just last week, javad zarif said this -- mr. zarif: we never wanted to produce a bomb. pm netanyahu: again. mr. zarif: we never wanted to produce a bomb. pm netanyahu: yes you did. yes, you do. the archive proves it. the nuclear deal gives iran a clear path to an atomic arsenal. it gives the components necessary to produce this arsenal. unlimited enrichment. first,in a few years. they plan to have several hundred thousand centrifuges they can reach mountains. -- mountains of uranium for that core and many cores. second, it completely fails to address iran's development of ballistic missiles. third, and this is new, it completely fails to address iran's nuclear bomb program and it's advanced weaponization. we just did. so, this is a terrible deal. it should never have been concluded. in a few days' time, president trump will decide, will make his decision on what to do with the nuclear deal. i am sure he will do the right thing for the united states, the right thing for israel, the right thing for the peace of the world. host[captions copyright national cable satellite c

and that's why the trip by javad zarif, the foreign minister, is so very important.ly, what the iranians are asking the europeans to do is go against the united states. they say, look, make sure that your companies do not suffer if the u.s. tries to hit back at them. and that way you can stay in the deal. they need to make sure that investment can come into iran without european companies being afraid to do that. are the europeans going to be able to do that? it's going to be very, very difficult to see. certainly it is a tall order. however, if you look at some of the statements that came out this morning by the german foreign minister, by the brit, in the past also by the french, they say yes, we want to maintain this deal. we're committed to this deal. now they have to show at least from the iranian perspective that they are really willing to do that, and also willing to as the iranians put it, stand up to the united states. so that's certainly going to be a pretty tall order for javad zarif as he visits especially brussels tomorrow. today this trip to russia is a

today javad zarif is in moscow for talks with his russian counterpart.arif travelled to china and expressed hopes the deal could be salvaged — but he wants protection from the economic sanctions the us is reimposing. the us government says that firms doing business in iran will have to stop doing so within six months or face us sanctions. many european firms are affected — a number of french firms have signed mulit—billion dollar agreements since 2015. they include airbus, the oil giant total and the car makers renault and peugeot. with me is pat thaker who's the editorial and regional director at the economist intelligence unit. thank you so much forjoining us. javad zarif in russia today and interestingly, the interesting point here is that if iran is increasingly isolated off the back of this deal changing orfalling isolated off the back of this deal changing or falling apart then isolated off the back of this deal changing orfalling apart then it isolated off the back of this deal changing or falling apart then it is naturally going to move closer to

with javad zarif's visit, it puts russia again in a unique position to be a power broker in the middleast, working even close were european nations that are at odds with this u.s. decision to back out of this deal. >> yeah, and it's true that russia does occupy this unique position between those european signatories of the iran nuclear deal and with iran itself. it's got really good relations with iran because it's fighting side by side with iran to support their joint ally in syria, bashar al assad, the syrian president. they've got a long-standing nuclear relationship with iran as well. they're kind of building or have been planning to build a network of nuclear reactors for some decades now in iran. and of course diplomatically, they've always supported that country when it came to the negotiations to forge that nuclear deal. so yes, russia is in this unique position to try and encourage the iranians to stay within the framework of the nuclear deal, despite the fact that the united states has pulled out. and that means russia is increasingly essential to the efforts of the european

policy representative, and in that meeting, they were all smiles, looked very relaxed and happy, javad zarifon the right path to move forward, he said. over dinner this evening, boris johnson, his french counterpart, german counterpart, they will be talking to a javad zarif, urging him to stick with the deal, essentially teaching keeping the curbs, mr johnson saying it is important the european security. the iranians want to hear whether they can keep investment going? what diplomats are saying the americans have made clear there will be no exemptions, european firms will still be subject to sanctions, if they try to do business with iran, and so the key question for europeans is, can they find a way around that? quite a lot of pessimism here that it will be very difficult and the future bodes very difficult and the future bodes very difficult and the future bodes very difficult times between europe and the us, if they cannot breach the divide. thank you. the pilot of a plane which crashed during the shoreham air show, killing 11 people, has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter. andy hill, who

iranian foreign minister mohammad javad zarif is in brussels today for talks with top e.u. officials on the future of the iran nuclear deal zarif a has already held what he called a constructive meeting with the e.u. stop diplomats for the couple getting any 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. has moved to withdraw from the pact which has cast doubt over the deals future while america's were drawled has also raised tensions with traditional allies german chancellor angela merkel weighed in. 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

iranian foreign minister mohammad javad zarif says he's also a mistake that his country can work with europe to salvage the iran nuclear deal well that's after what he called a constructive meeting in brussels with the e.u.'s top diplomat become greeny serif is on a diplomatic tour to secure support for the pact after the us pulled out of the iran nuclear deal last week. russia has unveiled a new bridge to the crimean peninsula territory it annexed from ukraine three years ago russian president vladimir putin drove a truck across the bridge as part of the opening ceremonies ukraine's prime minister said the bridge is a violation of international law it's still claims crimea has its own territory. germany's coach has unveiled a provisional squad today that he hopes will defend their world cup title in russia and our very own and leroy shirts from our sources joins us now to talk us through the line of who's in who's out while the biggest talking point is obviously manuel neuer who's in after his injury kept him on the sidelines in september he hasn't played a game so obviously that's a

now to some other stories making news around the world arabian foreign minister mohammad javad zarif says he is optimistic his country can work with europe to salvage the iran nuclear deal that's after what he called a constructive meeting in brussels with the use top diplomat federica muck of any sorry fiz on a diplomatic tour to secure support for the pact after the us pulled out of the iran nuclear deal last week. u.s. first lady millennia trump has undergone surgery for what the white house describes as a benign kidney condition her spokeswoman says the surgery was successful the first lady is expected to spend the rest of the week recovering in the hospital. authorities in hawaii are warning of more lav are options from the killer whale volcano after two new fish. opened they say a major eruption is possible and could block roads crucial for evacuation officials are educating residents on how to protect themselves against house or this ash fall and a few. germany's national. has named a provisional squad that he hopes will defend their world cup title in russia as expected germa

it follows eu discussions with iran's foreign minister javad zarif on tuesday.hey agreed to look for practical solutions to maintain a bilateral trade relationship which was grew to about $24.7 billion last year. importantly for iran that includes finding ways to continue allowing iran to earn foreign currency by sell its oil and gas. the imf expects those exports to be worth $63.7 billion in the year to march 2018. about 40% goes to europe. finding a way to continue effective banking transactions was also discussed. something that could be difficult given the international financial system's reliance on the us dollar. here's what both sides had to say after tuesday's meeting in brussels. we recognise that the lifting of nuclear related sanctions and the normalisation of trade and economic relations with iran constitutes an essential part of the agreement. we stress the agreement are we all share to ensure that this will continue to be delivered. and we agreed to this end to deepen our dialogue at all levels. we started the process. i believe we are on the right

now to some other stories making news around the world iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif has arrived in brussels for talks over the nuclear deal europe's foreign policy chief federica mcgreevey says the european union is determined to make sure the iran nuclear agreement is honored even after the u.s. withdrew last week. u.s. first lady maloney a trump has undergone surgery for what the white house describes as a benign kidney condition her spokeswoman says the surgery was successful the first lady is expected to spend the rest of the week recovering in the hospital. authorities in hawaii are warning of more lava eruptions from the killer whale kaino after two new fissures opened they say a major eruption is possible and could block roads crucial for evacuations officials are educating residents on how to protect themselves against hazardous ash fall and a few. and a painting of by dale modigliani has become the most expensive artwork ever auction at sotheby's they were climbing nude fetched one hundred fifty seven million dollars on monday in new york the piece caused a scan

deal can still be made without the united states, and that is why foreign minister, mr mohammad javad zarifn in moscow, now in european capitals, talking to the uk, germany and france. do you think iran has faith that the europeans can continue to stick to the agreement and can give iran the benefits it needs from the deal, in economic terms? it is really a big moment in iran eu relations because, as you know, i have been dealing with european, iran, eu relations since the mid—1980s, and always there was a big question in iran whether europe is independent from the us, whether iran can have a separate, independent, good relationship with the european union or not. iran has decided to stick with the deal with europe, plus russia, plus china. if i may interrupt, iran has not made the decision to stick with the deal without conditions. the conditions laid out by mr rouhani... no, no, you're right exactly. the deal laid out by mr rouhani last week was ok, we we will wait a few weeks before ramping up our nuclear enrichment. we will wait and negotiate with our friends, who signed the agreement,

iran's foreign minister, mohammad javad zarif, has been meeting with european union countries about the considering options to save the agreement. there are very clear economic benefits that have been specified in the jcpoa, that benefits that have been specified in thejcpoa, that have to be carefully negotiated in thejcpoa, to remain. facebook has revealed it has removed more than 580 million fake accounts. it has also published data for the first time about the amount of inappropriate content it removes, showing a sharp increase in the number of posts containing graphic violence. it follows calls for transparency after the privacy scandal involving a british firm cambridge analytica. rico will have more on this in asia business report, straight after newsday. russian opposition leader alexei navalny has been sentenced to 30 days in prison for organising protests ahead of president putin's inauguration for a fourth term in office earlier this month. mr navalny was among at least 300 people arrested at an unauthorised rally held in central moscow on 5 may. russia's president says he is

the iranian foreign minister mohammad javad zarif is in brussels tonight for talks with top eu officialsthe future of that iran nuclear deal. zarif has already held what he called a constructive meeting with the eu's top diplomat, federica mogherini. afterwards he met before and ministers of germany, britain and france. tehran 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

the iranian minister, mohammad javad zarif, said there had been a good start to the talks. the new bridge linking russia and the crimean peninsula. vladimir putin opened the highly controversial bridge by driving across it. crimea was annexed by moscow from ukraine in 2014. ukraine says russia is continuing "to act outside international law". meghan markle‘s father is reported to have said he won't attend his daughter's wedding to prince harry on saturday because he needs to undergo a heart procedure. there have been concerns over his health since allegations surfaced that he'd staged press photographs of himself preparing for the wedding. from buckingham palace, our royal correspondent nicholas witchell has this update. the picture really is absolutely unclear tonight. a few hours ago, the celebrity gossip website tmz, which was the first last night to report that thomas markle would not be attending the wedding, weel tonight, it was reporting that he changed his mind and announced that he wanted to come to the wedding after hearing from his daughter. there's one major pro

the iranian minister mohammad javad zarif said there had been a good start to the talks.t people will love the new bridge linking russia and the crimean peninsula. vladimir putin opened the highly controversial bridge by driving across it. crimea was annexed by moscow from ukraine in 2014. ukraine says russia is continuing to act outside international law. facebook says it has removed nearly 30 million posts containing sexual or violent images, terrorist propaganda or hate speech in the first three months of the year. the company made the revelation after data privacy scandals led to calls for greater transparency. 0ur media editor amol rajan has more details. perhaps no company has been in the headlines this year as much as facebook. a privacy scandal, prompted by the leak of millions of users' personal data, has led to unprecedented scrutiny from lawmakers and regulators across the globe. facebook has long championed openness, and today, for the first time, it published a report on how it enforces acceptable behaviour on its platform. in the first quarter of this year,

that's mother stories making news around the world iranian foreign minister mohammad javad zarif says he is optimistic his country can work with europe to salvage the iran nuclear deal that's after what he called a constructive meeting in brussels with the top diplomat. sorry for is on a diplomatic tour to secure support for the pact after the u.s. pulled out of the iran nuclear deal last week. u.s. first lady malani a trump has undergone surgery for what the white house describes as a benign kidney condition her spokeswoman says the surgery was successful the first lady is expected to spend the rest of the week recovering in the hospital. authorities in a wire warning of more lava russians from the killer whale volcano after two new fissures opened they say a major eruption is possible and could block roads crucial for evacuation officials are educating residents on how to protect themselves against hazardous ash fall and few. and a painting by on the day on monday leon he has become the most expensive artwork ever auction that saw the beats the reclining nude of fetch from one hundr

speaking after a meeting with the eu energy commissioner in tehran, mohammad javad zarif said that therehigher expectations on the eu in order to preserve the benefits for iran in the agreement. india's railway board has proposed to serve nothing but vegetarian food to passengers across its network for one day a year, on mahatma gandhi's birthday. it's as a mark of respect to the pro—independence leader, who was himself a vegetarian. some are saying the railways‘ ban on meat should be more extensive but critics say they're worried about the impact on freedom of choice. the us treasury secretary has said a trade war with china has been put "on hold". steven mnuchin said the trump administration would suspend the introduction of the new import tariffs, to give time to work on a wider trade agreement. beijing will also put tariffs on hold and earlier the chinese vice—premier liu he described the deal as a "win—win choice". here's our business correspondent joe lynam. last week a delegation of senior chinese representatives visited the us to find a way of preventing a looming trade war betwe

fifteen minutes of business use for you next hour thank you but iranian foreign minister mohammad javad zarif is in brussels today for talks with top officials on the future of the iran nuclear deal zarif has already held what he called a constructive meeting with the 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

speaking after a meeting with the eu energy commissioner in tehran, mohammad javad zarif said that thereer expectations on the eu in order to preserve the benefits for iran in the agreement. india's railway board has proposed to serve nothing but vegetarian food to passengers across its network for one day a year on mahatma gandhi's birthday. it's as a mark of respect to the pro—independence leader, who was himself a vegetarian. some are saying the railways‘ ban on meat should be more extensive, but critics say they're worried about the impact on freedom of choice. a wall of sand has engulfed an entire county in northwestern china. the sandstorm began on sunday evening, extending from north to south and covered the area in gansu province in the space ofjust ten minutes. visibility was reduced to less than ten metres. adjacent areas and some other counties and cities in the province may also experience sandstorms in the next few hours. the us treasury secretary has said a trade war with china has been put "on hold". steven mnuchin said the trump administration would suspend the introducti

the iranian minister mohammad javad zarif said there had been a good start to the talks.ove the new bridge linking russia and the crimean peninsula. vladimir putin opened the highly controversial bridge by driving across it. crimea was annexed by moscow from ukraine in 2014. ukraine says russia is continuing to act outside international law. facebook has revealed it has removed more than 580 million fake accounts. it has also published data for the first time about the amount of inappropriate content it removes, showing a sharp increase in the number of posts containing graphic violence. it follows calls for transparency after the privacy scandal involving a british firm, cambridge analytica. meghan markle‘s father is reported to have said he won't attend his daughter's wedding to prince harry on saturday because he needs to undergo a heart procedure. there have been concerns over his health since allegations surfaced that he had staged press photographs of himself preparing for the wedding. from buckingham palace, our royal correspondent nicholas witchell has this update

it follows eu discussions with iran's foreign minister, javad zarif, in brussels.hey agreed to look for practical solutions to maintain a bilateral trade relationship which grew to about $24.7 billion last year. importantly for iran that includes finding ways to continue allowing iran to earn foreign currency by sell its oil and gas. iran to earn foreign currency by selling its oil and gas. the imf expects those exports to be worth $63.7bn in the year to march 2018. about 40% goes to europe. finding a way to continue effective banking transactions for iran was also discussed. it's something that could be difficult given the international financial system's reliance on the us dollar. joining us now is allie renison head of europe and trade policy at the institute of directors. ben was talking to some of the issues. there is a lot at stake for both europe and iran? when you look at the kind of companies making investments in iran, these are big, billion dollar investments, petrochemical extraction, engineering, hotels, aircraft getting sold, and a lot got kick—starte

and france have tried to convince president trump to stay on board.iranian foreign minister javad zarifent trump for his stance on the matter.saying in a tweet: "president trump is jumping on a rehash of old allegations already dealt with by the iaea to nix the deal. how convenient."iranian officials also say they will not renegotiate the deal that's currently in place.i'm john lorinc reporting. (robin) california lawmakers are ready to begin another major health care push for 2018. democratic assemblymembers announced a one-billion dollar funding package for the state's health care system. one of the proposals wants to expand medi- cal in order to cover 114- thousand undocumented immigrants between the age 19 and 25. (robin)the lawmakers are asking governor jerry

shifting into overdrive as it seeks to salvage what's left of that pact to runs foreign minister javad zarif is in is on a diplomatic to or rather to visit the five other nations who signed on in the hope that you can perhaps persuade them to stay on board his first stop yesterday china serif will then head to russia today and then it's on to brussels. for iran's foreign minister mohammed zarif this week could become the most important of this korea his mission to say four can still be saved of the two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal until be counting on the support of the five other countries involved but. for me it's very important to enter into dialogue with the nations that still remain in the iran nuclear deal china is the first stop. iran's president hassan rouhani joined him in his efforts and to ron he vowed that his country would honor the deal. the if the five for meaning countries in the deal a company else and fulfill the commitments in guarantee iran that the deals beneficial aspects will be preserved in this agreement will remain in place. that hard short. the stakes are high

iranian foreign minister javad zarif has responded on twitter, tweet, calling us diplomacy a sham andcontinue working with countries still signed on to the nuclear deal. in the last hour israeli prime minister benjamin neta nyahu has welcomed the new us policy on iran. but the eu foreign policy chief federica mogherini has done the opposite, saying there is no alternative to the iran nuclear deal. this new plan from the us is likely to impact some of those other countries too, as the sanctions will hit their companies if they trade with teheran. last week the french ambassador to the us tweeted that ‘because of the us sanctions, the oil company total will suspend its activities in iran. a chinese company will replace it. i am sure there is some logic in this policy.‘ this is what pompeo had to say on how us sanctions might affect european allies. we will hold those doing prohibited business in iran to account and we will send teams of specialists to countries around the world to further explain administration policy and discuss the implication of sanctions and to listen. i have spent

a youtube video, javad zarif dismissed president trump's demands that europn leaders "fix" the agreement. >> let me make it absolutely clear once and for all: we will neither outsource our security, nor will we renegotiate or add on to a deal we havedy implemented in good faith. the u.s. has consistently violated the agreement, especially by bullying others from doing business with iran. >>soodruff: president trump weighing whether to re-certify iran's compliance with the agreement, or end u.s. sanctions relief by may th. the trump administration staye mum today on whether u.s. special forces are helping saudi arabia battle rebels in yemen. "the new york times" reported about a dozen of green berets are helping to locate and restroy rebel missiles being at saudi cities. mae report said there is no indication the cos have a tually crossed into yemen. erce rainstorm roared through northern and western india overnight, killing more than 90 people. some 160 others were injured. the deluge brought winds of 80 miles an hour that blew down trees and destroyed homes. most of the deaths and the w

saturday iran's foreign minister will begin a diplomatic tour to try to salvage the deal mohammad javad zarif well visit beijing moscow and brussels for meetings with the remaining signature is. germany france and britain are trying to keep iran nuclear deal alive following the u.s. president's decision to walk away some of europe's biggest companies have billions of dollars on the line in france airbus agreed a twenty five billion dollars deal to supply more than one hundred aircraft or oil giant total was set to invest five billion dollars in south pass the world's largest gas field and the comic has it right now and persia made deals worth around five hundred million each now tasha butler has more from paris. or french government ministers have been working very hard on a plan to try and reduce minimize or even get rid of the impact of u.s. sanctions on french companies working in iran there's a sense of urgency here certainly a sense of frustration we heard from the french foreign minister a bit earlier saying europeans should not be made to pay for the fact that the united states has dec

iran's foreign minister, mohammad javad zarif is in brussels to discuss how to save the nuclear dealtween iran and six world powers, the us, russia, china, the uk, france and germany. it lifted international sanctions in exchange for a limit on iran's nuclear activities. but last week president trump withdrew the us from the deal. here is mr zarif earlier today meeting eu foreign policy chief federica mogherini. it's the final stop on his global tour to rally support for the deal, he's already spoken to china and russia. here he is a short while ago. you'll see the political will that has been expressed by the participants and see it translated into specific action and you will see that. thank you. the foreign ministers of the three eu nations party to the deal, france, britain and germany, are also there. here they are in a photo op ahead of their meeting with mr zarif. the uk‘s foreign minister boris johnson spoke a short while ago. we think it has value and continued to move to america to walk away, and a package of measures as europeans, we will encourage the iranians to stay in.

mohammad javad zarif has already held talks in china and russia — now, he's meeting the three europeanhere in brussels today and had been urged by the husband of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, to raise her case with his iranian counterpart. she's currently serving a five—year jail sentence in iran after being convicted of spying. but richard ratcliffe says his wife is "shaken and bewildered" after learning she could face new charges. mr ratcliffe is with us now. what are these news charges your wife could be facing. well on sunday her father met with the prosecutors office and was told there was a new open case against terror. there was a closed case and this new open place. 0ne charge was resurrected in the autumn and it seemed to me it is coincidental in the fact that he is meeting today with foreign ministers and planning on going to around quite soon. do you have any news of that? i think it is happening right now. but he did say all he said to you in november he would leave no stone unturned in his efforts to bring her home, borisjohnson. do think he has been good to his word? backin

. >> reporter: last month, iranian foreign minister javad zarif told margaret brennan his country wouldely abandon the agreement if the u.s. pulled out. >> if the benefits of the deal for iran start to diminish, then there is no reason for iran to remain in the deal. >> reporter: but iranian president hasan rouhani said iran would be willing to stay if other countries involved played by the rules. european leaders have lobbied the president in person to uphold the accord. british foreign secretary boris johnson visited washington on monday, even appearing to reach out to the president on "fox and friends." >> the president has been right to call attention to it, but you've got to do that without just throwing the baby out with the bath water, without scrapping the whole thing. >> reporter: president trump had until saturday to decide whether to continue waving the sanctions. at this point, it seems the question is not if but how he will reinstate them. will he simply decline to wave the sanctions or issue new, even tougher ones. gayle. >> all right, we'll know later today, thank you ver

pm netanyahu: this is repeated by iran's foreign minister javad zarif. mr. zarif: we didn't have a program. -- any program to develop nuclear weapons. we consider nuclear weapons to be irrational as well as immoral. pm netanyahu: i'm here to tell you one thing. iran lied. big time. after signing the deal, iran -- after signing the nuclear deal in 2000 -- in iran 2015, intensified efforts to hide its secret nuclear files. in 2017, iran moved its nuclear weapons files to a highly secret location in southern tehran. this is the shorabad district. this is where they kept the archives. -- of the atomic archives. right here. few iranians knew where it was. very few. and also a few israelis. from the outside, this was an innocent looking compound. it looks like a dilapidated warehouse. but from the inside, it contained iran's secret archives locked in massive files. actually, they are bigger than this. a few weeks ago, in a great intelligence achievement, israel obtained half a ton of the material inside these vaults. and here is what we got -- 55,000 pages. anothe

javad zarif emerged to say that it was good and constructive, we are on the right path to move forward mr zarif, urging him to stick with the deal, essentially keeping those curbs on iran's nuclear programmes, mrjohnson saying that this is important for european security. what the iranians were to see here is can the europeans keep their business, and investment flows going? that is the crunch point, because what diplomats are saying is that the americans have been making it clear that there will be no exceptions, european firms will still be subject to sanctions if they try and do business with iran, and so, the key question for europeans is can they find a way around that? but there is quite a lot of pessimism here. that is going to be very difficult and the future bodes some very difficult times between europe and the united states if they cannot bridge the divide. the scottish parliament is expected to reject a key part of the uk government's brexit legislation when it votes shortly. under the eu withdrawal bill, some devolved powers would be temporarily retained by westminster aft