iran's foreign minister, mohammad javad zarif has announced he's stepping down.hortcomings" in more than 5 years in the job. reformist mps in iran have urged president hassan rouhani not to accept the resignation. caroline rigby reports. mohammad javad zarif has long been the face of iran's international diplomacy, particularly in the west. a former ambassador to the united nations, he became the islamic republic‘s top diplomat in 2013 when a reformist president hassan rouhani came to power. as an english—speaking, american—educated foreign minister, he played a decisive role in often complex issues. he became one of the architects of the iran nuclear deal in 2015 and has spearheaded efforts to keep the agreement alive following president trump's decision last year to pull the us out of the accord. but mr zarif has been under huge pressure from hardliners at home who never liked or trusted his negotiations with the west. and in a surprise announcement on instagram on monday, he revealed his intention to resign. as well as thanking the iranian people and authoriti

iran trade verbal blows and the munich security conference draws to a net iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif condemns u.s. policy on iran accusing washington of ignoring his country's right to self-determination this after u.s. vice president mike pence demands a tougher stance on iran from europe. the german president follows in his footsteps of one of the country's most famous explorers to raise awareness of plastic pollution in the galapagos islands. welcome to the program i'm mary and i haven't seen. iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif has delivered a defiant speech at the munich security conference he condemns calls from washington for the european union it to abandon the iran nuclear deal and accuse the u.s. of trying to exercise undue influence on the middle east his remarks rounded out a contentious conference where german chancellor angela merkel and mike pence also advanced opposing visions on iran and the direction of their nation's foreign policy forty pounds today more iran's foreign minister mohammad shot sorry for sharply criticize the u.s. and dismissed v

iran trade verbal blows as the munich security conference draws to an end iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif condemns the was policy on iran accusing washington of ignoring his country's right to self-determination this after u.s. vice president mike pence demands a tougher stance on iran from europe also coming up the most senior catholic cleric to be defrocked in modern times the vatican expels a former ins u.s. cardinal from the priesthood over sexual crimes against adults and children his expulsion comes as the church prepares for a summit on the sex abuse cases. plus the golden bear goes to israel director not bottle of peter wins the top prize at the berlin international film festival for his drama centenarians about leaving once homeland will bring you all the berlin nala highlights. thanks for joining us i'm married to evanston. iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif has delivered a defiant speech at the munich security conference he condemned calls from washington for the european union to abandon the iran nuclear deal and he accused the u.s. of trying to exercise

iran trade verbal blows as the munich security conference draws to an end iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif condemns u.s. policy on iran accusing washington of ignoring his country's right to self-determination this after u.s. vice president mike pence demands a tougher stance on iran from europe. also coming out the most senior catholic cleric to be defrocked in modern times the vatican expels a former u.s. cardinal from the priesthood over sexual crimes against adults and children has exposed the expulsion comes as the church prepares for a summit on sex abuse cases. thanks for joining us i'm married i haven't seen. iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif has delivered a defiant speech at the munich security conference he condemned calls from washington for the european union to abandon the iran nuclear deal and he accused the u.s. of trying to exercise undue influence on the middle east his remarks rounded out a contentious conference or a german chancellor angela merkel and mike pence also advanced opposing visions on iran and the direction of their nation's foreign pol

a modern take on resigning but mohammad javad studies instagram posts was vague he offered an apology for all the shortcomings and flaws but gave no reason for his departure all of this was written on a drawing of fatima the prophet muhammad's daughter whose birth was being commemorated on monday. in tehran a foreign ministry spokesperson quickly confirm the news but also gave no reason. it's an abrupt end to more than five and a half years as a rainy and foreign minister so he's had a prominent role in negotiating the landmark two thousand and fifteen nuclear agreement between iran and major international powers and exchange for limiting nuclear activities to run had economic sanctions lifted but seventy five has been under pressure since the united states withdrew from the pact he expressed his frustration at washington at the munich security conference earlier this month. we have long been the target of an unhealthy fixation that say an obsession which continues to this very day. the demonisation of my country has been a convenient cross for seven consecutive american presidents to

and advisor to pope francis plus a surprise announcement in iran the country's foreign minister mohammad job at some brief tenders his resignation zarif negotiated a twenty fifty nuclear deal it's unclear why he decided to leave his post or whether his resignation will be accepted. oh. oh. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program india says that its war planes have targeted what it says is a terrorist camp in pakistan india media. is that up to three hundred people may have been killed in the raid on the alleged camp in the baloch kot close to the line of control pakistan acknowledged that india violated its air spray splits deny reports of casualties now tensions have been growing between these neighbors since forty indian soldiers were killed in militant attacks in kashmir two weeks ago the indian foreign secretary says that delhi acted on credible intelligence that pakistan based militants were plotting more attacks across india in the face of. a preemptive strike became absolutely necessary in an intelligence led operation in the early hours of today india struck the biggest training c

it says its aircraft bombed jaish—e—mohammad's largest camp. a huge explosion and jets flying overhead. in the morning, we saw a big crater, and some homes damaged. but pakistan says there was no damage and no casualties. its spokesman put out these photos saying that the jets were forced to drop their payloads hastily and scramble away. it's vowed to retaliate. india has committed uncalled for aggression, to which pakistan shall respond at the time and place of its choosing. india's actions are being seen as a response to this suicide bombing 12 days ago. carried out by jaish—e—mohammad, it killed 40 troops in in indian administered kashmir. this is an area disputed between pakistan and india. the neighbours have fought two wars over it, and for decades it has faced armed insurgency, backed by pakistan—based groups. india has been repeatedly urging pakistan to take action against the jaish—e—mohammad, to preventjihadis from being trained and armed inside pakistan. after the suicide bombing, the mood in the country was one of anger, of wanting

border of pakistan and pakistan administered kashmir the raids targeted the armed group jaish e mohammad which carried out an attack that killed fourteen members of india's security forces this month there's jimmy a report some new danny. these pictures released by the pakistani military show the damage it says was done by the indian air force near the town of balakot inside pakistan on a hillside in a four sted uninhabited area a spokesman said there were no casualties but india says the airstrike hit a training camp of jaish e mohammad the armed group that claimed responsibility for this month's suicide bombing that killed forty indian troops in india to minister to. indian officials say they chose to attack after pakistan failed to take action. to dismantle the infrastructure on its soil. it was perceived that the gesture of moment was attempting other suicide at attacks in various parts of the country india has not provided any proof it hit its intended targets analysts say the reason for that may partly be not to further antagonize baucus don but on the streets of new delhi use of t

it says its aircraft bombed jaish—e—mohammad's largest camp.d pakistani airspace. translation: i heard a huge explosion and jets flying overhead. in the morning, we saw a big crater and some homes damaged. but pakistan's military says there was no damage and no casualties. its spokesman put out these photos, saying that the jets were forced to drop their payloads hastily and scramble away. it's vowed to retaliate. india has committed uncalled for aggression, to which pakistan shall respond at the time and place of its choosing. india's actions are being seen as a response to this suicide bombing 12 days ago. carried out by jaish—e—mohammad, it killed 40 troops in indian administered kashmir. this is an area disputed between pakistan and india. the neighbours have fought two wars over it, and for decades it has faced armed insurgency backed by pakistan—based groups. india has been repeatedly urging pakistan to take action against the jaish—e—mohammad, to preventjihadis from being trained and armed inside pakistan. after the suicide bombing, the

a close to iran's foreign minister mohammad jugaad zarif condemns u.s. policy on iran refusing washington of ignoring his country's right to self-determination and then sell to us vice president mike tends to mom some tougher stance on iran from europe would be live in new mexico. also coming up the most senior catholic cleric to be defrocked and more than time the vatican.

the pakistani group jaish e mohammad took responsibility for the attack and india has said that the pakistan . government that the military supports the group and have not done enough to fight against them our correspondent in iran has been i believe listening in and he's joining us live from the capital islamabad we had been waiting for this address in iran and it was it was emotional appeal even to the indian saying that they're ready we are offering to cooperate and that the greatest wars have been caused by miscalculations and that they can't afford a miscalculation here. that's right people a group glued to their t.v. screens watching this address and as you say it was an impassioned plea cooler heads to prevail on the mistakes not to be making but it's also a reiteration of the prime minister's previous position where in the days after the february fourteenth the tacky bit on television in a similar address the nation away he said look if the indians have evidence please share it with us please allow us to take on these groups that was actually criticized by members of the ind

it says its aircraft bombed jaish—e—mohammad's largest camp.e. translation: i heard a huge explosion, and jets flying overhead. in the morning, we saw a big crater, and some homes damaged. but pakistan's military says there was no damage and no casualties. its spokesman put out these photos, saying the jets were forced to drop their payloads hastily and scramble away. it has vowed to retaliate. india has committed uncalled—for aggression, to which pakistan shall respond at the time and place of its choosing. india's actions are being seen as a response to this suicide bombing, 12 days ago. carried out by jaish—e—mohammad, it killed a0 troops in indian—administered kashmir. this is an area disputed between pakistan and india. the neighbours have fought two wars over it, and for decades, it has faced armed insurgency backed by pakistan—based groups. india has been repeatedly urging pakistan to take action against the jaish—e—mohammad, to preventjihadis from being trained and armed inside pakistan. after the suicide bombing, the mood in the countr

they try to spread it you know within closed ok mathias thank you for that iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif has delivered a defiant speech at the munich security conference he condemned calls from washington for the european union to abandon the iran nuclear deal and he accused the us of meddling in the middle east his remarks rounded out a contentious conference where german chancellor angela merkel and american vice president mike pence advanced opposing visions on iran and the direction of their nation's foreign policies but it has to do more for iran's foreign minister mohammad sorry for sharply criticize the u.s. and dismissed vice president mike pence this recent demand that the e.u. withdraw from the nuclear treaty with iran. mr pence repeated this course. when he added gently demanded that europe must join the united states in undermining its own security and breaking its obligations by german foreign minister who assured his iranian counterpart in direct talks in munich that germany and the you want to stick to the agreement as long as iran does the e.u. wants to enable

the direction of their nation's foreign policies but it has to do more for iran's foreign minister mohammad sorry for sharply criticized the u.s. and dismissed vice president mike pence this recent demand that the e.u. withdraw from the nuclear treaty with iran mr pence repeated this course. when he added gently demanded that europe must join the united states in undermining its own security and breaking its obligations but german foreign minister assured his iranian counterpart in direct talks in munich that germany and the you want to stick to the agreement as long as iran does the e.u. wants to enable trade with iran but serif suggests that europe has to do more. europe needs to be ridding to get rid. if it wants to swim against the dangerous part of the u.s. unit after this. european leaders are already feeling the pressure from the u.s. and mike pence of the n.t. hearing the security conference. the time has come for our european partners to stop undermining u.s. sanctions against his murderous revolutionary regime. chancellor merkel refused to withdraw from the treaty germany feels th

plus a surprise announcement in iran the country's foreign minister mohammad zarif tenders his resignation in the gears you did the twenty fifteen nuclear deal it is unclear why he's decided to leave his post. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us australia's highest ranking catholic cleric the cardinal george pell has been convicted on five counts of child sex abuse according melbourne found pell guilty of assaulting two thirteen year old choir boys in the late one nine hundred ninety s. the verdict was handed down in december. the judge only today lifted the embargo on reporting on the case. no you will pay your i know you cardinal george pell faced a torrent of abuse as he left his latest court hearing in melbourne so now he's free but victims outside the court are calling for a tough sentence the catholics in victoria we got him on that he be excommunicated from the kids george pell is amongst a freak he has to be child not home detention none of these petty justice we want to seeming gyle we want to see him for all i even tell. the jury found that tell sexually assaulted t

trade verbal blows at the munich security conference draws to a close to iran's foreign minister mohammad jobs or if condemns u.s. policy on iran accusing washington of ignoring his country's right to self-determination they're soft u.s. vice president mike pence demands a tough a stance on iran from europe will be live in munich also coming up the most senior top flight cleric to be defrocked in modern times for the better than expelled a former u.s. cardinal from the priesthood of a sexual crimes against adults and children. plus the golden bear goes to israel director and i badly need wins the top prize at the but an international film festival that has drama synonyms about leaving one's homeland we'll bring you all the above and on the highlights. i-man europe's mackinnon thank you so much for joining us it's the final day of the munich security conference and today's focus is the middle east a clash between the u.s. and its european allies over iran was already in evidence on saturday u.s. vice president mike pence called on the e.u. to follow washington's lead and pull out of the tw

it says its aircraft bombed jaish—e—mohammad's largest camp.losion, and just flying overhead. in the morning, we saw a big crater, and some homes damaged. but pakistan's military says there was no damage and no casualties. its spokesman put out these photos, saying that the jets were forced to drop their payloads hastily and scramble away. it has vowed to retaliate. india has committed uncalled—for aggression, to which pakistan shall respond at the time and place of its choosing. india's actions are being seen as a response to this suicide bombing, 12 days ago. carried out by jaish—e—mohammad, it killed a0 troops in indian—administered kashmir. this is an area disputed between pakistan and india. the neighbours have fought two wars over it, and for decades, it has faced armed insurgency backed by pakistan—based groups. india has been repeatedly urging pakistan to take action against the jaish—e—mohammad, to preventjihadis from being trained and armed inside pakistan. after the suicide bombing, the mood in the country was one of anger, of wantin

to iran iran why the country's foreign minister mohammad jeffords has resigned unexpectedly mr zarif was responsible for negotiating the country's twenty fifteen nuclear deal with world powers in may be announcement on social media offering an apology for what he called his shortcomings it's not clear what the president has done rouhani has accepted the resignation number of prominent members of parliament of call them is to sorry to reconsider. a modern take on resigning but mohammad javad studies instagram posts was vague he offered an apology for all the shortcomings and flaws but gave no reason for his departure all of this was written on a drawing of fatima the prophet muhammad's daughter whose birth was being commemorated on monday in tehran a foreign ministry spokesperson quickly confirmed the news but also gave no reason it's an abrupt end to more than five and a half years as a rainy and foreign minister so he had a present a half years as a rainy and foreign minister zarif had a prominent role in negotiating the landmark two thousand and fifteen nuclear agreement between ir

and advisor to pope francis plus a surprise announcement in iran the country's foreign minister mohammad job that's a real tenders his resignation so weeks ago she added the twenty fifty nuclear deal it's unclear why he's decided to leave his post or whether his resignation will be accepted. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program the e.u. has called on india and pakistan to exercise maximum restraint amid a sharp escalation in tension between the two nuclear powers delhi overnight. targeted what it called a terrorist camp inside pakistan indian media say that up to three hundred people may have been killed in the raid now this is the first time in many years that indian warplanes have crossed the line of control dividing the contested kashmir region pakistan acknowledged that india violated a terror space but denies reports of casualties tensions have been growing since kashmiri separatists killed forty indian soldiers two weeks ago now the indian foreign secretary says the delhi acted on credible intelligence a pakistan based militants were plotting more attacks across india in the face

nineteen fifty three that is the coup that toppled iran's democratically elected prime minister mohammad mosaddegh had moved to nationalize oil production and iran yes major nations tend to destabilize countries that nationalized or bring back industries and civic society under democratic control but the winston churchill was successful in installing a brutal dictator along with death squads in iran and they do nations world would be defeated by the iranian revolution of nine hundred seventy nine not that the u.s. and u.k. didn't stop trying margaret thatcher's pal ronald reagan began to supply us saddam hussein with weapons to attack iran with saddam's massacres against his own people who were terminal and for two hundred thousand people. used an objective fact the reagan administration blocked efforts in congress even to protest against and furthermore the support for saddam increased and continued in fact saddam was given an extraordinary privilege. remarkable he was allowed he got away with attacking a u.s. naval vessel and killing thirty seven soldiers if the us didn't even seem to

that they had to carry out a preemptive strike in pakistan in pakistan administered made on jaish e mohammad because they had alerted the pakistani government many times to where the group was operating what it was doing and that the pakistan pakistani government wasn't doing anything about them. well that's exactly it india didn't want to actually get to the situation that really having today they said they're strike on tuesday was actually preemptive they had intelligence of the armed group jaish e mohammed as you mentioned carried out the suicide bombing earlier this month that this was a preemptive attack against them and also that it was a nonmilitary they use that specific word a non military air strike saying that it was not targeting any pakistani military or civilian infrastructure or installations and they've been scoping that that would have been enough to kind of deescalate the situation to keep tensions from going up even further but as we've seen from today's events that didn't quite happen is what they wanted fast thank you very much for that for now that says jimi and with th

mohammad just a year adviser to president mahmoud abbas welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us today so mr is triads united states hosted a middle east conference in war so the palestinian side was invited to take part in this question of the arab israeli tensions how science foreign ministry called to some it's an american conspiracy aimed at getting the participants to adopt washington's views on palestinian issue so did palestine by boycotting it is actively throw in the towel without citing i mean were you is that sure that your voice would be hurt. well look. this sort of correlation that washington was trying to create and what a soul it actually produced zero results it has no value whatsoever out of there want to do focus attention and shift attention from it being is that the source of conflict in the region to shift attention that iran is the sort of tension and the region which is totally untrue the most serious problems that the whole middle east is facing is actually they say to threats to all the region israel has occupied sinai the golan heights by th

nigeria have confirmed that they have sixty six people in a wave of violence which the president mohammad people hari is called violent and barbaric police discovered the bodies in eight villages across kaduna state on friday twenty two of them are children mohamed of the met some of the survivors. is one of the survivors of the ball not by hundreds of men armed with guns and machetes ishaq was scared with a bullet wound to the arm but twenty two members of his family including his wife four children and is a limit on further were killed. imagine example mike that you know well let's go back to no i have no hole or anyone left what wrong did we commit to deserve this brutality several villages in area in could do no state of north or no judio are tucked among the rules of the bodies found while at least twenty two children under the age of ten these at the hospital in could do nothing or tumor could die is taking care of two grandsons four year old. and two and a half year old but she both were injured in the attack they are the only surviving members of my extended family doctors operate

it says its aircraft bombed jaish—e—mohammad's largest camp.w a big crater, and some homes damaged. but pakistan says there was no damage and no casualties. its spokesman put out these photos saying that the jets were forced to drop their payloads hastily and scramble away. it's vowed to retaliate. india has committed uncalled for aggression, to which pakistan shall respond at the time and place of its choosing. india's actions are being seen as a response to this suicide bombing 12 days ago. carried out by jaish—e—mohammad, it killed 40 troops in in indian administered kashmir. this is an area disputed between pakistan and india. the neighbours have fought two wars over it, and for decades it has faced armed insurgency, backed by pakistan—based groups. india has been repeatedly urging pakistan to take action against the jaish—e—mohammad, to preventjihadis from being trained and armed inside pakistan. after the suicide bombing, the mood in the country was one of anger, of wanting revenge against the perpetrators. and with a national election co

president on capitol hill nigerian president mohammad who bihari extends his lead as vote counting crosses the halfway mark his supporters are already claiming victory standing by his ally iran's president rejects foreign minister mohammad javad zarif shock resignation. and sport chelsea manager but it's just sorry says he's keep it does still have a feature at the club. we don't want to kill he. has apologised after refusing to be stopped off during sunday's league cup final defeat. hello the us president donald trump has arrived in vietnam's capital ahead of talks with north korea's leader kim jong il and who is already in hanoi the biggest priority is to reach a more concrete agreement on denuclearization on the korean peninsula our diplomatic editor james bays takes a look at their turbulent relationship leading up to their first another second summits. arriving in hanoi after a long journey by train from north korea. china he's here for the latest stage of one of the most unusual diplomatic process is ever in two years it's ranged from the threat of imminent war made in the u.n. gener

pakistan decided it was going to assist mullah mohammad omar and this group which had no name and what they provided was money that for a. training ammunition trucks tactical advice and then eventually they provided they. the students religious students afghans and pakistanis ending what became to mean thirteen thousand. within the northwestern frontier province. and joining go in in the fight. before becoming an attorney julie soon worked as an intelligence analyst at the pentagon sources in afghanistan warned against you know accounts close relationship with the taliban. worldwide there is a very broad perception that unocal was wrecking with the us government to promote the taleban as the most likely source for a stable single group in trolling afghanistan. and there was so i think an after or hopefulness on the part of some that if this pipeline could be put through it could be a source of stability or development for afghanistan and i personally don't like the idea that that stability would mean that the taliban would be in charge. with the civil war raging mahdi militia went on t

meanwhile, and advisor to the turkish president says mohammad bin salman remains the chief suspect in killing of the "washington post" columnist, amid reports that the united nations representative was allowed to listen to audio recordings of his murder in the saudi consulate in istanbul. access tot granted the three-story building. chancellor says the eu and u.k. would agree to delay brexit if more time is needed to pass the required legislation. it is the clearest signal yet that britain is contemplating an extension to the deadline. "if we do gettv, the deal and we need more time to put all the legislation is the one in place, and i'm sure everybody on both sides will take a reasonable approach to that." the brexit uncertainty is likely to make life tricky for the bank of england officials as they need for a rate decision this week. global news, 24 hours a day and at @tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm christine burke. this is bloomberg. manus: thanks for the roundup. has was saying, the u.s. hit a record 100 consec

indian officials are calling the air strike preemptive because their intelligence showed jaish e mohammad was planning another suicide attack there also describing it as nonmilitary because no pakistani military was targeted their explanation is being seen as a way to deescalate tensions between the countries but since then there have been raids and clashes in indian administered kashmir. indian security forces conducted morning raids against separatist leaders in srinagar imposing a curfew on the city and shutting off the internet. but a number of protesters defied the curfew and clashed with security forces. people living here say they've been on edge since the suicide bombing the deployment of ten thousand paramilitary troops at the weekend sparked rumors a major incident was going to take place and locals tell us they feel caught in the middle. of the box that is i don't know what will happen. to the both of the countries and all the neighboring countries to do shooters on a discussion moot issue to the rebels but resolution seems a long way off baucus on asserts its right to retaliat

pakistan decided it was going to assist mullah mohammad omar and this group which had no name and what they provided was money that for a. training ammunition trucks tactical advice and then eventually they provided they. the students religious students afghans and pakistanis from ending what became to mean thirteen thousand. within the northwestern frontier province. and joining going in the fight. before becoming an attorney julie soon worked as an intelligence analyst at the pentagon because sources in afghanistan warned against you know cause close relationship with the taliban. worldwide there was a very broad perception that unocal was working with the us government to promote the taleban as the most likely source for a stable single group in trolling afghanistan. and there was so i think an after or hopefulness on the part of some that if this pipeline could be put through it could be a source of stability or development for afghanistan and i personally don't like the idea that that stability would mean that the taliban would be in charge. with the civil war raging mahdi militia

it was especially true as it related to mohammad bin salman. i found a range of opinions about whether or not there should be some senior counselors to him, checks and balances, but where there was no range of opinions, on his centrality to the changes taking place in saudi arabia, and if anybody thought that if you somehow could succeed in pushing him out, which they didn't think you could, but if you could, the dark forces of saudi arabia would be back. and anyone who thought that somehow this move towards transformation of saudi arabia would continue was engaging in an illusion. that this was not possible. and if you want to see the transformation continue, then, in fact, he has to be the focal point of this. you know, i have found at the same time, while there was this kind of anger at least among officials, i found this very sort of sober sense that, ok, we've got a problem, we know that it's not going to go away right away, we realize was going on in congress. we are not happy about it, but we just, we have to persevere. and we will, it w

pakistan decided it was going to assist all of mohammad omar in this group which had no name and what they provided was money weaponry. training ammunition trucks tactical advice and then eventually they provided the. students religious students afghans and pakistanis in the name what became to mean thirteen thousand. within the northwestern frontier province. joining going in the fight.

mohammad has claimed responsibility well earlier we sat down with muscle. we reject the allegations that the indian government has made and we all saw denounced the kind of frenzy that indian ruling party and the extremist groups have victor up there in india and the kind of anti pakistan and ticklish mute sentiment that they are weeping up there is a very very negative and this is pushing the two countries to the brink of war and we are against this kind of warmongering the other reaction that i want to give is that there is a bigger reality there is this incident of course and pakistan has denied any responsibility so has assad but at the same time i would like to say that there is a bigger reality there and the bigger reality is that for the past seventy one gere's midis have been brutalized and about half a million views have been killed in the past. seventy one hears i think that the united nations secretary general and the united nations security council both must get involved and broker some sort of. deal between the two countries if you don't call i

hassan rouhani has officially rejected the resignation of his foreign minister he said allowing mohammad javad zarif to step down would not be in the interests of the country serif suddenly announced his resignation on monday on the social media platform instagram without giving a reason. nigeria's reelected president is appealing for unity. to a second term winning by nearly four million votes he's defended the voters as being free and fair but his main rival says he'll challenge the results in a court hearing which has more from a bridge or. supporters from nigeria's ruling party mark rivals from the main opposition party they say they are celebrating and that this is their way of making it clear president mohammed one saturday his election with more than fifteen million votes you can see here problem supporters and that is an indication that the police widely accepted election result of. absentee able to make good and some. of the main opposition leader abu bakar plans to challenge the results in court. isn't a jury with as little. as . it is. that. the opposition insists there was wi

when president mohammad do behati won the election four years ago he promised to fix nigeria's economy it's an important issue. and ninety million nigerians are extremely poor for extremely poor it says a major concern and that. millions have been out of jobs. we didn't last for years so it's an important conversation for two thousand and nineteen. it's africa's biggest economy but that hasn't translated into jobs the majority of voters in africa's most populous nation are thirty five or younger presidential candidates promise to create more jobs if they win or some nigerians say they are tired of the promises they want action. you mohammed is one of those losing patience he repairs motorcycles but there are days when he has no clients and that means no money to take home. we can go to. war to give us just why we always go there is not. the twenty five year old like so many unemployed young people is hoping one day he will find a steady job. or a butcher and the senate foreign relations committee is demanding answers about the killing of saudi journalists. both republicans and democrat

iran's foreign minister mohammad zarif announces his resignation he made the statement on social media on monday the reason for the resignation remains unclear so far. and as donald trump prepares for his second meeting with north korean leader kim jong un we look at how the host nation vietnam is getting ready for the summit. by broadcasting live direct from our studios moscow this is our team international on sometimes really glad. that we start with the latest pictures from the simon boulevard bridge on the venezuelan colombian border clashes have erupted there between police and protesters after hundreds arrived to support a humanitarian aid convoy that failed to enter from a sweat. protesters also denounced president nicolas maduro you can see people rocks towards the officers there's also some gray smoke which might have been tear gassed as it has previously been used at the border before. then cohen reports. i'm at the t.n.t. just bridge crossing on the colombian side of the border with venezuela behind me you can see ten trucks carrying six hundred tons of what the u.s. governm