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

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

thanks for joining us i'm marian epstein 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 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 the iran and the direction of their nation's foreign policy. what it has today morphed iran's foreign minister mohammed javert sorry for sharply criticizing the u.s. and dismissed vice president mike pence this recent demand that the e.u. withdraw from the nuclear treaty with iran under mr pence repeated the scars. 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 e.u. want to stick to the agreement as long as iran does the e.u. wants to enable trade

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

iran's foreign minister mohammad zarif has unexpectedly announced he is stepping down zarif said register resignation has been confirmed by iran's state run news agency but no reason for the move was disclosed artie's correspondent past there as more. well how much of that is our if announced his resignation on instagram he was very vague saying that he apologized for any kind of shortcomings during his tenure 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 fiftee

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and there were all those foreign minister mohammad zarif has announced he's stepping down his sudden departure throw his further doubt on the future of the twenty fifteen nuclear deal which the u.s. pulled out of last year. jabari is a correspondent and she's covered iran extensively she's here with me now why now. that is the question of the day martin we've heard from various sources within the foreign ministry that the former foreign minister was very unhappy because he wasn't invited to this meeting that was held last night between syrian president and the supreme leader now in those pictures we see bashar al assad meeting harmony with the president hassan rouhani as well as the head of the thoughts force awesome soleimani had clearly been very muslim out yeah he wasn't invited there is indications from within people from within the foreign ministry saying he didn't even know this was happening and he wasn't invited and also we know that he's been trying to resign for a while he's been unhappy for a while but he chose a very visual platform to announce his resignation and that is

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.

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 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

food supplies there is confusion surrounding the surprise resignation of iran's foreign minister mohammad zarif you may remember he negotiated tehran's twenty fifty nuclear deal with world powers reports and suggested that president hassan rouhani rejected the nation and then eased danding by his moderate allies. in nigeria supporters of incumbent president mohamed do bihari are celebrating victory at the polls even though the vote counting is not over unofficial results suggest bihari has an overwhelming lead over his challenger who. the harvey has pledged to fight corruption and overhaul the country's transport network. a museum in the german city of stuttgart has repatriated a bible and a whip that belonged to one of namibia's national heroes of the clan in chief hendrik whip who was killed during a rebellion against german colonial rule back in one thousand nine hundred five the maybe and it government will safeguard the artifacts until the chiefs descendants agree on a plan to exhibit. announcer the latest turmoil over bricks it british prime minister to resign may has made a major concess

some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world iran's foreign minister mohammad zarif is stepping down he announced his resignation on social media tonight in a post on his instagram pages already apologized for his shortcomings during his time in office and he thinks the iranian nation and the radian officials a court in the german city of munster have suspended the trial of a former nazi death camp guard for a second time after a report said that he was simply too ill the ninety five year old's trial had been on hold since mid december next month judges will rule on whether to drop the entire prosecution two bodies have been recovered from the rubble of a residential building that collapsed in pakistan's southern port city of karachi rescue workers are still searching for survivors the cause of the collapse has not been established but local media are reporting the three story building had been undergoing renovation work. or officials in nigeria have begun announcing results of the country's presidential election president mohamed do bihari has taken an early lead wi

iran's foreign minister mohammad zarif as announced he's stepping down his sudden departure throws further doubt on the future of the twenty fifteen nuclear deal which the u.s. pulled out of last year the u.n. security council is set to hold an open easing on venezuela on tuesday at the request of the united states on monday venezuela denounce the regional bloc the lima group accusing it of waging a campaign to oust president maduro the forty member bloc had been holding talks in colombia with u.s. vice president mike pence he announced a new round of sanctions on close allies of my daughter and regional partners to freeze the country's oil assets high level negotiations to end afghanistan seventeen year war vented their second day in cata senior taliban leaders are holding talks with the u.s. special envoy zalmay khalilzad afghan taliban co-founder and political chief mullah abdul ghani baradar is leading the discussions his presence is seen as a significant boost to peace efforts. ok this is the same live in russia stand in india there you see the indian prime minister narendra modi let'

in an unexpected move iran'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 now a number of prominent members of parliament have called on serif to withdraw the offer he negotiated of course 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 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 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 activities

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 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

vote will close as the munich security conference draws to 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 themselves the u.s. vice president mike pence demands a tougher stance on iran from europe will be live in new mexico. also coming up to the most senior top flight clerics be defrocked in more than time the vatican expelled a little by u.s. cardinals from the priesthood and the sexual crimes against adults and children. plus the gold and that goes to israel direct enough that lockheed wins the top prize at the but international film festival because drama synonyms about leaving one tehran will bring you older but not a highlight. i'm on your campus mackinnon thanks so much for joining us is 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 cold on the e.u. to follow washington's lead and pull out of the twenty fifteen iran n

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

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

joining us from beirut and rami just want to run by you swedes by the iranian foreign minister mohammad zarif who says that. this these allegations about the transfer of nuclear technology to saudi arabia. is hypocritical of washington he says first to dismember journalists now illicit sale of nuclear technology to saudi arabia fully exposes u.s. hypocrisy and i'm guessing that many people will be agreeing with the iranian foreign minister. yes many people in the region and around the world would because there's a lot of people who are very critical of trump and afraid of what he's doing both to the u.s. and to the world the really important point here is that you now have a congressional committee led by democrats in the house of representatives with a majority is democratic officially investigating inner workings of the white house dealing with members of trump's family his son and location are his top advisers linked to business dealings with saudi arabia and in some cases with the emirates in a context of concern in the democratic controlled house of representatives that the u.a.e. and sa

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verbal blows as that munich security conference draws to an end state iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarifomes down to say u.s. policy on iraq would think 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.

president hassan rouhani has held back from accepting the resignation of his foreign minister mohammad gerard zarif made the shock announcement that he was quitting on instagram apologizing for any shortcomings during his service so if was one of the key negotiators in the iranian nuclear deal president trump's former lawyer michael cohen has arrived on capitol hill for a closed door meeting with the u.s. senate intelligence committee is public testimony is due to start on wednesday cohen is expected to say what he knows about trump's contact with russia in the lead up to the presidential election. those are the headlines do stay with us our earthrise goes to india and denmark to see how people are reducing their emissions thanks so much for watching so using by fire. we understand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it al-jazeera will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to al-jazeera. since the industrial revolution human sources of polluting gases have been growing . because machines food production construction these and mor

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

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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

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

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

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

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 leipsic hosted their future coach elian man and his current side hoffenheim the two european hopefuls had to settle for a one one draw after a frantic finish off in time grabs the lead after twenty two minutes andre crime rich with an easy tap in to make it one now that took his goal tally to ten in the bundesliga this season but life's a dug deep in the orbán netting the equaliser a minute from time. to tennis now and roger federer began his last attempt to win his one hundred eighty p. singles title with a hard fought victory in dubai federer broken the first game of his match against philip kohlschreiber and took the first set six four but the german player fought his way back and levelled the tie at one set all forcing a third set federer then stepped up his play taking it all by six games to one. just. british investigators say

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

well iran's foreign minister mohammad hogg zarif has condemned calls from washington for the european union to abandon the iran nuclear deal speaking at the munich security conference here tuesday u.s. of meddling in regional politics remarks rounded out a contentious in a conference where the german chancellor and the u.s. vice president advanced opposing visions on iran and opposing visions of the direction of their nation's foreign policies what it has today morphed 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 underage mr pence repeated this course. when he added again to be demanded that europe must join the united states in undermining its own security and breaking its up because. 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 you around us the e.u. wants to enable trade with iran but serif suggested europe has to do more. with europe. n

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