we have to wait until the morning to hearfrom mohammad javad zarif and other people at the foreign ministryng the resignation of macro —— mohammad javad zarif it is not convinced to come back but obviously it is concerning for those of us are watching iran and are nervous about exploration and threats against iran, by forces inside the country and forces outside who are looking for conflict. it does suggest that the trump hard line on iran is working in american terms. european attem pts working in american terms. european atte m pts to working in american terms. european attempts to mitigate that are not really working. yeah, obviously hassan rouhani has faced a lot of resistance, both from the trump administration and hardline forces. —— mohammad javad zarif. hawkish groups in the trump administration, security within trump, security advisers. is also based a lot of resista nce advisers. is also based a lot of resistance among ha rdline advisers. is also based a lot of resistance among hardline groups inside the country. i fear that if mohammad javad zarif does resign and he is not convin

iran‘s foreign minister, mohammad javad zarif, says he‘s stepping down.government, though the exact reasons behind his decision are unclear. 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 complexes are shared and is. he became one of the architects of the iran nuclear deal in 2015, and he has spearheaded effo rts in 2015, and he has spearheaded efforts to keep the agreement alive following president trump‘s decision last year to pull the us out of the accord. but mohammad javad zarif has been under huge pressure from hardliners at home who never liked or trust that his negotiations with the west. —— trusted. and in a surprise announcement the

verbal blows as that munich security conference draws to an end state iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif can dance as u.s. policy on iraq like using washington is ignoring his country's right to self-determination there sastre 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 u.s. cardinal from the priesthood over sexual crimes against adults and children and his expulsion comes as the church prepares for a summit on sex abuse cases. plus the golden bear goes to israel director not bad luck kid wins the top prize and the berlin international film festival for his drama synonyms about leaving one's homeland will bring you all the berlin all the highlights. thanks for joining us i'm aaron i haven't seen. iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif has delivered a defiant speech at the munich security conference it condemns calls from washington for the european union to abandon the iran nuclear deal and he accused the u.s. of trying to exercise undue influe

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 vice presiden

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 policy. what it

in an unexpected move the ron's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif has tendered his resignation he made the announcement on social media offering an apology for what he called his shortcomings it's still unclear if president hassan rouhani has accepted his wish to stand down a number of prominent members of parliament have called on zarif to withdraw the offer serif negotiated iran's twenty fifteen nuclear deal with world powers. a modern take on resigning but more homage of odd saudis 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 zarif had a prominent role in negotiating the landmark two thousand and fifteen nuclear agreement between iran and major international powers in exchange for limiting nuclear activiti

foreign minister mohammad javad zarif announces his resignation he made the statement on social media on monday the reason for the resignation remains as yet unclear. in the referendum sees the people of okinawa reject the plans to relocate a u.s. military base from one part of the japanese island to another locals though fear it will happen anyway. the japanese government is pushing through that construction by force there are many people protesting in every day. and prepares for a second meeting with north korean leader kim jong un we'll look at how the host nation vietnam is getting ready for the summer. have you with us this hour this is alt. number of western hemisphere countries are sending an appeal to the international criminal court asking it to consider the humanitarian situation in venezuela the lima group consists of fourteen countries including peru argentina brazil chile colombia mexico all of them except mexico recognize the opposition leader who is venezuela's president let's cross live now to our correspondent in morpeth who's in new york for us take us through the la

the news this hour iran has warned of an increased risk of war with israel foreign minister mohammad javad zarif accused the united states of being the destabilizing force that could trigger a new conflict in the middle east. the u.s. special envoy for syria has reassured allies that the withdrawal of american troops from the country will not be abrupt speaking from the munich security conference james jeffrey insists it will be a step by step process. members of the european parliament invited to visit venezuela have been refused entry and expelled from the country they would usually meet with the country's national assembly and office. to discuss the ongoing political crisis. the world health organization says the anti-vaccination movement is in part responsible for a spike in easels cases around the wilds most recently in the united states in the philippines it also blames conflict and poor access to vaccines last year measles caused at least one hundred thirty six thousand deaths globally the philippines is struggling to contain the disease in january there were more than four thousand cases

iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif has delivered a defiant speech at the munich security conference he condemned calls from washington's for the european union to abandon the iran nuclear deal and he accused the u.s. of meddling in the middle east his remarks rounded out a contentious conference where german chancellor angela merkel and u.s. vice president mike pence at vast opposing visions honor and the direction of their nation's foreign policies put 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 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 trade with iran but serif suggests that europe has to do more for. europe needs t

iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif took to the podium a short while ago and to live at best response right here in munich. mr pence repeated the spars when he are against the demand that europe must join the united states in undermining its own security and breaking its obligations. his hateful accusations against iran. including his ignorant allegation of anti semitism against years of a man described as messiah. in the holy prophet. it's most ridiculous but at the same time very very dangerous. let's bring in chief political correspondent melinda crane his at the security conference in munich for us melinda very strong words there from iran's minister of foreign affairs how was his criticism received by the audience in munich. there was no direct indication on the points that we just heard there in the sound bite but he did get significantly resoundingly applause at the end of an interview that he then sat down for after that speech he sat down with the b.b.c.'s leading middle east correspondent lisa to set and answered some very tough questions from her she really pushed

grounds foreign minister mohammad javad zarif announces his resignation he made the statement on social media on monday the reason for the risk nation remains as yet unclear. in the referendum sees the people of okinawa reject the plans to relocate a u.s. military base from one part of the japanese island to another locals though fear it will happen anyway. the japanese government is.

foreign minister warning world leaders that there's a heightened risk of conflict with israel mohammad javad zarif accused israel of looking for war with iran and said that its actions and those of the u.s. increasing the chances of a clash in the region the u.s. special envoy for syria has reassured world leaders that the withdrawal of american troops from the country won't be abrupt james jeffrey insists it will be an orderly process and carried out in close consultation with allies russian lender gazprom bank has frozen bank accounts linked to the venezuela state oil firm predecessor all transactions between the bank and the oil company have been halted the reuters news agency says gazprom bank is trying to reduce the risk of falling under a u.s. sanctions imposed last month. yes as a marco rubio has led a delegation to the city of kuta on the border between colombia and venezuela the visit comes twenty four hours after two u.s. military planes arrived in colombia with aid destined for venezuela the aid is being blocked by president nicolas maduro. those are the top stories face to face is up n

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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 just after u.s. vice president mike pence demands a tougher stance on the.

mohammad javad zarif played a vital role in negotiating the iran nuclear deal and had a close relationshipormer u.s. secretary of state john rry. there was no reason given for his resignation. last year, president trump withdrew the u.s. from the nuclear deal and imposed stiff sanctions on the country. for more on this, i spoke earlier with karim sadjadpour, nior fellow at carnegie endowment for international peace. what do you make of the resignation from that post? karim: first of all, it is not clear that the resignation will be accepted. whher or not the supreme leader will accept the resignation. even if the resignation is accepted, zarif is much more of espokesperson for the reg than he is a decision-maker. the nature of power -- iran is a bipolar regime, so the most powerful officia are inaccessible and the most accessible officials are not powerful. zarif is in the latt camp. he is highly accessible but he is not really a decision-maker. it is not going to dramatically affect power dynamics in tehran. laura: what do you think he would quit -- i mean, why would he go, because of the

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. general assembly we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea to ten months later a face to face summit the first time the leaders of the

between moderates and conservatives amplified by washington's exit from the nuclear deal by mohammad javad zarif president hassan rouhani. indicated he wants a reef to stay. where the president there's only one foreign policy and only one foreign minister. has been convicted on multiple counts of. social media or action so that story said tweets us throughout this. great. lead. here with the news grid we're live on air we're streaming online through you tube facebook live and al jazeera dot com so india has launched airstrikes close to the border of pakistan and pakistan administered kashmir its new delhi's first military action in the aftermath of the worst attack on security forces in indian administered kashmir in decades a pakistani military spokesman tweeted these pictures there are said to show debris from the strikes now pakistan based armed group had claimed responsibility for a suicide i suicide attack on february fourteenth that killed forty indian security forces india says this strike killed fighters from known as jaish e mohammad but pakistan denies there were any casualties and say

iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif has announced on social media that he's resigning, apologisingor what he called his shortcomings. he negotiated the deal that restricted iran's nuclear ambitions, since rejected by president trump. now on bbc news, stephen sackur is in budapest with hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. hungary is a relatively small country in the european union. hungary is led by a nationalist, populist prime minister, viktor orban, who believes his opposition to immigration and his defence of so—called christian values can transform notjust hungary but the whole of the european union. my my guests in his hungary's foreign minister, peter szijjarto. but can ‘0rbanism' win europe's battle of ideas? peter szijjarto, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for the invitation. what is fascinating about being in budapest is in the past couple of days hundreds of posters have gone up to to pick thinkjean—claude juncker and an american business leader. the message is that the european union is threatening the security of hungary. why does your country fee

start with some breaking news of an interesting story at this hour iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif has unexpectedly announced he is stepping down as a nation has been confronted by iran's state run news agency but no reason for the move was disclosed he's a correspondent has more. on instagram he was very vague saying that he apologized for any kind of shortcomings. timea as foreign minister he hasn't as of yet given any reason as to why he was signed we know that this resignation needs to be accepted by president rouhani but certainly it will be a blow to the president because the foreign minister was a close ally particularly in his dealings with the west he became zarif the foreign minister back in august two thousand and thirteen he is a career diplomat he's well known for being a good orator for being fluent in english and he has over the years held a significant number of diplomatic and cabinet posts including being iran's permanent representative to the united nations two years after he was appointed foreign minister in two thousand and fifteen he led the iranian negotiators

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 widespread rig

country's moderate president hassan rouhani for the weakening state of the iranian economy mohammad javad zarif has been one of rouhani his main allies his departure could weaken the president's position. in the final game of match day twenty three in the bundesliga life's a hosted hoffenheim they were in a position to leapfrog into third place with a win meanwhile hoffenheim have their eyes on a european spot for next. year we are not going to look very much at home ahead of kickoff the hoffenheim coach takes charge of light from the beginning of next season and this was a chance to get used to his future surroundings. his side took the lead after twenty two minutes on three comma rich for an easy tap in one nil to the visit to croatia international tenth gold this been a seagull campaign chrono rich just avoided being offside. night six current coach nick will be novice months boss at the club next term. but there was no love lost as the hosts kept at it. and eventually captain orban did grab the equaliser just a minute from time. to time with distraught at using the lead so late good awarene

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country's moderate president hassan rouhani for the weakening state of the iranian economy mohammad javad zarif has been one of rouhani is main allies his departure could weaken the president's position. give a final preparations have begun for the second summit between the north korean leader kim jong il or u.s. president donald trump president trump is arrived in the bed and these companies are no way kim jong un arrived meetings are due to begin on wednesday two leaders to discuss ways to implement a promise by pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons. let's get more from data because from the alexandra of our nominee in honeywell alexander what are people expecting from this meeting. well we have to say that president's trump himself has sort of downplayed expectations saying while talking about the nuclear reservation that he is in no rush that he is happy that there is no testing anymore but of course we have to say that the u.s. president is a lot of pressure in washington to bring a foreign policy success back to washington and the recent government shutdown was seen as a big defeat for

iran's foreign minister, mohammad javad zarif, has announced his resignation on his instagram page.ike to sincerely apologise for not being able to continue, and for all my shortcomings during my service." there was no immediate reason offered for what prompted his resignation, and it is still not clear whether his offer will accepted by iran's president, hassan rouhani. the american singer r kelly has pleaded not guilty to ten charges of aggravated criminal sexual abuse against four women, three of whom were minors at the time. the r&b star spent the weekend in jail after failing to raise a bond of $1 million set by thejudge, although he has now been released. for a long time, elon musk managed to cast a spell over wall street, but it would seem things are changing. the us securities and exchange commission has asked for the founder of tesla, elon musk, to be held in contempt of court for a misleading tweet. last week, musk tweeted that the carmaker would make 500,000 cars this year, before informing the markets or having the tweet approved by the firm's top lawyer. rebecca harding

we should just joining us from delhi thanks very much iran's foreign minister has resigned mohammad javad zarif made the unexpected announcement on social media giving no reason for his decision series was the driving force behind iran's nuclear deal with world powers that went into force in twenty fifteen but it has been hanging in the balance since president trump pulled out of the agreement and we impose sanctions on iran. a modern take on resigning but cerise instagram post was vague he offered quote an apology for all the shortcomings and flaws but no reason for his departure all of this is written on a drawing a phantom of 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 zarif had a prominent role in negotiating the landmark twenty fifteen new clear agreement between iran and major international powers in exchange for limiting nuclear activities tehran had economic sanctions lifted.

also making news today: iran's foreign minister, mohammad javad zarif, has announced his resignation,ote: "i would like to sincerely apologise for not being able to continue and for all my shortcomings during my service." there was no immediate reason offered for what prompted his resignation and it is still not clear whether his offer will accepted by iran's president hassan rohani. police in bangladesh say a man who was shot dead after hijacking an airlinerwas carrying a toy pistol. the 25—year—old man was shot by police after the plane made an emergency landing. all 148 passengers and crew on board the birman airlines flight left the plane safely. officials later said the man was mentally imbalanced. the american singer r kelly has pleaded not guilty to 10 charges of aggravated criminal sexual abuse against four women, three of whom were minors at the time. the r&b star spent the weekend in jail after failing to raise a bond of $1 million set by thejudge although he has now been released. these images are from jakarta. they're of the brand new subway system that could radically spe

iran's foreign minister, mohammad javad zarif, has unexpectedly said that he's resigning, apologisingor what he called his shortcomings, during more than five years in the post. he negotiated the twenty—fifteen nuclear deal that restricted iran's nuclear ambitions in return for an easing of international sanctions. a father whose two children died in the hillsborough football disaster in 1989, has told a court of the worst moment of his life as he travelled to hospital with one of his girls, while leaving her sister to be treated on the pitch. trevor hicks was giving evidence at the trial of match police commander, david duckenfield. he denies causing the deaths of 95 people. judith moritz reports. as people were being carried out of the pens at hillsborough, this photo captured one father's plight. trevor hicks was standing in the corner of the ground. his teenage daughters were out of his reach, and he sensed something was badly wrong. trevor was next to the police control box. he shouted up to the gantry for help. today, he told the jury that one officer didn't respond. another swo

iran's foreign minister, mohammad javad zarif, has unexpectedly said that he's resigning, apologising what he called his shortcomings during more than five years in the post. he negotiated the 2015 nuclear deal that restricted iran's nuclear ambitions in return for an easing of international sanctions. now on bbc news, it's monday in parliament. hello and welcome to monday in parliament. the main news from westminster — new guidance for the internet age on teaching sex and relationships education gets a mixed reception. children have their first — delay the first sexual experience, take fewer risks when they do so and end up being better, more rounded, more fruitful, happier children. so, hu—bloody—rah. even the likely effect of this going to be in some cases instead of children getting necessary sex education in schools, and there —— more parents are going to keep those children out of school. also on the programme, the government promises to fix mistakes made on welfare payments. but labour says many people will never benefit. 20,000 people have died before receiving social security

accepted nor rejected sees a foreign mininisters resesignatin motorists have rallied around mohammad javad zarif who is the architect. of the international nuclear de. and indeed it carries out an airstrike on pakistani territory for the first time in decades. islamabad denies india's claim that a large number of militants died but has vowed to retaliate . we begin this hour in nigeria where people are waiting for the outcome of last weekend's presidential election the main opposition party i is now callig on authorities to stop releasing partial results. until it can provide data on those who voted will any results point to a victorory for the incumbent president mahamadou bihari he's facing a challenge by the former vice president and businessmen atiku abubakar. dozens of people have died in an yes since campaigning began in october but let's get the very latest -- corresponded to go do it joins us now from abuja and she could tell us a bit more about the book the opposition is saying. well yes that's the main opposition party the people's democratic party or pdp it's come out to say that it i

country's moderate president hassan rouhani for the weakening state of the iranian economy mohammad javad zarif has been one of rouhani is main allies his departure could weaken the president's position. and let's get more now i am joined by iran based political analyst about to buy he is the c.e.o. of the center for applied research and partnership with the orient welcome to you and i'd like to begin by asking you what do you think is behind this resignation. it has been quite open in the media here in tehran that it had a lot to do with the meeting elvish the syrian president bashar assad yesterday and that the foreign ministry and more importantly the foreign minister was not included in that meeting. there is a lot of debate about why that is and it is yet to be to be seen whether it was a mistake whether there was a lack of coronation whether it was he was deliberately sidelined by president rouhani or what was really behind it but that has been. the key element here but you know if we look at the political side of things i mean it's very few see seen as as a moderate relatively speaking d

iran's president has rejected the resignation of foreign minister mohammad javad zarif serif announced he was stepping down monday in an instagram post one of the main architects of iran's twenty fifteen a nuclear deal with world powers. now a series of cross border incidents has heightened tensions between nuclear armed india and pakistan over the disputed region of kashmir well this video is said to show shells fired from pakistan coming down an indian controlled kashmir near the city of a jury skirmishes have also been reported elsewhere along the line of control that divides kashmir both sides also say they've shot down aircraft pakistan says it downed two indian warplanes india has confirmed the loss of one aircraft and says it downed a pakistani jets while none of these claims have been independently verified both sides have closed airports and airspace to commercial flights in the region. pakistan's prime minister imran khan has urged restraint after meeting with his top security officials. occupier soem audible can we afford miscalculation with the kinds of weapons you and we h

trade verbal blows as the munich security conference draws to an end iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif can dance u.s. policy on iran accusing washington of ignoring his country's right to self-determination and this comes after u.s. finds president has demands a tougher stance on iran from europe we'll go live to munich also coming up. the most senior catholic cleric to be defrocked in modern times.

now iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif is due to speak at a major conference on global security in japanese the pm moment's time is expected to respond to the u.s. vice president mike pence who has given european leaders the dressing down over their continued dealings with iran but some live pictures from the conference at the moment we've got the qatari from is shaikh mohammad been. addressing the conference the iranian from it was speaking off to him earlier mike pence i think he you to follow washington's lead and pull out of the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal the time has come for our european partners to stop undermining u.s. sanctions against this murderous revolutionary regime the time has come for our european partners to stand with us and with the iranian people our allies and friends in the region the time has come for our european partners to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal and join us as we bring the economic and diplomatic pressure necessary to give the uranian people the region and the world the peace security and freedom they deserve well he joins us now liv

korea because there is the threat of course of this all collapsing now iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif has quit and it's been infighting between palaces and political factions that may have been behind his decision a majority of iranian m.p.'s have now sent a letter to the president hassan rouhani urging the reef continue in the job and he played a central role in brokering the twenty fifteen nuclear deal between iran and a number of well mike hanna reports from the u.n. in new york. this was a moderate face of a nation apparently seeking reconciliation with western powers mohamad job you'd serif was educated in the u.s. and served as ambassador to the united nations before becoming foreign minister in two thousand and thirteen. he was the driving force in the intense negotiations with the west in nuclear powers that led to what became known as the joint comprehensive plan of action an agreement in which iran agreed to a limited sensitive nuclear activities and give access to international inspectors in return for the lifting of crippling economic sanctions. the deal now threatened by

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 hans demands a tougher stance on iran from europe.

hassan rouhani has held back from accepting the surprise resignation of his foreign minister mohammad javad zarif used instagram to say he's stepping down and allies has suggested his decision was motivated by criticism of the nuclear deal he helped to negotiate in twenty fifteen pakistan says it has the right to defend itself after india's air force fired on areas close to the border between pakistan and pakistani administered kashmir the target was an armed group responsible for a suicide attack which killed more than forty indian troops those are the headlines i'll be back with more news here after digital dissidents do stay with us. you know who was the war the person in the n.s.a. who did what he absolutely should have done. being a patriot doesn't mean you know obedience to authority. putting aside your obligations to your people to your country for the benefit of your government because the office he creates is not. so sure it's reveals very concretely. streaming after talking how the us has our own records shows that it was involved in one way or another in the deaths of more than one hun

iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif has announced he is stepping down his sudden departure throws further doubt on the future of the twenty fifty nuclear deal which the u.s. pulled out of last year's venezuela has it to denounce the coalition of western and latin american nations accusing them of waging a ferocious campaign to unseat president nicolas maduro earlier the lima group backed the motion for a democratic transition of power in venezuela but without the use of force it follows where do those violent crackdown on opposition efforts to bring aid into venezuela what brings us together today is the recognition by all the nations gathered here that nicolas maduro is a usurper with no legitimate claim to power and nicolas maduro must go the struggle in venezuela is between dictatorship and democracy between oppression and freedom between the suffering of millions of venezuelans and the opportunity for a new future of freedom and prosperity a court in australia has found cardinal george pell guilty of sex crimes is the most senior roman catholic cleric to be convicted of child

president rouhani has reportedly refused to accept the resignation of his foreign minister mohammad javad zarifho quit suddenly in a surprise move announced via instagram monday. monday, -- zarif played a central role in the negotiations leading to the 2015 iran nuclear deal. last year, president trump withdrew from the landmark deal despite international condemnation of the move and united nations inspectors saying iran was adhering to the deal. zarif did not offer any reason for his resignation, writing simply -- "i sincerely apologize for the inability to continue serving and for all the shortcomings during my service." amy: the foreign minister met with codepink in tehran, iran, just hours before he announced his resignation. we turn right now to medea benjamin, who was in tehran, met with the foreign minister. and if you can talk about what he said, medea, and why you're in iran right now, with the foreign minister said to your delegation. >> it was quite amazing to have a chance to s speak for an hour and half to the foreign minister and have him tell us a series of histories of negotiati

iran's president hassan rouhani has rejected the resignation of ign minister, mohammad javad zarif. instead, rouhani praised zarif in aational address today. the foreign minister negotiatedh 2015 iran nuclear deal. but now, both men face pressureh frd-liners over the u.s. withdrawal from the nuclear pact, and resulting sanctions. a trade deal between the u.s. and china is far from finished. that word today, from robert lighthizer, the u.s. trade representative. he told a u.s. house hearingeg thatiators still have a lot of work to do on opening chinese markets, curbing cyber- theft of u.s. commercial secretn other issues. >> we are making real progress. if we can complete this effort, and again i say if, and can reach a satisfactory solutioto the all important outstanding issue of enforceability, as well as some other concerns, we might be able to have an agreement that helps us turn the corner in our economic relationship with china. >> woodruff: earlier this week, asesident trump postponed a march second incof tariffs on imports from china. he cited substantial progress in the trad