our white house correspondent kimberly hallett has more. it's been widely reported in the u. s. media there, rod has dropped, at least one of its main demands that demand. it's insistence that international inspectors close the investigation of its nuclear program essentially that iran was to explain the presence of traces of uranium at 3 undeclared sites. now the reason the united states is hopeful that iran may have dropped this demand is that this would allow for the revival of the 2015 agreement, one, the former president, donald trump, abandoned in 2018 and current president joe biden is seeking to revive. now what we can tell you is that al jazeera has confirmed that iran has a very different view. in fact, an advisor to the iranian negotiating team tells al jazeera that the claims being made in u. s. media reports are false, still the washington side through the us state department is saying that even if these hurdles are overcome gaps remain and so finalizing this deal could take a little longer. still, this is coming at a very precarious time, given the fact that the

kimberly hallett has more from the white house. not only is this the largest single package of security assistance, but it really signals a shift in terms of how the united states is supplying ukraine moving forward. because initially, the security packages has been really short term supplies in the united states was utilizing what they had on had the pentagon was really giving to ukraine. what could we should quickly and what was in stock? in other words, it was for the immediate needs weapons lead ammunition that the pentagon have on hand for the short term, but now the focus is on the medium and the long term. so the supplies will be utilized through the department of defense, long term contracts. so what we can expect that much of this will be air defense systems, our systems and munitions radar that will really allow for ukraine to really combat rushes tags. it is helicopters and really what this also signals is a shift in terms of us support. and the fact that this means that not only will the united states be supplying these

kimberly hallett. get back. now g 7 foreign ministers are demanding russia hans back europe's largest nuclear power plant to ukraine to ensure its safety. bizarre parisha plants is near the city of an order in southern ukraine. it has 6 reactors, but just to are currently operating before the war. it generated about 20 percent of the country's electricity, and russia has been shelling the town of nichol, paul, which is across the river. last week, ukraine's nuclear agency said shells hit the nitrogen oxygen unit. and the high voltage. busy power line at the plant, no radiation leaks were detected, but a reactor has been disconnected. ukraine's foreign ministry says a shell hitting an operational reactor could have the same impact as an atomic bomb . john hendern with more now from give prussia hasn't been commenting beyond saying it would allow the international atomic energy agency to come to the plant, but under russian auspices. and of course, that's not what those g. 7 foreign ministers are asking for. they

eased in the past month, but it does remain high as go straight to our white house correspondent kimberly hallett joins us live now from washington dc. so kimberly those numbers not as scary as food. that's right. this is certainly an encouraging sign for working class and middle class americans who have been struggling to pay for just the ordinary stables to survive. namely the food and rent, as well as, as gas prices are petrol prices. those have been at 40 year highs for some time now, but the latest numbers to come out. 8 just the last half hour show that it when it comes to at least the energy prices, those appear to be falling. and that is certainly encouraging news. those numbers now 8.5 percent in terms of that inflation rate that is down from last months, 9 point one. so this is certainly as sign that things are working, at least in the eyes of the biden administration. they say this point to the fact that the federal reserve, which controls monetary policy in this country as raised the interest rates recently to try and slow the rate of inflation in the united states. as they say that t

our white house correspondent kimberly hallett has more. it's been widely reported in the u. s. media there, ron has dropped, at least one of its main demands. that demand, its insistence, that international inspectors close the investigation of its nuclear program essentially that iran was to explain the presence of traces of uranium at 3 undeclared sites. now the reason the united states is hopeful that iran may have dropped this demand is that this would allow for the revival of the 2015 agreement, one, the former president, donald trump, abandoned in 2018 and current president joe biden is seeking to revive. now what we can tell you is that al jazeera has confirmed that iran has a very different view. in fact, an advisor to the iranian negotiating team tells al jazeera that the claims being made in u. s. media reports are false, still. the washington side through the u. s. state department is saying that even if these hurdles are overcome gaps remain and so finalizing this deal could take a little longer. still, this is coming at a very precarious time, given the fact tha

john henderson, al jazeera live to our white house correspondent, kimberly hallett can be the biden ministration is put, fixing infrastructure as one of its key priorities. what does the situation tell us in mrs. be tennis spot ha haunt that's going to be well tells us that there's a still a lot of work to be done in the united states. you might remember the american rescue plant was talked about so much share early on the, by the administration. it was the legislative agenda really item for this administration has passed in march of 2021. and it was designed to alleviate some of the suffering that we're seeing down in jackson, mississippi right now. what is really happening in jackson, mississippi, as an example of some of the racial and economic disparities that exists all over the united states. oh, what you've got is the situation where there is a higher than average poverty rate in jackson, mississippi, about a quarter of the population at the national average is really but 11 per cent. and so there's no tax base to fix the crumbling infrastructure. so that's where this federal american res

it's course over now to our white house correspondent kimberly hallett, who is saw in washington, d. c, at the white house. so kimberly, what more can you tell us about this announcement of more money going from the u. s . to ukraine? yeah, well i can tell you that this 3000000000 is the biggest security package in isolation so far, in addition to the 10600000000 that had already been supplied to ukraine. and what we can tell you about this packages that will include an armor, anti aircraft missiles to use against russian tanks and he lows up. but what this will also allow is for the acquisition, for the ukrainian military of air defense systems. i, our tilly, systems and munitions, but the real important thing to note about this is this, there's a real shift imposture. in other words, what this is, is buying and purchasing for the long term. initially what you as security assistance was focused on was immediate needs. in other words, the pentagon supplying what it had in stock, shifting it over as quickly as possible. now what this is going to be is utilizing department of defense co