we then had a similar encounter with the iranian foreign minister mohammed javad zarif. who also came out on his balcony. i threw a question to him to which he replied tierd and tired and renewed. will there be talks tomorrow, i.e. tuesday and he said possibly. not a lot of nuance, not a lot of detail, we're shouting at them on the balcony of the hotel. there is no concrete information coming out. one thing worth noting is remember the interim deal that's been in place since november 2013 between iran and the six powers involved in these talks. that's been extended so many times, in fact it has been extended three times since we've been in vienna. the lately latest extension was today. >> james bays, thank you so much. >>> car bomb killing 33 people, afghan troops and civilians are dead including 12 children. a cypriat boat has be rescued migrants only half those on the boat were rescued. >>> pay not have been carried out to a high enough standard. the u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon says he is very much disappointed that the truce has not held in yemen. bombs continu

mohammed zarif is here. he said you have to be hopeful. other foreign ministers arriving. the u.k.eign secretary, the french foreign minister and the german foreign minister, all very much taking the same line saying there has been progress but no break through. and also the arrival of the chinese foreign minister, who perhaps gave a little bit more away when i asked him this question. can you get a deal before the 7th do you think? >> translator: i think there is high possibility, but still i need to consult with my colleagues. >> reporter: meanwhile important developments also taking place in tehran where the head of the energy ministry has been meeting with senior officials. if there is a deal done in vienna they are the organization that will have to police it and there is still controversy of where they will be allowed to inspect. >>> european finance ministers have rejected talks on a new bailout for greece until its referendum on sunday. hundreds of pensioners have been queueing outside of banks in athens to withdraw cash. there are strict controls. pensioners are only allow

those meetings took place between the iran foreign minister mohamed zarif and u.s.tary of state john kerry as well as the echl eu for foreign policy and at the end of that meeting we didn't get a proper readout of what was discussed or what was achieved but we then did see foreign minister zarif come to the balcony of the hotel here and for quite a distance again reporters shouted questions at mr. zarif will we get a deal today and he said he didn't think it was likely and would be here over the weekend and yes he thought that probably was likely so slow progress if any progress in these talks and this is the day of yet another deadline, the interim deal with iran is supposed to expire so if they can't get a deal it looks likely that is going to be extended again. >>> hezbollah fighters killed and intense battles there over the past 24 hours and medical sources say government air strikes have killed more than 10 civilians and they are trying to cut the last supply line for syrian rebels from the moon region the border with lebanon to the outskirts of the syrian capi

. >>> iran's ally iraq mohammed zarif's visit raised concerns about the pact. on sunday he called on middle eastern countries to unite against terrorism as well as i.s.i.l. >> this is my first visit to the persian gulf to develop relations and start continuous discussion between iran and its neighbors. to achieve the interest of all countries in this region and the islamic world and also to achieve international peace and security. i've had good discussions and negotiations in some countries and hope god willing for the same in this critical region. >> still to come on the program new concern for the endangered endangered bengal tiger. plus. >> i'm treak bazley. tarek bazley. >> and straight back in the saddle more details in sport. rt. >> we're here to fully get into the nuances of everything that's >> hello again reminder of the stop stories on al jazeera. turkey has been accused of shelling a village of kurdish. and a paramilitary police commander has been shot dead in the predominantly kurdish eastern province. >>> both sides in yemen's conflicts are accusi

secretary of state john kerry and his iranian counterpart, mohamed zarif.ut this appears to be moving towards an end game as organized by the eu at the moment. >> and, nic, we should mention that a framework agreement was reached back in april. that in and of itself had a similar characterization delays extensions to talks and results in the final few hours. almost like history repeating itself again but more of the finer details have been hammered out in the months since. what have been the last few hurdles, the last few obstacles that iranian and u.s. diplomats have been struggling with in the final few days and weeks? >> what you're talking about that was hammered out there and agreed in a statement on the 2nd of april in switzerland was a statement that essentially provided the contours for what would be discussed here and some of the problems seem to arise because both parties felt that the other side the u.s. felt the iranians were moving out of that and the iranians felt the u.s. was moving out of that. but what was discussed there was an agreement t

. >> and foreign minister mohammed zarif also spoke with cnn. >> any agreement includes compromise. we have, in fact, accepted some limitations and reciproication for our acceptance of those limitations we receive quite a lot of benefit. neither side was prepared to provide the flexibility that has now led us to this agreement. if you look at the fact that now iran has a nuclear program, an enrichment program, a heavy water reactor, and afternor&d p a peaceful -- because it was always peaceful. >> let's bring in international security analyst jim walsh. good to see you, jim. >> good to see you, fredricka. >> we heard the president say 24/7 access to key nuclear facilities. but given the history of inspections, why should the u.s. or the world expect things will be different this time? >> well, i think actually our problem with iran, we've had lots of problems with iran and on the nuclear side its -- they've been engaging in activities we don't like, that's to say enrichment. but we've always had pretty consistent access. so the international atomic energy agency has been on the grou

those meetings took place between the iranian foreign minister mohammed javad zarif also john kerry and frederica mogherini. at the end of that meeting we did not get a proper readout of what was discussed or what was achieved but we did see form minister zarif come onto his balcony. reporters shouted questions will we get a deal today? he said that won't be likely. will we be here over the weekend, he said yes that was probably likely. this is the day of yet another deadline. the interim deal with iran is supposed to expires so expire. that is likely to be extended again. >> four fighters from the lebanese group hezbollah have been killed, in zebadani near the border of lebanon. syrian government forces and allied rebel forces try ocut off a key supply line. air strikes have also killed more than 10 civilians. >>> the u.s. has asked the u.n. to identify those responsible for chemical weapons attacks in syria. bringing the perpetrators before an international court. syria said it would destroy all of its chemical weapons in 2013 and denies using them. >>> mostly women and children have

john kerry and his iranian opposite number mohammed javad zarif, have been making phone calls through this long process they have each other's e-mail address. i think it's fair to say if they don't reach a deal here, no one thinks this is going to collapse. i think the only other way forward is some sort of postponement. no one wants that. this is supposed to be the final stage of the final deal but i don't think things will totally collapse. there has been quite a rapport with both sides they are not saying much about it but i think both sides would like to talk about other issues once the nuclear issue is resolved. but of course had a hasn't happened yet and they're still working towards this very difficult last part of a deal. >> okay tiny steps then. diplomatic editor james bays, thank you very much. warnings about an immigrant backlash later on, the presidential campaign of donald trump. >>> deported from their adopt ed country rejected from their home we meet the haitians, who find themselves with nowhere to go. >> putting loved ones in a nursing home... hoping for the best. >>

john kerry and mohammed javad zarif were in intense discussion he over the arms embargo.arms negotiations have nothing to do with the nuclear issues and the arms embargo should be removed. shouting and doors being slammed this week. deadline. ali velshi has been in iran all week. here is a closer look at the reaction and sentiment that ali has been picking up there. ♪ ♪ >> i'm ali velshi in tehran. a farsi language newspaper, main story says nuclear zero hour. deals distrust and deadlines. the world is watching. >> we have to work through some difficult issues. >> these are the things that iran does not seem willing to do. allowing its nuclear scientists to be interviewed and allowing full and complete inspection of its facilities. the foreign minister javad zarif returned to vienna. >> i'll walk away from the deal if it's not full and complete. >> the issue here is that the economy is has stagnated. inflation is rampant. the currency has devalued. these 600 bills amount to $100. but three years ago, in 2012, this was worth $250. this is a city that in the day has 15 mill

mohammed javad zarif was a force in the agreement signed after two years of talks. the streets of to -- tehran were packed to many iranians are hoping this will mean the end of sanctions that has crippled the economy for over a decade. elliott richardson has more. elliott: gridlock on the longest avenue in tehran as iranians come onto the streets to celebrate the nuclear deal. shouting and cries of joy. flags or out and cameras flashed to immortalize this day in history. a nation suffocated by years of international sanctions should now be free to prosper by this agreement. iranians can now see light at the end of the tunnel. >> after 40 years, this is the night of our victory. we are free. >> people are happy. we will prove who we are to the world. the economy will improve. anything can happen and everything will change. elliott: despite enthusiasm some people are more hesitant to support the deal. lifting of sanctions will not start until the beginning of 2016. the economic kick might not be felt for several months afterwards. >> there are a lot of people who expe

members of the united nations plus germany, we earlier heard only from the iran foreign minister mohamed zarif and u.n. foreign policy chief a couple hours ago and expecting more reaction in the next few minutes and of course we will bring that to you. let's get more perspective and mark fitzpatrick is part of the program at the international institute for strategic studies and joins me now from brussels and your initial reaction to this deal, is this something that is going to hold? >> it's going to hold for at least a few years. iran has every incentive to honor the deal. it's hard to predict what will happen in the out years. i'm sure there will be some perhaps cheating or certainly accusations of cheating but it's good there is a dispute resolution process to deal with such questions and all in all, yes, i think that the prospect of an iran nuclear weapon is put out for the foreseeable future and with that the prospect of any war to try to prevent it and the verification is good, the restrictions on research and development appear to be pretty good. i have not seen all the details yet so o

secretary of state john kerry with mohammed javad zarif and with the eu high representative frederica mogherini. we didn't get they read from any of the participants what the sticking points were but we did see frederica mogherini come it on the balcony of her hotel. >> is there a chance for a deal today her representative? are you making progress? >>> so there you go. answers by sign language from the eu's top foreign policy official. and a little later on this pantomime way of getting news continued. because the iranian foreign minister came on to his balcony and again we shouted questions. he said he was tired and overworked and said when asked when there was going to be a deal today monday he said no. would there be a deal on tuesday he said possibly. so i'm afraid that's the only sort of information we have and no detail no nuance at all on this but we know behind the scenes they're working away. the interim deal with iran that's been extended so many times is also expected to expire in a couple of hours' time so if they can't get a deal by midnight vienna time we're expecting an

secretary of state john kerry had had talks about iranian foreign minister mohammed javad zarif before meeting with his counterparts from britain, france and germany. kerry revealed that issues remain unresolved. >> we are not going to sit at the negotiating table forever. we also recognize that we shouldn't get up and leave simply because the clock strikes midnight. >> analysts suggest his comment indicates he'll agree to a short-term extension. zarif told reporters that negotiator will stay in vienna for as long as necessary. they differ over inspections of military facilities where iran is suspected of developing nuke har weapons. another issue is whether to lift the arms embargo. >>> roos president vladimir putin hopes to strengthen the role of brics countries. the leaders of brazil russia india, china and south africa signed a joint declaration at their summit. putin announced the pact at a news conference on thursday in a russian city. >> translator: we the nations of brics, will unite to contribute to international security global economic growth and resolution to key challenges

secretary of state john kerry said he had some good meetings with his iranian counter part mohammed jarbid zarifother foreign ministers are arriving here including the russian, sergei lavrov. >> i hope we are finally entering the last stage of this marathon negotiation. you know the position of france is a position of constructive firmness. i hope it will allow us to reach the end now dwoibling a satisfying result. >> dispute that optimistic tone i have been told by those close to the negotiations there are still details to work out. this is not yet a done deal. there is a lot of paperwork that needs to be worked on. the guidance i am being given, the earliest an agreement could be announced is sometimes later on monday. >> mexico's president has launched an investigation into a prison break by the drug lord joaquin guzman known as "el "el chapo." he broke through a maximum security. the president says the probe will find out whether any public officials helped him escape. >> i have instructed especially the interior ministry regarding the recapture of this why i am and the national commissioner

secretary of state john kerry said he had some good meetings with his iranian counterpart mohammed javad zarif and sergey lavrov and the french foreign minister, laurent fab euz. fabeuse. versus. >> despite the optimistic tone i'm told, there are still deals to work out. this is not yet a done-deal. and i'm also told even if they were able to do a deal right now there is still a lot of paperwork that needs to be worked on and it would take some time. so the guidance i'm being given the earliest that a deal is possible if they reach agreement and could be announced is sometime later on monday. >> at least 25 people have been killed in a bomb attack on a u.s. military base in afghanistan. it happened in the city of coz cos near the border with pakistan. >>> hopes for a much needed humanitarian pause of fighting in yemen have faded. saudi led forces have bombed houthi rebels in sanaa. the u.n. brokered truce was supposed to come into effect on friday. jamal el shael reports. >> reporter: there is no ceasefire in yemen after the u.n. announcement of a humanitarian pause in fighting there have been

zarif says things are still working. james bays in vienna. >> a teal taking place those meetings taken plagues between the foreign minister, mohammed javad zarifnd frederica mogherini. we didn't get a proper readout of what was discussed or achieved but we did then see foreign minister zarif come on his balcony of the hotel here and from quite a distance, again, reporters shouted questions at mr. zarif would we get a deal today? he didn't think that was likely, will we make progress, he said yes, that is likely. this is the day of yet another deadline, the interim zeal with iran is supposed to expire. so if they can't get a deal i.t. looks likely that is going to be extended again. >> in central bangladesh people have decide during a stampede. more than 1500 people had been gathering outside a factory ocollect free clothing 70 miles north of capital. tamal chandry has the story. >> the incident took place when a local wealthy tobacco businessman organized the event around his factory premise. thousands organized, when he opened the factory gate people rushed around the factory gate resulting in this tragic stampede. people have apprehended tob

foreign affairs chief frederica mogherini then met with mohammed javad zarif. i tried to find out how it went. >> is there a deal herr representative? are you making rog? >> later dr. zarif came you out on his own balcony on this five star hotel. asked if there could be a deal by tuesday he said possibly. one analyst told me everyone involved in the talks knows what's at stake if they don't get a deal. >> if either party miscalculates and thinks the other side is in a position of weakness and is more keen to get an agreement than it is i'm frayed this process can collapse. and if that gamble fails basically this opportunity is lost. i don't think it can be renewed a few months down the road. because not only the parties will lose momentum but a tremendous amount of trust will be lost. and that's the biggest asset in the negotiations. >> reporter: for the diplomats inside the hotel and the journalists camped outside this has become marathon meetings. james bays, al jazeera vienna. >> a group of americans protested outside the hotel where the talks are being held

. >> i think it's a positive that secretary kerry now has a relationship with mohammed javad zarif, that he can call him we didn't have that type of relationship with iran for 35 years but iran is the major problem in the middle east, its big push for power in the heart of the sunni world has destabilized many countries in the middle east. i don't trust iran, as long as the people calling the shots are people like kassi administration sulemani, or ayatollah khamenei. >> leading the policy on iran ten years ago you put together the p-5 plus one but you couldn't get iran to the negotiating table in 2006 and 2007. is it the ahmadinejad government being replaced by rouhani the placement of sanctions or both? >> i think certainly both. the change to rouhani different person made a difference. but most importantly sanctions became global in iran, you had nearly every major country in the world participating in a sanctions action. it convinced them they had to go to negotiations and try the win some kind of agreement there and again i think this agreement when you stop their program you stop th

john kerry said he had had positive meetings with mohammed javajavad zarif. other foreign ministers have been arriving here too including the russian foreign minister, sergey lavrov and the french minister, laurent fabius. >> it is a position of constructive firmness and i hope it will allow us to reach the end to a satisfying result. >> reporter: despite the optimism tone, there are still details to work out. it is not yet a done-deal. and i'm also told even if they were able to do a deal right now there's still a lot of paperwork that needs to be worked on, and it would take some time. so the guidance i'm being given the earliest they could reach a deal is sometime later on monday. >> and there is also the issue of capitol hill. republican leaders saying today that even if an agreement is reached soon it first has to be approved by congress. >> he knows that the resolution of disapproval is likely to be introduced likely to be passed and likely to get over 60 votes. if he then vetoes that in order to sustain the veto he would need 34 votes which i'm referri

he asked me about mohammed zarif and his words. is a reformer.ouhani as reformer but we do not delude ourselves that everybody in tehran is welcoming this agreement today, though everybody in tehran shared their vision of a more open and more engaged iran. our job is to make sure that as this event isn't limited we reinforce the hand of those in iran who represent the majority that would like iran to engage in a responsible way with the world. part of that is ensuring that we work with iran to do with the shared threat of ice all across the region. finally, on the question of the embassy. there are some technical issues that i can explain to the house before on both sides that will have to be resolved before this can be done, but there is a very clear will to do it. i will be working directly with my iranian counterpart to ensure that we clear away those obstacles over the next few months. i very much hope that we will be in a position to reopen our respective indices before the end of this year. i look forward to going to tehran to do so. >> the

mohammed javad zarif released a video statement on friday that expressed hope although some officials some make-or-break gaps are still unresolved. our atika shubert is live where talks are taking place. good to have you with us. negotiators are trying to beat this deadline of july 7th. how's it looking? >> reporter: well there does seem to be some progress but we're very short on details, frankly. we are hoping for a statement shortly from the iaea. we might get something more about the progress but in the meantime as you point out, the iranian foreign minister has published really a rather extraordinary video on youtube, and it really is an appeal to understanding iran's point of view in these talks. take a look. >> at this 11th hour despite some differences that remain we have never been closer to a lasting outcome. but there is no guarantee. getting to yes requires the courage to compromise. the self-confidence to be flexible the maturity to be reasonable the wisdom to set aside illusions and the audacity to break old habits. >> reporter: now, he doesn't specifically mention who h

secretary of state john kerry meeting with mohammed zarif as the two countries continue to try to hammerfor financial bailout. >>> here in the u.s. democratic candidate for president hillary clinton campaigns in new hampshire today. her primary rival, vermont senator bernie sanders is in iowa the day after announcing some very impressive fund-raising numbers. those stories all coming up this hour. but we begin with heightened security for reasons around this holiday weekend. all across the country law enforcement and counteder terrorism agencies are beefing up security because of these concerns over isis or isis-inspired attacks. authorities say the folks shouldn't be afraid to go out and enjoy their independence day celebrations. there are no specific or credible threats to the homeland. they are asking however, that if people do remain vigilant, if you see something you say something.alexander joins us from outside the white house. it seems like we talk about increased security concerns at this time of year. it's different because of ramadan coinciding. >> that's right. first of all, y