following heightened tensions in the region washington has stocked up its military presence in the middle east tehran has increased its production of enriched uranium but says it's adhering to the limits set.

following heightened tensions in the region washington has stocked up its military presence in the middle east tehran has increased its production of enriched uranium but says it's adhering to the limits set up.

following heightened tensions in the region washington has stocked up its military presence in the middle east tehran has increased its production of enriched uranium but says it's adhering to the limits set under the 2015 nuclear deal. in austria ministers from the far right freedom party have quit their posts chancellor .

following heightened tensions in the region washington has stocked up its military presence in the middle east tehranhas increased its production of enriched uranium but says it's adhering to the limits set under the 2015 nuclear deal. gets all in austria ministers from the far right freedom party have quit their posts chance.

following heightened tensions in the region washington has stocked up its military presence in the middle east tehran has increased its production of enriched uranium but says it's adhering to the limits set under the 2015 nuclear deal. it's all in austria ministers from the far right freedom party have quit their posts chancellor.

tehran could be working. more taops -- troops will be heading to the middle east. i'm bill hemmer live in new york city. >> sandra: good morning, everyone. i'm sandra smith. pentagon officials saying the u.s. will be sending less than 2,000 troops overseas as exclusive new reporting now shows added sanctions could be squeezing iran financially and beyond. rich edson is live at the state department with the latest details. good morning. >> state department officials say newly declassified intelligence shows that iran is short on cash after 26 rounds of american sanctions these officials say iran is having a difficult time funding militias across the middle east. tehran has warned militia groups to find new revenue sources. hamas has enacted austerity plans and cyber command needs money and reports from the region that show hezbollah is deploying piggy banks to raise cash. state department's envoy for iran says this shows administration sanctions against iran are working. >> when people talk about iran's regional aggression they talk about iran's supports for its pro

times" reporting the white house is weighing a plan to deploy up to 120,000 troops to the middle east if tehran attacks american forces or accelerates its nuclear weapons program. president trump saying a short time ago that the story is simply not true. >> i think it's fake news. okay? now, would i do that? absolutely. but we have not planned for that. hopefully, we won't have to plan for that. if we did that, we'd send a hell of a lot more troops. where was that story "the new york times?" well "the new york times" is fake news. >> dana: jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon. in doubt people saying we got to hear more about this. what do you know about "the new york times" report? >> well, dana, it was one of several options that was presented to the white house last thursday by acting defense secretary patrick shanahan. as the president mentioned, was first reported by "the new york times." a top british general, the deputy commander of strategy and information for operation inherent resolve said point blank from baghdad he has seen no increased threats from iranian backed forces in iran

union leaders there insisting that the 2050 nuclear deal is the best way to the middle east but the u.s. wants to isolate tehran by tightening sanctions on its own acts force we're not going to miscalculate our aim is not war our aim is a change in the behavior of the iranian leadership we hope the iranian people will get what they finally want what they did so richly deserve the forces that we're putting in place of course as we've had in the region before you know we often have carriers in the persian gulf but the president wanted to make sure that in the event that something took place we were prepared to respond to an appropriate way and as the secretary of state i want to make sure that we have all the political diplomatic tools in the right place and we want to make sure that we can provide the president with an option set in the in the event that the iranians make a bad decision. he has more from tehran. iranians have already responded to the kinds of messages the kinds of things that the u.s. secretary of state is saying he's saying that he wanted to change behavior from iran's leadership iran's leaders

administration will brief top congressional leaders today onth rising ats in the middle east amid mounting tensions with tehran lawmaks from both sides of the aisle are warning the president to avoid further escalation after the state department ordereerall non-emncy personnel to leave baghdad because of a threat from iranian-backed groups. and according toon "the washingt post," the president himself is frustrated with the situation, worried that some of his top advisers could rush the u.s. m into aitary confrontation with iran. nbc's richard engel has the latest >> reporter: u.s. tensions with iran are still rising. all non-emergency personnel have been orderedo tave the u.s. embassy inad baghd and the consulate in northern iraq immediately. and centcom has placed thousands of u.s. troops in iraq and syria on high alert, citing unspecified, quote, credible threats that iranian proxiescould attack u.s. forces in iraq,an iraniack the militias arelu widespread, i including iraqi security units just last week, secretary of state mike pompe made asurprise visit to baghdad spoke about the danger from iran. >> thes

middle east. the statement comes after weeks of escalating tensions between washington and tehran. us deployed a carrier strike group to its middle east command earlier this month in response to what it said were troubling indications of an attack by iran. barbara plett—usher has more. last week us officials told us that the threat of iranians attacks was serious and that it was imminent, but mrshanahan is serious and that it was imminent, but mr shanahan is saying now that the potential attacks are no longer imminent but the threat is still there, it hasn't gone away, it's been put on hold, as he phrased it stop he said it was a show of american force that deterred attacks on american interests, but he said this is about deterrence, it is not about war, and the focus now was to try to prevent iranians from making a miscalculation. he and other senior officials were briefing congress about the intelligence, there were a lot of questions about it and concerns raised about the aggressive tone and actions that the administration took. afterwards i think you saw reaction that divided th

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for more i'm joined now by daniel gallo a middle east analyst welcome to the show the u.s. claims tehran mind be preparing to conduct what it calls offensive operations against u.s. forces or its interests what evidence is there for this there's been a lot of discussions in american media about some media claim that they say that they have sources in the intelligence community that intelligence has been inflated not mischaracterized but inflated by the by the white house look if we want to look at a possible scenario we should probably look back at the history of the middle east 983 when the most deadly attack on u.s. troops in the middle east the most deadly attack on u.s. troops since the 2nd world war that time was conducted in beirut the us marines lost 241 lives in this attack and they blame the new reigning in proxy organization for this so i think the americans are having such a scenario in mind however i think the most dangerous situation is that anyone could conduct such an attack for example the islamic state that would benefit from a from an escalation of the conflict between

middle east. officials say that tehran has told shia militias to find new revenue sources because iran will provide short falls that iran's cyber command needs cash and assad regime fuel shortage because the u.s. cut off 1 to 3 millions barrels a month that iran once supplied the syrian government. hezbollah deployed social media campaign including children in military uniforms appealing for money that to encourage donations. the state department says this all demonstrates the 26 rounds of sanctions on nearly a thousand targets is working. >> the president would like to get into negotiations with the iranian regime so he can put in place a new and better deal to replace the failed iran nuclear deal. but while we're working on that objective, we're also denying iran the revenue it needs to destabilize the middle east. >> just a short while ago, citing iran tensions and over congressional objections, secretary of state pompeo just announced the administration is going to approve about 8 billion dollars in arm sales to saudi arabia, jordan, and the united arab emirates. in that statement pompeo says t

leaders there insisting that the 2015 nuclear deal is a best way to stop the middle east but the u.s. wants to isolate tehran by tightening sanctions on its own acts force we're not going to miscalculate our aim is not war our aim is a change in the behavior of the iranian leadership we hope the iranian people will get what they finally want what they did so richly deserve the forces that were putting a place of forces we've had.

look at top stories, 120,000 troops could be headed to the middle east intentions with iran boil over. and even stronger military response if tehranks us troops and intensifies its nuclear program. an american aircraft carrier and b-52 bomber to the middle east with a show of support. attorney general william barr tapping out of federal prosecutor to look at how russia investigation began. connecticut attorney john durham is launching a probe over the government surveillance of the trump campaign with use of informants by the doj. on the senate floor. >> it was a motion. heather: that explosive outburst over what could become the nation's strict just abortion law. it would ban nearly all abortions in the state. actress felicity huffman pleading guilty in a college admissions scan, reportedly cried as she admitted paying $15,000 to boost her daughter's sat score. prosecutors recommended four months behind bars when she is sentenced september 13th. actress lori laughlin is facing charges in the admissions scan. he pleaded not guilty. voters in north carolina will head to the polls for the state have special primary election. republi

there insisting that the 2050 nuclear chord is the best way to stab allies the middle east but the u.s. wants to isolate tehran by tightening sanctions on its oil exports iran's foreign ministry is describing reports of attacks on soggy arabian and says alarming sodger arabia says 2 of its oil tankers suffered significant damage in attacks off the east coast of the u.a.e. the iraqi government says 4 commercial ships were subject to sabotage near the port of fujairah early on sunday security forces in sudan have been accused of using excessive force against protesters it comes as talks are resuming between the opposition coalition and the military members of the rapid support forces beat demonstrators in the north of katu negotiations are deadlocked over how to proceed with the transition following the military coup last month. sweden has reopened a rape investigation against julian assange general seeking his extradition from the u.k. and wiki leaks founder was arrested last month at the ecuadorian embassy in london where they spend 7 years after jumping bail he denies a swedish rape allegation some 9 years ag

middle east to send a clear message to iran. he said any attack by iran would be met with what he called unrelenting force. in april, washington designated iran's revolutionary guard a foreign terrorist organisation. tehranidentifying all us troops in the middle east as terrorists. the venezuelan opposition leader, juan guaido, has insisted to the bbc that he is gaining support, despite appearing to fail in his efforts to persuade the country's military to back him. he had urged supporters to rally in large numbers outside military barracks to demonstrate against president maduro, but local media say only a small number turned out. nick bryant reports from caracas. the passion is still in evidence. it's the numbers that are dwindling. this demonstration took place under the statue of america's first president, george washington, the leader of a successful uprising. but venezuela's self—styled operation liberty is clearly losing momentum. "we have to wait a little bit longer," said this student, "and see if we can reach our goal." "we want the government to leave," said this woman wearily. "we don't have anything. we can't be happy." protesters presented petitions to the security forces — words demanding

middle east to send a clear message to iran. he said any attack by iran would be met with, what he called, "unrelenting force." in april, washington designated iran's revolutionary guard a foreign terrorist organization. tehranfying all us troops in the middle east terrorists. let's get some of the day's other news. president trump plans to sharply increase tarrifs on a wide range of imports from china. in a tweet he said that negotiations with beijing had been moving too slowly. mr trump said the higher tariffs would apply from friday. the sultan of brunei has said a recent islamic ruling introducing the death pentalty for adultery, rape and gay sex, will be reversed. new legislation introduced last month meant these acts could have been punished with death by stoning. but after a worldwide outcry, sultan huhsuhnull bolkiah said a twenty—year general suspension of the death penalty would now apply to this new legislation as well. us air accident investigators looking into why a charter plane skidded off a runway into a river in florida have identified a number of possible factors. they say one of the aircraft's reverse thrusters didn't work. the boeing 737 also landed on a shorter runway than originally pla

there insisting that the 2050 nuclear chord is the best way to stabilize the middle east but the u.s. wants to isolate tehran by tightening sanctions on its oil exports and sweden has reopened a rape in. against wiki leaks founder julian assange and is seeking his extradition from the u.k. has signed was arrested last month at the ecuadorian embassy in london where he spent 7 years after jumping bail. don where security forces are being accused of using excessive force force against protesters this comes as songs between opposition the opposition coalition and the military are due to resume members of the rock their support forces reportedly be demonstrators in the north of khartoum the army and opposition coalition a deadlocked over how to proceed with the transition following a military coup last month that ousted president omar bashir morgan is our correspondent in khartoum joins us now live on the news hour and hit by the protesters claim that they have been attempts to break up the sit in outside the military headquarters tell us about this and what the military has been saying. when fully we spoke to a

tehran. well let's go now to tel aviv where we are trying find middle east analyst mayor job at on far what could all of this mean now for the deal. the six means that the iranians of taken a decision to retaliate against president trump's decision to walk out of the long . run here and saw that they were not getting any benefits from staying in the deal . because of president trump you know he made it difficult for you here countries to do business with iran and. iranians are buying this place tremendous pressure on the government of president rouhani sure some retaliation because they believe that you know be passive about this is not going to increase iran's leverage of course the iranians also take no risk because by undertaking some of these actions especially holding on to some of that reach radio money if they increase the level of enrichment it's going to really ratchet up the pressure and also it would damage their relations europeans but you know there were as far as the iranians are mine as well and some of the moderates were concerned or were left me no other choice and they need to l

targets in the middle east earlier trump had threatened to quote end iran but now tehran has hit back with a tweet of its own calling on trump to show the country some respect but also stressing it does not want war. iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif didn't mince words in his response to trump's threats. donald trump hopes to achieve what alexander the great genghis khan and other aggressors fail to do iranians have stood tall for millennia while the aggressors are all gone economic terrorism and genocidal taunts won't end iran never threaten a new reigning in try respect it works. it was all in response to trump's earlier tweet vowing to quote end iran if tehran wages war against the u.s. but on the streets of the iranian capital not everyone felt a war was looming maybe sit on a wall weren't happening and if trouble could start one he would have done it by now so if he threatens i'm coming for you then come because if you say something you have to act on it let's see how much of a man you are. talented on naturally trump does not and did not want war but apparently some c

military vessels in the middle east getting an additional assignment and certainly one of a symbolic show of force to basically remind the leadership in tehran that the u.s. government is not pleased with its political and military engagements around the middle east and as we mentioned last the u.s. had said officials have said that they have detected troubling indications that iran could be preparing a military response but again not a lot of details about that. i know u.s. military officials are being very very circumspect about what it is they are detecting the stance of belief who go to u.s. intelligence methods that are gathering this sort of information but they are indicating that they are not pleased with what they are learning about iran's of heritage behavior of course the iranian government will argue that it is not doing anything that could be construed as an offensive military option that it would if it's doing anything it is simply making certain that its defenses against threats from other countries are in good shape and our approach are in order in case there were to be some sort of. engagement from another country let's use

administration is expecting to expedite billions of dollars of weaponry to the middle east to armed allies come, longtime enemies of tehranatic house chairman, house chairs arms committees say these deployments are unsettling. julie. >> julie: lucas thomas, thank you. the university of north carolina at charlotte, a student killed saving countless others during a school shooting last month and honored for his honor today. 21-year-old has been awarded a purple heart and bronze star. the rotc cadet died tackling a gunman who opened fire in a classroom. and another student killed, for others injured, riley howell laid to rest with full military honors. the presidential trump 2020 campaign flooding social media sites with ads on a key election issue. plus the big holiday weekend travel rush is on. tens of millions headed to the nation's airports and highways. we will have the latest. ♪ s... s...u... s...u...v... these letters used to mean something. letters earned in backwoods, high hills, and steep dunes. but somewhere along the way, suvs became pretenders, not pioneers. but you never forgot the difference, and neither did w

to the middle east is extremely dangerous president donald trump insists the deployment of a $1500.00 extra troops is needed because of what he calls iranian aggression then he reports from tehran. the united states already has tens of thousands of active military personnel stationed in and around the middle east so $1500.00 more is a relatively small addition even billions of dollars in weapon sales to countries in the region could be seen as par for the course but in the current climate of conflict through the prism of tension with the united states iran is taking every move that the americans make in the region very seriously foreign minister jihad zarif said american decisions are endangering international peace and security he said u.s. accusations against iran are only designed to justify hostile american policies and raise tensions in the middle east he also said once again that there will be no talks with the white house of u.s. president donald trump but reports of emerge that during a recent trip to the united nations in new york in april job odds are if met with democratic senator dianne feinstein who sits on the senate intelligence committee the foreign ministry in

middle east. putin has especially benefited from the fact that allies in the middle east most concerned about iran have actively cultivated good relations with russia despite moscow's close ties to tehran. several possible reasons for this and i think one is a time when u.s. middle east allies whether accurately or not disengaging from the region there reaching out to russia and intended to persuade washington for fear of losing them to moscow. another reason is that u.s. another reason is that u.s. middle east allies cooperate with russia because they understand how opportunistic it is and maybe a decade ago some of our middle eastern allies wean russia away from iran by buying more from us and that has not worked. they note that has not worked but they still cooperate because they anticipate that powerful russian interest groups, petroleum, arms industry et cetera, will have a greater interest in seeing that russia -- iran doesn't do anything to harm them the more that russian interests are tied with the interest of the other countries in the middle east. and third, u.s. middle east allies cooperate with russia in order to reduce the confidence and how much russia will support it aga

us to the middle east is extremely dangerous president donald trump insists the deployment of $1500.00 extra troops is needed because of what he calls a rainy and aggression. reports from tehran. the united states already has tens of thousands of active military personnel stationed in and around the middle east so $1500.00 more is a relatively small addition even billions of dollars in weapon sales to countries in the region could be seen as par for the course but in the current climate of conflict through the prism of tension with the united states iran is taking every move that the americans make in the region very seriously foreign minister jihads aris said american decisions are endangering international peace and security he said u.s. accusations against iran are only designed to justify hostile american policies and raise tensions in the middle east he also said once again that there will be no talks with the white house of u.s. president donald trump but reports of emerge the during a recent trip to the united nations in new york in april job odds are if met with democratic senator dianne feinstein who sits on the senate intelligence committee the foreign ministry in i

middle east. cnn national correspondent frederik pleitgen is in tehran now.d how is iran viewing this situation? >> reporter: the iranians have had an angry reaction, basically blaming the trump administration for what they say is the escalation of the situation they say that the registration involved in what they call psychological and economic warfare against iran and saying they're trying to ramp up these tensions. at the same time, however, you have senior iranian command rs, especially from the revolutionary guard with tough talk against the united states. one said the u.s. would, quote, get hit in the head if it tried to mess with iran in this area. another official came out and said they believe the abraham lincoln in the persian gulf is actually an opportunity for the iranians because they think they can hit it with their ballistic missiles if, indeed, there was a larger confrontation with the united states. pretty tough talk going on between the americans and iranians as well. all of this, of course, not only you have the standoff with the bombers, b

prepares to send more troops to the middle east to counter what the pentagon says is a heightened threat posed by tehrana top commander of iran revolutionary guard taunted the u.s. today describing its presence in the region as its weakest in history. on a visit here to baghdad iran foreign minister mohamad javad zarif sound more diplomatic but equally defiant. he said we'll face he said we'll face any effort for a war against the people of iran whether it is military or economic with steadfastness and force. many iraqis including these he demonstrators in baghdad on friday night are calling on the u.s. and iran to keep their country out of the conflict. iraq hosts more than 5,000 american troops and a wide range of local militias. some of which the trump administration says have received orders from tehran to plan attacks on americans. we asked a senior leader with ties with some of the militias with about the allegations. have you had any sign of have you had any sign of that? he told us i done think any iraqi groups will target americans or american interests in the near future. but if the war starts

middle east as tensions with iran escalate. the new york times reports the white house is considering a stronger military response if tehran attacksthe us sent an american aircraft carrier and b-52 bombers to the middle east as a show of force. rob: mike pompeo expected to touch down in russia meeting with vladimir putin and other officials where sources told foxnews they will discuss north korea, iran, syria, and venezuela. a lot of talk about. on monday pompeo canceled a plan to discuss it with european officials. jillian: alabama lawmakers are expected to vote on the strictest abortion law in the nation, the bill pushed through after lawmakers got into a screaming match over the measure on the senate floor last week. the bill would ban nearly all abortions in the state. rob: families of 9/11 victims taking the fbi to court demanding the justice department release information about saudi arabia involvement in the deadly 9/11 attacks. andrew j maloney fighting on behalf of those families joined us last hour to weigh in. >> they should disclose this information and not cover for any nation and provide this information and assist u

military presence in the middle east as tensions with iran reaches new heights. tehranng it's prepared to defend itself against a possible conflict with the united states. now, despite all the back and forth, both sides are downplaying the prospect of a possible war. christian whiton is a former state department senior adviser who served under president george w. bush and president trump. thanks for joining us. >> great to be here. charles: so a week ago in the media it was 120,000 troops, earlier this week it was 10,000, now we've got 1500. and president trump talked about them being very very talented wh leads a lot of people to believe these are the sort of navy seals and other specialists who can go and do surgical, strategic things that need to be done for several reasons. what's your interpretation? >> you know, that could be very well the case. i would look at the bigger picture. we're sending a carrier group, we'll have so that potentially 80-plus additional aircraft in addition to what we have in air bases in the middle east, a strong aviation presence that's j

is sending more missiles to the middle east according to the pentagon. president trump is telling tehranall him. >> he shared a phone number with the swiss for the iranians to give them a call. iran said they will not negotiate with the white house. ben is live from beirut. what is the reaction from iran regarding the missile movement? >> reporter: iran has made it clear that it is going to continue with its nuclear program within the guidelines of the nuclear agreement, but with certain modifications. as far as the american statements are going, we have heard some iranians saying one missile could destroy america's fleet in the region. however, that appears to be rhetoric at this point. what we know is the united states is dispatching a patriot missile battery to the region, but it's important to keep in mind that a few months ago, it pulled four batteries out of the middle east. we learned overnight, they will be dispatching the "uss arlington" an amphibious vessel. it was a scheduled deployment. it may be somewhat accelerated, but designed to replace a somewhat older vessel of similar

see more american troops deployed to the middle east against the backdrop of tension with iran washington says that it's facing unspecified threats from tehran and the trumpet ministration is being accused of trying to bypass congressional ban on weapons sales to saudi arabia is concerned that the u.s. secretary of state might pump a 0 and other senior aides may use a loophole allowing the presidents to approve the sale without the approval of congress. the dutch foreign minister is calling for an international tribunal to be established to investigate i saw it would investigate claims that the armed group committed genocide during its so-called caliphate across syria and iraq on diplomatic editor james bays reports from the un. the un called the crimes committed by both syria and iraq a genocide now there are calls for a new international tribunal to prosecute the individuals who ordered and committed those crimes it comes from the foreign minister of the netherlands well i'm here because i'm confidence that there should be an international tribunal because the scale of c. atrocities committed by i sill is such that it may be me amounts to

additional aircraft carrier strike group, patriot missile defense systems to the middle east to make sure that the ayatollahs in tehran recognize if they were to take military action against u.s. personnel or allies in the region, there would be grave consequences to pay. >> because if the threat is as serious as you suggest, as the administration is suggesting, why is the administration waiting until next tuesday to brief the full u.s. senate? >> well, every senator, at least as of today, has access to all of the information that the intelligence committee has seen. so even if there's not going to be a briefing until next week, any senator can read that intelligence and see the multiple, credible, serious threats that we're facing from iran that's just picked up the pace over the last couple of weeks. that's why the president has taken these prudent steps to deter any iranian action against the united states or our allies. >> you heard barbara starr's report from the pentagon. how serious is this threat that they are seeing these images of the iranian freighters that have been reconfigured, supposedly with missiles?

has sent military units to the middle east after alleged threats from tehran. margaret brennan spoke to iran's u.n. ambassador. good morning. >> reporter: iran's leaders are skeptical of president trump's offer to talk in part because he already withdrew from a diplomatic deal with them. yesterday the president told his acting defense secretary that he does not want war, and i asked iran's u.n. ambassador if that reassured him. >> i believe that president trump does not want a war. >> reporter: iran's ambassador to the u.n., majid ta takht-ravanchi told cbs news he believed it was genuine. >> mr. president, are we going to war with iran? >> i hope not. >> ravanchi accused the u.s. of using flawed intelligence and pointed to one key adviser's past support of the 2003 u.s. invasion of iraq. >> reporter: you're talking about ambassador bolton? >> i don't want to name any names but he has been definitely one of the persons. >> reporter: ravanchi flatly denied u.s. intelligence reports that an iranian commander ordered to prepare an attack. satellite photos show con

nuclear deal i've given washington fresh impetus to claim the tehran and is planning to have nuclear weapons further destabilize the middle east iran disagrees if this is no intention of creating such weapons it's moot as are in response to what it calls the hostile actions of the us which posed doll it's all of the deal in 20th putting the pact in jeopardy. well the iranian foreign minister also said he believes donald trump doesn't want war but people are pushing him for iran to that perhaps a reference to want to run fiercest opponents u.s. national security adviser john bolton mr bolton is so keen on his job that according to an interview from 2010 he said he would lie in the name of national security came up and looks at his track record. john bolton has a very important job keeping americans safe after all that is the job of the national security adviser and it's very important for americans to trust someone in that position john bolton wasn't always the national security adviser here's something he said before he got the job if i had to say something i knew was false to protect american national security i would do it s

middle east. as you say, the main focus was between what's happening between tehran and washington what we've seenreal, something current. things we're worried about today. we've done all of the flings wau wanted to make sure we had it. in the event they decided to come after it, anyplace in the u.s. , they respond. >> there are places i've lived in the last ten years. in terms of the yup tick there are fears in the military itself and the potential for miscalculations. how worried are you? >> we're not going to miss it. our aim is a change in behavior to help the eye rairanian peoplt what they deserve. the president wanted to make sure that in the event something took place, we could respond in the appropriate way. as the secretary of state i wanted to make sure we had all the political diplomatic tools in the right place i wanted to make sure we provided the president with a background >> the secretary of state said not going to calculate according to the president, last week you'll remember he said, hey, i'm just waiting for that phone call i'm happy to talk to tehran. that reiterated from mr.

taking place in the middle east today with particular focus on the actions that iran is taking i made clear that the united states will continue to apply pressure to the regime in tehran until its leadership is prepared to return to the ranks of responsible nations that do not threaten their neighbors or spread instability or terror. has been slow growth in china's economy in april even before higher u.s. trade tariffs took effects across loads to 5.4 percent last month that's a drop from an 8.5 percent growth rates back in march. so the arabia state owns energy company around co has stopped pumping oil through a major pipeline after a drone attack the government says 2 stations were targeted on the east west pipeline it's a crucial supply line that transports socio from the eastern province to the younger ports on the red sea you see rebels in yemen say they launched the strikes to warn the kingdom to stop its quote aggression. at least 60 people have been arrested after a wave of attacks against muslims in sri lanka one person has died on this follows last month's bombings targets in churches and tells cheering easter well those are the headlines the news continues

the middle east is the supply story. 120,000 troops could be headed to the middle east as the situation with iran intensifies. the white house is considering a stronger military response if tehran attacks u.s. troops or intensifies the nuclear program. this comes after the president's stern warning from the oval office. >> we'll see what happens. it will be a bad problem for iran if something happens, i can tell you that. they're not going to be happy. they're not going to be happy people, okay. >> what do you mean by that? >> you can figure it out yourself. they know what i mean by it. cheryl: those strong words from the president following the sabotage of four saudi arabian oil tankers yesterday. military officials believe that iran was responsible. now, the u.s. has sent an american aircraft carrier, the lincoln, and b-52 bombers already to the middle east the to counter these possible threats coming from iran. lauren: and a stark warning from the british foreign minister about the possibility of an all-out war between iran and the u.s. >> we are very worried about the risk of a conflict happening by accident with an escalation that is unintended on either side but ends with

middle east is quote extremely dangerous for peace prize and donald trump insisted deployment is needed to better defend his country and its allies from iran will get more reaction from driving in tehran shortly for a 1st his alan fischer without a report from washington. initial reports suggested the u.s. was preparing to send an additional 120000 troops to the middle east to combat the perceived threat from iran the president donald trump is no confirmed he's sending $1500.00 we want to have protection of the middle east we're going to be sending a relatively small number of troops but the u.s. defense department says the troops are going to include an anti missile battery additional intelligence and surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft it's also sending fighter aircraft for deterrence. the pentagon says the move is defensive and not meant to provoke war but adds to another rushed deployment of this month the u.s.s. abraham lincoln carrier strike group started to move to the gulf we would continue . to call for caution and restraint both in terms of actions and in terms of right and. the threat from iran is also being used to push through $8000000000.00 in weapon sales to saudi

tehran and get a better deal. thank you very much. still in the middle east department has expressed concern that syrian government forces may have again used chemical weapons. a spokeswoman says there are indications of a chlorine attack on sunday during a syrian government offensive against the rebel—held north—western region of idlib. the us says the assad regime is violating a ceasefire that's protected millions of civilians in the area, and threatens a "rapid response" if the attack is confirmed. the british prime minister has said parliament has "one last chance" to deliver brexit, and urged mps to back what she called her "new deal." it contains new guarantees on workers' rights, environmental protections and the irish border, even the possibility of a temporary customs union and a vote on whether to hold another referendum. but its chances of winning enough support look slim. this report from our political editor laura kuenssberg contains flashing images. win or lose, when her plan comes to a vote, and soon, few in this audience believe it's anything

strike group and to bombers to the middle east to send a clear and unmistakable message to iran it is the latest in a series of moves aimed at ratcheting up pressure on tehran a year after washington withdrew from the nuclear accord. from iostat to suspend capital punishment for gay sex and adultery the sultan of brunei made the announcement in a television address the country has been under international pressure after celebrities including george clooney and elton john called for a global boycott of the royal family's businesses and muslims around the world have begun celebrating the start of ramadan they will be upstanding from food and drink from dawn until dusk for an entire month fasting is intended to draw worshippers closer to god through self-control reflection and humility. shares in china stock markets have plummeted after u.s. president donald trump threw a wrench in the ongoing trade talks he's threatening additional tariffs on chinese imports only days before a chinese delegation is expected in washington for a possible final round of negotiations now the chinese vice premier lou he said that he would still travel to the united states but shor