simon mcgregor wood has the latest from lausanne, switzerland. >> reporter: it is clear that talks in lausanne from tuesday to wednesday morning has made progress on key issues but it is not clear that there has been an enough progress for a full framework of agreement. leaving the talks the iranian foreign minister spoke of his optimism. >> we've been working since 7:30 in the morning and it has been a very long day for all delegations. we have accomplished quite a bit, but people need to get some rest and start over early in the morning. i hope that we can finalize the work on wednesday and hopefully start the process of drafting tomorrow. >> the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov was also upbeat as he headed out of the hotel in the early hours. he and the chinese and french foreign ministers are no longer participating directly in the negotiations. on wednesday morning there was a greater degree of caution from the french foreign minister and warning there is difficult work to do. >> we have a broad framework of understanding, but there are key issues that need to be worked thr

you are looking live at lasawn on -- lausanne. >>> there's questions over the conviction of a man in991. cameron todd willingham was found guilty of starting the fire that killed his three children but that may have been based on a lie. we are following the latest developments. >> reporter: 23 years ago was the place where three young girls died in a terrible fire inside this home. they were the three daughters of cameron todd willingham, later convicted of their murders and sentences to death. the state's case rested on two pillars of evidence, forensics believed at the time to show that the fire was intentionally set, and the testimony of a jailhouse informant who said willingham confessed to him. willingham professed his innocence throughout his trial and incarceration. he was executed in 2004, but today the state's evidence has been called into question. independent fire investigators now say the fire may have been accidental and the jailhouse informant says his testimony was a lie. coerced by a prosecutor who promised him a secret deal, never disclosed to the jury. the prosecuto

james bays joins us live from lausanne. you spoke to the foreign minister. >> the foreign minister came out on a walk as he often has done over the last couple weeks and gave us new information telling us that he believes that they are very, very close now drafting work is underway on a joint statement which he says he hopes will be issued today. we pressed him on what would be in that statement. would there be facts figures numbers, and he kept making the point that fart iranians, the agreement, the final agreement was the end of june, that this would be a statement showing all the progress they've made, but the question then is whether this statement which he says we are going to expect in the coming hours is going to be enough for the obama administration to take to congress to stave off those sanctions. the news he may have a statement, i want to add caution, because he has said this before and no statement emerged, but he seems to say in the meetings that went on all night, at one point, he was involved in meetings wit

i don't think anyone in lausanne thinks they will go that long.e hopeful that they can try to get something in the next few days before the weekend but it's tough going. >> okay, james, thank you james bays our diplomatic editor reporting from lausanne. >>> iraqi government force and allied groups have retaken the northern city of tikrit from the islamic state of iraq and the levant. the city was seized by isil last summer and the campaign to take it back has lasted more than a mom the iraqi prime minister visited tikrit other wednesday and promised to help displaced people return home. >>> and isil forces in syria have retreated from the palestinian refugees camp after taking control of its western part. anti--government fighters defended the camp which is home to thousands of people. a report now. >> reporter: smoke riseed from what is said to be the refugees camp in southern damascus. those living nearby listened anxiously to the sounds of gunfire. activists say isil stormed the western part of the camp on tuesday, fighting with anti--governmen

crossing over diplomatic editor james bays - joining us from lausanne, where the talks take place. they continue to take place. how much progress has been made towards a framework and an announcement >>> certainly delegations tell us progress is made fresh progress. they were meeting until the early hours, foreign ministers meeting. they had a little sleep, and are back up and about again having discussions and meetings. we believe a meeting of the p5+1 countries - that's the five permanent members of the security council plus germany - is taking place soon and iran will come back for another meeting with the p5+1. i think it's worth stressing that the country that really wants this more than anyone else is the u.s. they need something to take to congress because they want to try and stop any fresh sanctions. an indication of how much the u.s. administration needs and wants this deal is the fact that there was a video late at night from here in lausanne where the u.s. secretary of state john kerry is back to the situation room in the white house. they had a secure link and on that

breaking news from lausanne switzerland. you can see them walking to the podium right now.talking about a deal with iran and enriched uranium that could be used to build upon. indira is the bloomberg news reporter in the room right now. what is going on right now? indira: we are literally looking at the six foreign ministers from the world powers. they are standing from -- on stage for pictures. we have already gotten information from some of the different delegations about what some of the details are. they have declared victory. they said they have gotten the outline for what they will work on for the next three months to limit iran's nuclear and schmidt and nuclear -- enrichment and nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief and economic penalties. cory: yeah, a huge deal, and a huge success. i think we see a lot of feelings of success there. they look pretty please. what an epic session in double overtime, if you will. indira: absolutely. s&s soon as they start talking i will have to hang up. but they -- as soon as they start talking i will have to hang up. the

our diplomatic editor james bays is in lausanne. even though they say there's key agreement. the deadline goes into today. what do we expect to see today? >> well they were up for a lot of the night. they were up negotiating. the foreign ministers themselves, until the early hours, and the talks are gettinged underway as we speak now, in the next few minutes. back around the table. the foreign ministers hammering out the details. i have to say some of the other delegations believe there's more work to do. that that may have been a little premature. they are continuing their efforts around the table here to come up with some sort of agreement. i can tell you the u.s. obviously keen agreement, because it wanted this deadline to come up with something to show to the u.s. congress to fight off sanctions that senators want to impose on iran. and to show the safety in this process. the late at night, while talks were underway. at one point there was a video conference, a secure conference from here in lausanne back to the situation room in the white house. among the participants wa

. >> the concessions offered to iran in lausanne will ensure a bad deal that will endanger israel the middle east and the peace of the world. now is the time for the international community to insist on a better deal, a better deal would signify roll back iran's nuclear infrastructure link the eventual lifting of the restrictions on iran's nuclear program to a change in iran's behavior. >> simon mcgregor wood is in lausanne to tell us how much progress has been made after a initial deadline passed. >> well, there clearly has been interpreting the nuances of all the different statements and briefings that have been given overnight, there has been quite a lot of progress, but on balance, i would say not enough to seal the deal that everyone came here to do. there has been the closing of gaps on some of the big issues, but the british foreign secretary and others have said that there still needs to be detailed work on a number of other issues. what's happening right now, we understand is that john kerry is meeting with his iranian counter oh part in a one-on-one. john kerry is here, phil

our diplomatic editor reports from lausanne. >> reporter: after round-the-clock make or break negotiationsse world leaders celebrate what they hope will be a historic moment. the e.u. high representative made the announcement with the foreign minister. details of how iran's nuclear programme will be restricted over a 25-year period. the sentry finaling cut from 90,000 to 6,000. >> the stockpile will be limited for specific durations, and there'll be no other enrichment facility. and this is the fate of the once secret bunker built inside a mountain. >> it will be converted from an enrichment site to nuclear physics and technology center. >> does this count as a framework agreement the white house promised by the missed deadline of end of march. iran's minister insists that nop of it is bind -- none of it is binding. >> no agreement has been reached. we do not have an obligation yet. >> all of this time and energy and many sleepless nights to write a piece of paper, hopefully by june 30th that we are going to just look for an excuse to violate and abandon. >> the secretary of state spent mo

james bays, al jazerra lausanne. >>> and simon mcgregor wood has the latest from lausanne. >> reporterneral sense here in lausanne late on thursday night is that the sides succeeded in concluding a significant deal. we have to remember that only 24 hours ago the mood here was very negative and people were saying, including the german foreign minister was that failure was not being ruled out as a distinct possibility. but i think that everyone is surprised that in the end the parties were able to conclude not just a broad vague framework of understandings, which we are being warned we might get but something a bit more than that. there was detail in this agreement. there was numbers we talked about the specific number of centrifuges going down to very specific numbers very specific percentages. of iranian enrichment, all sorts of interesting frameworks of the number of years certain regimes of inspection would have to be in place clearly there are lots of details to be worked out between now and june 30th when all this has to be codified in minute detail and a lot can go wrong between n

james bays is in lausanne switzerland with more on what it took to achieve the milestone. >> around the clock make or break negotiations world leaders were celebrating an historic moment. the e.u. high presentative made -- representative made an announcement on how the nuclear programme will be restricted over a 25-year period, centrifuges cut from 19,000 to 6,000, and limited to one facility. >> iran's enrichment capacity and stockpile will be limited for specific durations and there'll be no other enrichment facility. >> and this the fate of the once secret bunker built inside a mountain. >> it will be converted from an enrichment site to a nuclear physics and technology center. >> does this count as the graham work agreement that the white house promised. iran's foreign minister insists for now none of it is binding. no agreement has been reached, we do not have any obligation. >> but he added this:. >> we didn't put all of this time and energy and many sleepless nights to write a piece of paper hopefully by june 30th that we are going to just look for an excuse to violate. >> the u.

so in the last few hours in lausanne what appear to be a significant break through. if this is correct, and i think we need to be a little cautious about this. we haven't heard from the americans, the british or the french or the german foreign ministers, there has been no statements from the europeans. if the iranians and russians are taken at their word. there'll be a meeting early in the morning. it is expect if that goes well the foreign ministers will recon reconvene to push forward the process. some signs of positive developments in the talks. >>> a turkish prosecutor taken hostage in a court in yist died after a shoot-out-- istanbul died after a shoot out between the police and hostage takers. he was investigating the death of a teenager hit by a cannes ter in 2013. >> reporter: gun fire from a sixth floor office in the main criminal court in istanbul. police special forces stormed the room where a prosecutor was being held at gunpoint by two armed men from a banned marxist group. the gunmen were killed in the shoot out. the prosecutor critically injured was r

diplomatic editor is in lausanne. talks have been taking place, no deal will be signed today, i imagine? >> well no no. april fool's day. it's not a good omen for the talks. you know that the critics will hughes that. i am sure we'll here phrases about a fool's deal. they have been work on this for hours. they were here foreign ministers, until the early hours of the morning. a number are not around the table. sergey lavrov the russian foreign minister left the negotiations, and the french for instance has flown back to paris. talks are under way as we speak. in fact, a fresh meeting in the last half hour is underway between the p5+1. negotiating on behalf of the international community, and iran. and still some key sticking points although we believe they have reached broad areas of agreement. so it continues to go. now, without a deadline so perhaps something that was concentrating, not there any more because they bust through the deadline. >> i wonder what needs to be overdom push it forward now. >> well there are

james bays is at the talks in lausanne. >> they really are marathon talks when you think about the fact you had the u.s. secretary of state and iranian foreign minister overnight in meetings lasting eight and a half hours and breaking just before 6:00 a.m. the iranian side saying they're hopeful they could fly back to tehran later on this evening after they have had an agreement. i have to say some of the western delegations and other delegations don't seem quite as confident about that. the big question, though, even if they get a deal out of this, what sort of deal will it be? that was a point i put to iran's foreign minister. >> the agreement is supposed to come on june 30 if we are all working well, and very lucky so what we expect today is a statement, and the fact that we have all reached common understanding on how to resolve the issues, but the agreement a written agreement is something that needs to be drafted by all participants and agreed upon in a multi-lateral process and that would take hopefully three months to finalize and hopefully less. >> the big question here is what

we go to the swiss city of lausanne. >> reporter: it is clear that talks stretched from late tuesday into the early hours of wednesday morning have made progress on a number of key issues, but it is not clear that there has been enough progress for a full framework of agreement. leading the talks the iranian foreign minister spoke of his optimism. >> we've been working since 7:30 in the morning and it's been a very long day for all delegations. we have accomplished quite a bit, but people need to get some rest and start over. i hope that we can finalize the work on wednesday and hopefully start the process of drafting tomorrow. >> the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov was also upbeat as he headed out of the hotel in the early morning hours. he and the french foreign ministers are no longer participating in the negotiations. on wednesday morning there was a greater degree of portion from the u.k. foreign minister warning there is morning work to do. >> there is morning work to do, some detail and technical but there is more work to do. we're on it now and we'll continue at it. >>

but the talks in lausanne are not the first time that their paths have crossed. before they were harming out the technical details of the nuclear agreement they were at the mit in the 1970s. decades later the two have risen to the top of their countries nuclear establishment. not a bad advertisement for mit. if they do come up with a deal you may say it started then. >> we'll introduce you to a florida official who claims he was suspended for using the words "climate change" in work correspondent. did work trump science. get in touch on facebook, follow us on twitter and watch us next time. in washington, i'm ray suarez. >>> announcer: this is al jazeera. >>> hello, welcome to the newshour newshour, i'm here in doha with your top stories. more than 20 kill after saudi led air strikes hit a factory in southern yemen. yige . >> nigeria gets a few leader. we look at the newly elected muhammadu buhari >>> back to the negotiation

simon ma mcgregor wood has the latest from lausanne. >> reporter: the hawks near lausanne have brokenthat from a statement from an even u. official. in the last few minutes we have heard very positive statements attributed to the iranian foreign minister and the russian foreign minister sergei love i don't havelavrovwho have speaking on the way on out of the talks, they have said there is significant agreement. and saying they hope a draft can start on wednesday when they reconvene. sergei lavrov is saying at that that there has been significant agreement on all the main principle issues involved in these talks. so in the last few hours in lousanne, what it would appear to be a very significant breakthrough. if this is correct and i think we need to be a little bit cautious about this, we haven't heard from the americans we haven't heard from the british or the french or the german foreign ministers no statements from the europeans. if the iranians and the russian ares taken at their word, we will have a meeting early in the morning here in lousanne, of political directors, it's then

but the talks in lausanne are not the first time that their paths have crossed. before they were harming out the technical details of the nuclear agreement they were at the mit in the 1970s. decades later the two have risen to the top of their countries nuclear establishment. not a bad advertisement for mit. if they do come up with a deal, you may say it started then. >> we'll introduce you to a florida official who claims he was suspended for using the words "climate change" in work correspondent. did work trump science. get in touch on facebook, follow us on twitter and watch us next time. in washington, i'm ray suarez. the armed siege in istanbul a turkish prosecu

it was midnight here lausanne time. they kept working, there have been meetings going on in some form or another at all hours here. former ministers trying to bash something out. they're very close agreement. there are sticking points, but as well as the sticking points, there's also the presentational aspects of this, and actually what will be written down, what sort of document will we get. remember it's the u.s. that pushed this deadline. they want a framework document to go show it to congress before congress comes back from recess to say look at all the things we've achieved. if you were to get more sanctions, put more sanctions on iran, you could destroy this whole pros. on the other side, i think it's pretty clear that iran doesn't need to have a lot written down in this document. it wants some sort of broad understanding that they're making progress, but iran would like all the details to be in play until the final deadline, which is the end of the june, which would increase iran's leverage in negotiations in th

andrea mitchell, nbc news, lausanne. >> reporter: this is ann curry. the u.s. and iran are trumpeting today's deal, but others are deeply skeptical. israel called it a historic mistake. prime minister netanyahu tweeting, any deal must significantly roll back iran's nuclear capabilities and stop its terrorism and aggression. and israel has surprising company. much of the arab world agrees iran with its regional and nuclear ambitions cannot be trusted. that includes another u.s. ally, saudi arabia. >> everybody wants a good deal that prevents iran from developing an atomic bomb. >> reporter: but the agreement was welcomed by many in iran. desperate to get out from under years of crippling economic sanctions. nbc's ali erusy in tehran. >> when the news of the deal reached tehran, some people took to their cars and went to the main squares in the city honking their horns and flashing v signs celebrating the news. >> reporter: iran's foreign minister speaking this evening after days of marathon negotiations fought again to reassure skeptics that iran's nuclear ambit

diplomatic editor james bays is in lausanne. has there been any progress please. >> they are putting a lot of effort into this. when you say marathon talks, let me explain what that means, it means that the meetings that took place overnight which had the secretary of state john kerry there, an e.u. representative and mohammed zarif. they met, and stopped only before 6:00a.m. for a little sleep and rest. and the meetings are under way in lausanne. the p5+1 the five permanent members of the u.n. security council and germany have been meeting. foreign minister zarif said there has been some splits no word from the p5+1. everyone says there has been progress, but no deal. what is not clear, if we get an announcement, whether it will be what was originally promised which was a framework deal something the u.s. can take back and sell to congress to stave off the prospect of fresh sanctions. >> so you know the delay that we have been seeing over the past two days does that have an effect on the bigger picture, the main deal that is su

i don't know that we can get any more mixed signals out of lausanne. the iranians and russians optimistic. the americans not so much. what do you read into all of this? >> i think this is an indication of how challenging and complex this set of negotiations has been and will continue to be. i think what will come out of this is a general statement that will provide an outline of areas that all parties can talk about, looking towards a hard deadline june 30th. when the joint statement of work will come to end. i think we'll see a few areas where the parties agree the gaps and the detail and organise the tech a call groups. it's an indication of how hard the issues are. >> that was the plan coming up with a framework, it wouldn't be a final deal. when i hear you say outline, do you think they may be backing off. reports were that the framework would mean an 80% - 80% towards a final agreement. do you think it will be less than that? >> i think it will be less than that and will leave enough generalityies that there'll be fudging going on. and could be wi

let's get the latest from our diplomatic editor, james bays in lausanne switzerland where those talks are taking place. james, any news at all? >> well, there certainly are as you say marathon talks. they went right through the night, john kerry and the iranian foreign minister actually eight and a half hours a series of their meetings went on for ending just before 6:00 a.m. they had just a brief break then and were back around the table talking. i have to say different information coming from different delegations some more upbeat than others. certainly the iranians saying that they hope to be able to go back to tehran in the coming hours. they'll be on friday in tehran, and that something will have been achieved here. the big question is what that something will be. the obama administration said they are going to get a framework agreement out of this. what are they going to end up with? i asked iran's foreign minister. >> just a statement or an agreement? >> no, the agreement is supposed to come on june 30 if we are all working well, and very lucky, so what we expect today is a sta

but the talks in lausanne are not the first time that their paths have crossed. before they were harming out the technical details of the nuclear agreement they were at the mit in the 1970s. decades later the two have risen to the top of their countries nuclear establishment. not a bad advertisement for mit. if they do come up with a deal you may say it started then. >> we'll introduce you to a florida official who claims he was suspended for using the words "climate change" in work correspondent. did work trump science. get in touch on facebook, follow us on twitter and watch us next time. in washington, i'm ray suarez. [ ♪♪ ] >>> on "america tonight" ... >> i didn't trust anyone, i didn't believe that i could be any more than a homeless little black girl. >> three years of childhood were spent in motels, a place she left behind because of unique life. >> they see that you don't have to just be that little girl that lives, you know next to an abandoned house. >> women can be charged with aggravated assault against their babies for using drugs during pregnancy. s

simon mcgregor wood, al jazeera lausanne. >> and james bays joins us live now from lausanne. lots of people using words like hopeful and progress over the last couple of days, james. where do you think we stand right now? >> well, you see from simon's report marathon nature of these talks. well, they are still talking and they're still ongoing. i suspect from what i'm hearing that it may still be possible to get some sort of agreement. but as you heard in simon's report is it going to be the sort of framework agreement that the u.s. were promising. word coming from western sources sources, germ foreign minister saying that he doesn't think that it's likely that they'll get an agreement tonight. although there are new german proposals that are going to be put to the iranians in the coming hours. the white house saying that it's prepared to walk away but for now there is progress being made and they're still waiting for tangible commitments from the iranians. what are the iranians saying for the last couple of hours? the last 20 minutes or so the iranian foreign minister was ta

james bays is covering the talks in lausanne, switzerland. diplomatics have been spending hours on end at the negotiating tail. do the meetings have that same sense of urgency today? >> well, you talk about marathon talks, stephanie. we had a situation here overnight where secretary of state john kerry and the iranian foreign minister were in meetings a number of meetings, but the total of those meetings was eight and a half hours only finishing just before 6:00 a.m. local time, pausing for a few hours and then they were back into more meetings. they say they are making progress and an important development in the last hour, the iranian foreign minister saying he believes that they will have something by the end of the day here on that thursday in lausanne. the big question is what that something will be. remember what the u.s. promised. they promised a framework agreement, something substantial to take to congress to show congress there was progress in this long running pros. now mr. zarif is talking about a joint statement of principles. so

. >> the concessions offered to iran in lor sawn en -- lausanne insure a bat future for the rest of the world. it's time for the international community to insist on a better deal rolling back the infrastructure linking the lifting of the restrictions on iran's nuclear programme to a change in iran's before. >> reporter: well you know the u.s. delegation will take note of those comments. the real audience ner trying to satisfy is another place where there's great criticism, on capitol hill and that's why the u.s. administration can't something with concrete details in it. that's why the administration is taking so much notice of what is going on. sparing the state to spend days and days. late at night there was a conference call from john kerry. on that call at the other end, the vice president, a total of 20 administration officials. >> thank you james bays reporting from lausanne. >> pakistan is part of the international criminal court. hulljonah hull joins us telling me what they hope to achieve. >> i spoke with the foreign minister exiting the building behind me the i.c.c. having be

on the lake shore of lausanne, they agreed on a framework of the deal but the end of a nuclear stand off is in sight. jonah hull, al jazeera. >> let's speak with our correspondent in washington, d.c. tom ackerman. tom, how difficult is it going to be for president barack obama to convince members of congress that this is a deal that they should accept, one that is in america's interest given the opposition that we've already seen? >> well, it's not just the congress. the white house has engaged in an all-out on all levels. the u.a.e. qatar bahrain kenya and describing what the framework deal would be, and reassuring them that their security concerns are obviously not going to be sacrificed in this deal. at the same time, it is public opinion. a poll taken just this week, just before the announcement from lausanne, showed that 49% of the u.s. public favors the talks but 63% don't believe that iran will follow through they question whether it will follow through and the congressional campaign at that level is really being waged in the media but within two weeks the senate foreign relat

first, a few words of background to the current round of negotiations in lausanne. last november, the p5 plus one countries and iran agreed to a second extension of the interim deal they had reached in november 2013. in november, they set a deadline of end of june 2015 for concluding a comprehensive nuclear deal. they also set a target date of end of march, basically yesterday, for reaching agreement on the key elements of a deal, sometimes it has been called political understanding political framework. the idea was that this march political framework would provide guidance to the negotiators in fleshing out the critical, technical details required in a comprehensive agreement by the end of june. since november, the iranians have played down the importance of the march target date. the supreme leader said that they do not want a two-stage agreement. they want a single agreement that will be worked out by the end of june. they did not place much importance on the end of march concluding date. the u.s. played up the importance of the march target. for the u.s., the ma

for many here what was achieved in lausanne is the beginning of the end to iran's international isolation. president rouhani promised a new era of cooperation. >> from the day of the agreement, new corporations in nuclear and in other areas with the world will start a new phase with the entire world. >> but there are power conservative critics of the framework nuclear deal deal, and rouhani assured them that iran reserves it's rights. >> iran will abide by the agreement and will require them to abide by it. if they didn't, then our nation will have alternatives to take. >> some supporters of the deal compared iran's conservative opposition to the israeli government. both see it as a dangerous step in the wrong direction. >> the deal will legitimatize iran's nuclear program. it would leave iran with a vast nuclear infrastructure, a vast nuclear infrastructure remains in place. >> but for the foreign ministers who personally the elusive agreement over iran's enough program is a spectacular success. perhaps the most hawkish among them stressed its importance. >> if this agreement is not enti

the two are - the iranians are disputing the american version of an understanding they reached in lausanne. we are not sure if there'll be a deal. the two sides will negotiate to try to reach a deal. there's nothing we can do in israel to stop it. if there is a deal and affidavits it's going to the congress perhaps binyamin netanyahu can intervene. that depends on the quality of the deal. if it's a good deal that keeps iran a year away from making a weapon, and inspections - there's not much that he can do >>> the u.s. energy secretary ernst moniz negotiated the technical side of the deal and says binyamin netanyahu's deal is wrong, that what we have here is isis unfettered surveillance of the facilities and production. you would expect a different narrative. on the technical detail it seems that perhaps binyamin netanyahu's portrayal is not quite accurate or in line with what has been agreed in lausanne. >> absolutely. binyamin netanyahu has every right to address the agreement. there are things that are ambiguous. possible dimensions of iran's producious nuclear activities regarding how

ann curry is still with me in lausanne switzerland.e foreign minister of iran continues to field questions. we thought he was wrapped up. right now we are waiting on the president to come out at 2:15. so it seems as if iran is holding on to the ball and getting to reveal a lot of the details of what went on behind the scenes while we wait to know exactly what has been agreed upon, how this framework will roll out. >> yeah i think that's right. i think that they thought that john kerry would come and make remarks and clearly there was a changing of the plan and now we have president obama. so i think the foreign minister zarif is sort of essentially filling time as it were. but he's been talking about a lot of as you talked about, the details. one detail i've not heard about, thomas, and if you've heard it i hope you would tell me that you had. but i haven't heard anyone talk about what will happen to iran's stockpiles of enriched uranium. this is a very important issue because enriched uranium is a key ingredient for key bomb making ma

the concessions offered to iran, says prime minister netanyahu, in lausanne, switzerland, would insure a bad deal that endangers israel. we bring in christopher walker, grn live correspondent. he's joining us via live in london. the promise that iran will not produce weapons-grade plutonium and uranium and along with the promise of inspectors on the ground to verify, is that enough to make the skeptics believers? >> not completely. it's a little better than that old jibe about nixon, would you buy a secondhand car from this man, but on the other hand, a promise is just a promise. and in the nuclear field, there's got to be more seen than that. and i think at the end of your report you got to what could be the nub of the next few months, and that's israel's reaction. the times of israel, the online daily which is fairly moderate in tone, has already been talking today of potential military action by the israelis if there's any suspicion that anything's going on to develop that israeli nuclear component. so is i would say, frankly, if you are looking for a headline, it might not sell man

simon mcgregor wood al jazeera, lausanne. >> i want to return to our top story this hour, that is the fighting in yemen. that fighting has triggered a wave to people who escape the violence. aid agencies say they're bracing for thousands more to come. >> at the djibouti town, boats of syrians just arrive. they're all fleeing the conflict in their country. they have been at sea in their old ricketing boats for five hours navigating the waters between yemen and djibouti. >> we never wanted to leave. we're forced to leave by the houthies who came to our town and laid siege to it. they controlled everything. we couldn't even go fishing. most businesses are closed, and we could not find anywhere to buy food. >> they were offered food and medical help before taking them to a temporary camp. there they joined dozens of their countrymen who arrived in the past few days. they will soon be taken to a more permanent refugee camp. >> we are prepared to host up to 5,000 refugees. for months we've been preparing for the arrival of yemeni refugees. there has been a clear division of work between aid

james bays is lausanne where those talks are taking place. everyone says progress has been made but we still have no deal. >> they're not there yet despite what you say marathon talks and these really are marathon talks when you think about the fact you've had the u.s. secretary of state and the iranian foreign minister overnight here in various meetings lasting eight and a half hours and only breaking just before 6:00 a.m. in the morning. the iranian side now saying they're hopeful that they could be able to fly back to tehran later this evening after they have had an agreement. i have to say some of the western delegations and other delegations don't seem quite as confident about that. the big question, though, even if they get a deal out of this, what sort of deal will it be? that was a point i put to iran's foreign minister. >> is there an agreement? >> the agreement is supposed to come on june 30 if you're all working well and very lucky so what we expect today is a statement, and the fact that we have all reached common understanding on

who actually is still there in lausanne?> reporter: well, it's sometimes difficult to say because some of these foreign ministers have been sneaking out the back door. we know the u.k., phillip hammond escaped out of the building even though there were cameras at the front of the building for a few hours and no one saw he disappeared. he's back here. the german foreign minister is here. and the french foreign minister returned here. and, of course, john kerry and the iranian foreign minister, mohammad zarif who was making it very clear when i spoke to him earlier on that what he wanted to have from this was a statement. he said, the actual deal, the date as far as iran is concerned is the end of june. >> james back to you, as soon as we know more details. thank you. >>> let's go back to the main news the breaking news at this hour. the hostage situation the siege, standoff that was taking place at the university in northeastern kenya is now over. our correspondent malcolm webb is now at the scene in garissa and joins us on t

of this in play ahead of the next deadline end of june >>> of course the talks still ongoing in lausanne. coming up on al jazeera - another shooting attack in istanbul, a day after a hostage keeper and two gunmen dead. the numbers will continue to rise. . >> time for top stories on al jazeera. intensifying continued in aden. houthi fighters - an estimated 122 people reportedly had been killed in aden since march 28th. >> fighters from islamic state of iraq and levant withdrew from the yarmouk refugee camp. fighters seized large parts of the camp. nigeria's presidential election winners said he'll spare no effort in trying to defeat the armed group boko haram? >> he made the comments during the first arrest to the nation as he announced the winner? >> let's go back to the top story. it's triggered a way for people to leave the country. some are headed to djibouti. less than 40km away across the red sea. aid agencies say they are bracing for thousands more to come. >> the djibouti down - boats carrying refugees arrived. women, children and ben all fleeing -- and men all fleeing. they are e

andrea mitchell is live in lausanne in what could be the final hours of the talks with iranians. andrea the obama administration had been adamant they weren't going to extend this deadline. now they have. based on your conversations there on the ground are they getting any closer to a deal? >> well they certainly were. they were talking about progress overnight. the president was briefed by the team here. there was a full national security meeting with defense secretary, national security adviser rice, the president all in the situation room, which you know so well in the basement of the white house. a video conference. it was midnight here. john kerry took a break. he was accompanied by the energy secretary, who is a key player here, a nuclear physicist, who along with his iranian counterpart, both from m.i.t. by the way, are the two detail people. this is a highly technical negotiation. and they briefed the president of the united states the vice president and all of the others. as i say, it was midnight here. then they went back to more staff meetings. there were meetings this

welcome, iran's foreign minister zarif was greeted by supporters for many here work was achieved in lausanne is the beginning of the end of iran's international isolation. president rouhani promised a new era of cooperation. >> in from the day of agreement new corporations end in other areas of the world and will start a new phase with the world world. >> but there are powerful conservative critics in the nuclear deal, andrea than any and are a hawn anyand rouhani reassured them of iran's rights. >> ifthey have agreed with them. if they didn't then our nation would have alternatives to take. >> the conservative opposition to the israeli government and the israeli government see it as a dangerous situation. >> the deal will leave iran with a vast nuclear infrastructure but for negotiators themselves, who have spent countless hours in negotiations over the past 58 months the elusive agreement is a spectacular success. perhaps the most haw kish hashish among them stressed the importance. >> if this agreement is not entirely solid that would mean that iran would get a bomb. this is unacceptable.

for many here what was achieveed in lausanne is the end of iran's isolation. president rouhani promised a new era of cooperation. >> in agreement new cooperations and nuclear will start a new phase with the entire world. >> but there are powerful critics andrea than and rouhani -- >> we go to saudi arabia. we have the saudi coalition spokesman ahmed asiri addressing the media and what has been regular events in yemen. >> our targets are clear and we're working by the grace of god to hit them directly. what i would like to point out at the beginning of the today's briefing is that before i the operation of the strikes under way to achieve all the goals and the targets laid down for the campaign. and this will be demonstrateed today's presentation including the video clips. you have noticed over the past days namely yesterday that you were furious to know the development in aden during yesterday's briefing. some inquired why we didn't speak about the fall of the presidential palace in the hands of the houthis. our main concern was the ultimate outcome. we should

elise labott for us in lausanne switzerland, thank you so much.k more about those negotiations and iran's increasing role in the volatile middle east. here with me to discuss all of this is california democratic congressman adam schiff the ranking member of the house intelligence committee. you really have the message from the white house here that getting no deal might actually be better than getting a bad deal. just moments ago, white house spokesman josh earnest said the u.s. is prepared to walk away if necessary. can the u.s. really walk away? we're hearing this from the u.s. side of things. but iran and russia are much more optimistic about a deal. >> we can walk away and we would have to walk away if we don't get a good deal. it's very important for the president to come back to congress to sell this to point to concrete things that have been delivered in terms of being able to snap back the sanctions you were just talking about. that's important because otherwise it could take months or year to try to re-establish the same kind of economic

from lausanne, news went out that iran, the p5+1, and germany have a deal in principle and are drafting a document representing the deal begins. there are tough months ahead. but the parties are talking like they have cleared an enormous hurdle. it's "inside story". >>> open doors to inspectors, iran's shipping much of its enriched radio active material out of the country. iran continuing to have a nuclear enrichment programme. phased time lines of 10-20 years, and there's more we don't know about the fine detail of the agreement. sounds like every nation got enough of what it wanted so it could be called a break through. secretary of state john kerry said it's a standard iran can meet and one they greed to meet. now the drafting of a document locking in requirements from all the parties. how does that get down. the united states senate - is it waiting to slap sanctions on iran, even as america's representatives to the talks are detailing the sanctions that may be taken off. this time on the programme we break down what we do know. the parties stating that nothing is agreed shl everythi

- he spoke about iran and talked about the importance of the p5+1 discussions that were held in lausanne and you remember earlier this month with the marathon talks that went on for many days, and he talked about the importance of the g7 coming to a resolution and hoped the negotiations that go on with iran will come to a positive resolution at some point by the end of june. there was reference made to yemen by the host of the summit mr steinmeier, who welcomed the security council's decision to impose an arms embargo on the houthis, and talked about the volatility of the region. insofar as what could happen later, we expect a discussion on ebola, and africa itself is something that the german government is keen to push the issues that matter there. talking also about the violence and security in africa, and these are things you can expect mr steinmeier to rer to when he gives a news conference in a few hours time. we'll hear later from the e.u.'s external policy chief. she is due to speak in a few hours time and will also want to talk in some detail both about ukraine and, indeed the ot

. >> woodruff: from lausanne, switzerland today, news of a nuclear deal. the united states and five other nations say they've achieved a political framework for a final agreement with iran. after a year and a half of negotiations and all nighters this week, it came down to an afternoon of announcements starting with e.u. foreign policy chief federica mogherini. mogherini. >> we gather here to find solutions to reaching comprehensive resolution that will ensure exclusively peaceful nature of iranian nuclear program and lifting all sanctions. today we have taken a decisive step. >> woodruff: among the main points of the deal announced today: iran's uranium enrichment capacity will be limited for 15 years, and the number of centrifuges it operates will be reduced from 19,000 to 6,100. enrichment will be allowed to continue only at the natanz nuclear facility. at the arak facility, the reactor creating weapons-grade plutonium will be redesigned to halt that activity. in return, and after verification, united nations, european union and u.s. sanctions will be l

we get more from indira lakshmanan of bloomberg news who's in lausanne. hello again. so it's midnight there. this is when it was all supposed to be wrapped up. what's going on? >> yes i was supposed to be on a plane by now, but obviously you're seeing me, so apparently not. we're a few minutes past the self-imposed deadline the two sides set for themselves last november when they missed the last deadline so the idea was they were meant to come to this framework understanding tonightment now clearly the two sides have made enough progress that they feel it's worth going into the next day as they've told us, but not surprisingly at a time like, this you have public posturing and messaging through the media. we had one delegation tell us that iran had been given a make-or-break dawn headline, that it was now or never. then the u.s. denied that. iran denied that. so, you know each of these different six powers in iran are trying to send their own messages to try to get something done that they can go home and be happy with. >> woodruff: is it possible to sort out among al

after leaving lausanne thursday, laurent fabius came back again that night saying the talks had entered their final stretch. mr. fabius: we are a few meters away from the finishing line. but we know the last meters are the hardest. there's a lot at stake, the fight against nuclear proliferation and the renovation of iran into the international community. catherine: john kerry took a break from the long and intense negotiations. he's extended his stay, as has his german counterpart. the iranian foreign minister urged negotiators to show flexibility. mr. zarif: i hope our colleagues will recognize the fact that this is a unique opportunity and they need to take advantage of it. catherine: discussions over three demands, first, the timescale. the international community want a 10 year deal, iran wants a shorter framework. western powers want to gradually lift sanctions, iran demands an immediate lifting as soon as an agreement is reached. the third sticking point is whether tehran should be allowed to continue research on modernizing centrifuges. the u.s. warrants s a consensus is not reac