u.s. military official as the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff says the u.s. is working with a number of nations to identify who has in his words the political will to join in this coalition and offer a military forces.

the united kingdom has warned iran of serious consequences after iran sees a british oil tanker tehransays its revolutionary guard captures the stent in sparrow after an accident with a fishing boat. here up to date now on d w news i'll be back again at the top of the hour with more news in the meantime and don't forget you can always get the latest news and information on our website just go to that dot com and don't forget you can also follow us on facebook and twitter american f.m.c. and from me and the entire team here in berlin thanks for watching. because time to take one step further and face 3 months of. time to search the home run for the troops. to ensure compound interest untouched. it's time for. coming up ahead.

news about that because arrests comes amid heightenedd tensions between tehran on the us and its western allies over iran's nuclear program. tehran doesn't recognize dual citizens on the academic is the latest iranian national also holding a western passports to be arrested while in the countr. in the case of outrage washington ring in american nationals see a mock and backend mazie a seven ten year sentences for cooperating with a hostile american government. british iranian nazanin zagori rockcliffe who worked for thomson reuters was heading back to britain after family visits when she was arrested. she's been jailed by tehran since twenty sixteen onon seditn charges she denies overer a hundred people so far have lost their lives in catastrophic monsoon f flooding from the himalayas through india down to o bangladeshsh. authorities say four million people have been displaced many reported missing.. floodwaters as far as the eye can see. these indian villages all trying towards trying g gunds.gs of the houses wasas swampeded by torrential monsoonon rainsns. my money but that he had floloos from more than

iran has the right to change course the u.s. says it will not change its course of maximum pressure on tehran. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us tonight police in hong kong have finally retaken control of the legislative council building but only hours after protesters had stormed and occupied the main chamber police moved into the building after clearing the streets of anti government protests with tear gas late in the night they were then able to enter the main chamber without resistance the sharp escalation in violence comes on the 22nd anniversary of the former british colonies return to china. or just in the last hour hong kong's embattled leader kerry lamb gave a highly anticipated statement in a press conference. some suggested that she may nation instead she condemned the violence that rocked the city today she called for society to return to normal as soon as possible just not true to say has not responded. we have not responded to every team on and. asked the. good pieces now 1st of all if the calls off the tensions that we have seen is a build so amend the future. and on t

iran and arabia. the united states is leading efforts to isolate the government in tehran. onding with defiance, despite severe economic disruption. my guest, former british foreign secretary jack straw, is a veteran of engagement with iran. how high is the risk of calamitous conflict? jack straw, welcome to hardtalk. welcome. your diplomatic engagement with iran spans two decades, and through that period you've been an advocate for dialogue, for engagement, with tehran. but here we are today, with relations are between the us and the uk and tehran toxic. so is it a story of complete failure? it's not a story of complete failure at all, and indeed, the nuclear negotiations which the french foreign ministers and i got going in the summer of 2003, by fits and starts, laid the foundations for discussions which president 0bama and his secretaryjohn kerry had with rouhani and zarif from 2013—2015, which led to this groundbreaking nuclear deal. the thing about this deal which was agreed internationally, including by the us, is that it wasn't perfect, but it damn near guaranteed th

has more from tehran. iran's speaker of parliament johnny speaking during a ceremony to mark the 988 u.s. shoot down of an iranian passenger airliner flight 605 the remarks that he made really reflected the frustration of the iranian leadership now 290 people died in 988 when a u.s. missile cruiser fired at the passenger airliner but when the 2050 nuclear deal was signed the trust gap that exists between iran and the united states from years of conflict and incidents like this shoot down a lot of that trust had been bridged by moves made by the administration of u.s. president barack obama the latest remarks today from mr larijani illustrate how much of that trust deficit being built up that trust deficit being done away with during the obama administration much of that has been undone by the administration of u.s. president donald trump more should. america's problem is that they don't know the middle east and the iranian nation and they think if they deploy some warships to the region they can suppress the dete

as iran's currency exports are being hit the stock market in tehran is thriving. this is the business out of as well come but 1st will christine legarde become the next chief of the european central bank e.u. leaders in brussels are still tousling over who will get the top jobs in the union today's already marks the 3rd day of deliberations with so far little results and little unity over who should head the european commission or become its top diplomat but is there no a breakthrough over who could become the new president of the european central bank with the leg up the current head of the international monetary fund is being floated for the position now let's get the latest on this from our correspondent in frankfurt where the e.c.b. is based contribution what are you hearing there in frankfurt would she be a good choice. she would definitely had to have the right credentials gary hart with her background as a french finance minister who never gated her country through the financial crisis and of course with her background of being v i m f managing director and

tehran the wreckage proudly displayed on iranian television. a seized a rainy an oil tanker suspected of violating sanctions. tensions were already sky high in the run up to iran announcing its latest move in violation of the 2015 nuclear agreement that was supposed to provide sanctions relief and exchange for restrictions on tehran's nuclear program but now iran says it's enriching uranium beyond the threshold allowed by the agreement and threatens more moves to come. running percent enrichment is an option even enrichment higher than that is an option as are all options but at the appropriate time. speaking via satellite israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said it's time for the world to get tough with tehran. the whole american drones the foreign missiles. their neighbors and it's important to respond to these arsons not by reducing the person but by increasing the person we should go to reward aggressor and. this latest escalation started when u.s. president donald trump walked away from the agreement that his own country had been instrumental in crafting he said it wouldn't stop tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons. on monday vice president mike pe

iran is resourceful and resilient. these sanctions are the toughest it has ever faced. that means the most vulnerable, like mohammed, will fall victim. martin patience, bbc news, tehran. laura: the cost of u.s. sanctions on iran's children. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program, cryptocurrency concerns in congress. why lawmakers grilled facebook giant'social-media plans for digital money. heavy rains in south asia have killed more than 100 people and displaced around 4 million. nearly 50 died in india, and in nepal, 67 people were killed. bangladesh has been affected with heavy rain hitting the rohingya refugee camps. the flash flooding has killed more than 20 people in pakistan-administered kashmir. here is rajini vaidyanathan. rajini: misery for millions, as the monsoons return. large parts of the northeast indian state now submerged. under this vast expanse, entire villages virtually vanished.li fa forced to flee to our -- flee their homes with whatever theercan carry. "ws inside my house," this man says. "i have had no help and i'e've t norary shelter." these animals are also struggling to stay afloat. one of india's best-kno

enrichment of uranium the european union says it is extremely concerned and it has urged iran to reverse course tehran says it would. do that but only if europe keeps its promise a promise to protect iran's economy from those tough u.s. sanctions. when the u.s. withdrew from the nuclear deal last year today u.s. vice president mike pence reacted to the news that iran is now in violation of that deal iran should not confuse american restraint with a lack of american results thanks to the best of the united states of america and our military are prepared to protect our interests and protect our personnel and our citizens in the region we will continue to oppose iran's malign influence we will continue to bring pressure on their economy and under president donald trump america will never allow iran to obtain a nuclear weapon. are there was the us vice president there speaking earlier for some analysis now i'm joined by simon maybe he's a middle east analyst from lancaster university in england it's good to see you again so we've heard what the u.s. vice president is saying but can you tell us because we'

sees an iranian oil tanker 2 weeks ago tehran warned of retaliation when it appears iran has carried out that threat iranian revolutionary guards detained a british vessel in the strait of hormuz on friday it was sailing towards a saudi port when it suddenly changed course a powerful council that works closely with iran's supreme leader says a seizure is in response to the you came pounding any raney and tonka tehran it said the step in and para was involved in an accident with any rainy and fishing boat. before we were informed that a british flag the oil tank it collided with a fishing boat which tried to contact the tanker and find out how the accident happened but unfortunately the british tanker didn't respond and changed his direction changing direction in that fashion is against international regulations it could lead to new accidents therefore we requested help from military forces it should issue authorities in the region potential was directed to ponder about sports and history custody of the order of judicial authorities while britain has summoned iran's envoy to the u.k.

nuclear agency says it has verified that iran has 3 shereen emission level set down in the 2015 nuclear deal the european union says it is extremely concerned by tehran's actions and has urged the country to reverse course on monday iran announced it had broken the enrichment limit terrine wants more european support in the face of tougher u.s. sanctions. and u.s. vice president mike pence has also talked about the developments. iran should not confuse american restraint with a lack of american results. we hope for the best that the united states of america and our military are prepared to protect our interests and protect our personnel and our citizens in the region we will continue to oppose a rands malign influence we will continue to bring pressure on their economy and under president donald trump america will never allow iran to obtain a nuclear weapon. vice president pence there speaking a short time ago let's get some analysis for you now i'm joined by our washington correspondent helena humphrey who is tracking the story very closely for you good to see you helena we just heard from u.s. vice president pence he says iran should not confuse amer

form a military coalition to protect the crucial shipping route off the coast of iran and yemen ministration blames tehran for recent attacks on oil tankers and. iran says it welcomes french efforts to save the 2015 nuclear deal a top diplomat is meeting with iranian officials and later on wednesday the international atomic energy agency will hold an emergency session and vienna. sudan has begun to restore internet access to mobile phones allowing people to finally see what happened during that military crackdown last month services were caught after more than $100.00 people were killed by government forces during a peaceful sit in. national assembly went into lockdown on tuesday after shots were fired during fighting between police and a group of shia muslim protesters demonstrators say 2 people were shot by police when they tried to enter the assembly building the islamic movement of nigeria has protested regularly outside parliament are calling for the release of their leader who's been in detention since 2015. and it's been 2 years since i saw fighters were pushed out from mosul more than a rot that i