with iran france germany and britain about helping iran circumvent sanctions it's something that mr pompei referred to during his meeting with angle americal we've been pretty clear about trade with iran there are items that are sanctioned in their items that are not those items that are subject to sanctions we will do our best to enforce the american sanctions regime that is put it been put in place but for those that are for humanitarian goods things that are permitted to move whether they move through in stacks or through another mechanism those are lawful in appropriate didn't are permitted to continue under under the sanctions or the sanctions laws that we've put in place iran was not the only contentious issue for mr pompei in his visit to berlin when he spoke to his counterpart here in germany heikal mass he raised the issue of china specifically the telecommunications giant huawei and quite how appropriate it was for huawei to become involved in the phone networks and other communications networks in e.u. countries saying effectively that the united states government would have to

quite a considerable strain summit because that's because you're about this this 1st meeting between mr pompei and an angle america what should have happened much earlier this month than it was cancelled by the us state department quite abruptly short notice when it was supposed to happen several weeks ago so the fact that's happening now well it's a meeting of minds to a certain extent clearly not on iran but this remember these 2 countries are allies broadly speaking and certainly that's something that's the theme that anglo-american returns to when she greeted mr pompei a little while ago. we'll have plenty of issues to discuss today the world is in unrest indeed 1st and foremost is iran how can we make sure that iran doesn't have any nuclear weapons how can we prevent further aggressive actions on the part of iran. it's not just about iran that these 2 countries and indeed the united states and several leading e.u. countries appear to have a difference of opinion of opinion on though because in so far as china is concerned that is also a serious issue for the united states government parti

how will they digest those comments where you are from mr pompei o. well certainly here into her own iranian leaders will be watching his comments and the meeting in brussels very carefully. the iranians ever since the united states pulled out of the nuclear deal last year and started its maximum pressure campaign on iran it could be said that iran has carried out a pressure campaign on europe to do something to to help iran still get big benefits out of the nuclear deal to make up for the u.s. pull out and to make sure that it abides by its agreements in the nuclear deal which iranian leaders have criticized europe for being unable to do so or unwilling to do so lately that has become the case iranian leaders have said that the united states or europe is likely to side with the united states some members of parliament even accusing the e.u. of playing good cop of the united states plays bad cop and so there's a great deal of distrust between iran and e.u. leaders now there's a great deal of disappointment iranian leaders say in europe's handling of a

mr pompei oh what a lack of sincerity. and so the day ended as it started around it by his generals still in power. again taking to social media to call for more street protests on wednesday. let's get some analysis on this story now is that you have to start if he is a political science professor here in berlin and an expert on venezuela he joins us here in our studio and and we sure when is our correspondent in moscow she's been looking into russia's support of the mother government for us good to have you both if they can let's start with you why though and his supporters we saw those dramatic scenes on the street they were trying to seize the moment and also perhaps the element of surprise to carry out this final phase of his plan is why they called it to oust the mughal government did that fail i do believe it failed because of mostly two reasons did not receive the popular support that way though and his people were expecting and because the military supported india and not us government there were some around handwr

secretary of state mike pompei o is done playing talk of any military conflict with iran mr pompei o says washington doesn't want war with tehran last week the white house announced the deployment of extra warships to the gulf region. sweden's chief prosecutor has reopened the rape case against julian our songs and is seeking his extradition to wiki leaks founder was arrested last month at the ecuadorian embassy in london where he spent 7 humans after he jumped bail. the polls have closed in the philippines for mid-term elections which could see president roderigo to 30 strengthen his grip on power filipino subsided who will fill $800000.00 positions including half the seats in the upper house or senate to 30 is aiming to have more allies elected to that chamber which has resisted some of his more controversial policies including his crackdown on illegal drugs general allen duggan has more now from manila. when polls opened earlier. this morning people here told us that they were excited and eager to cast their votes not minding the humidity and the difficulty of the situation in man

have responded very very angrily to that in the last several days in the past week now as far as mr pompei his comments with regards to what the iranian people might want what the iranian people might deserve iranian leaders and iranian people here in the country will be listening to that and be thinking that they really got what they wanted from the 2015 nuclear deal that was improving the country's economy it was a policy success for the moderates for the reformists in government and it was going towards changing the dynamic between the united states and iran as far as negotiations as far as talking before the deal was signed in 2015 there was a run up of months and years of of talking to each other so there was a creation of forward momentum with the deal iranians have been saying that the united states pulling out of the deal is a signal that it cannot honor its agreements. now the u.s. market is cool sharply down you know and monday as the trade war between the 2 world's 2 largest economies escalates beijing has retaliated against america's new tariffs with new g.t.s. own u.s. imports

secretary of state mike pompei o playing to talk today of any military conflict with iran mr pompei o says washington does not want war with tehran last week the white house announced the deployment of extra warships to the gulf region. iran's describing reports of attacks on the saudi and the u.a.e. ships alarming and it's called for an investigation that's what happened close to the portal for us just south of the straits of hormuz which is a key maritime passage. and is still under way in the philippines for midterm elections there which could see the president work rico strengthening his grip on power mr to say he wants more allies elected to the senate so that he can push through his controversial policies. talks between the sudanese opposition coalition and the military are expected to resume on monday now the 2 sides are deadlocked over how to proceed with the transition following the military coup last month since then journalists have enjoyed a new freedom as mohammed said the reports now from the capital khartoum. on demand television the news coast is preparing to lead the

want to share as much information with allies doing that so clearly a message being conveyed by mr pompei or about the way the united states government sees foreign policy right now. anything such as there is to want to came there reporting live from berlin. saudi arabia's military campaign in yemen was one of the issues discussed at the arab summit in mecca the saudis to fended the position that claiming that they reserve the right to defend themselves from foreign attacks riyadh says that iran has been providing support to the who these accusations which teheran denies. we are not involved in yemen if we were there now they who would be in riyadh yemen is completely surrounded by the americans and the coalition including some europeans europeans and zionists so when yemen is surrounded we cannot get there. and themselves now handle it based on chronic principles we should help as much as we can and we do but they themselves have now produced their capabilities as in gaza they themselves do it iranians of force across the country to mark could stay demonstrations being held across the re

pulling out of the deal is a signal that it cannot honor its agreements so iranians that are watching mr pompei oh and what he's saying they will be watching what the conversation in brussels with the european union and being like they'll be saying that we've negotiated with the united states in the past we have honored our commitments to the 2050 nuclear deal to join comprehensive plan of action signed with a sign by the administration of us president barack obama but the united states did not honor that agreement so we will not be motivated to come back to the negotiating table and talk to them again especially not the white house if us president donald trump who the iranians say has proven himself as being unwilling to honor his country's agreements thank you for that same bazarov united for same tehran. meanwhile iran's foreign ministry is describing reports of attacks on saudi arabian and ships says alarming saudi arabia says 2 of its oil tankers suffered significant damage in attacks off the east coast of the u.a.e. the government says 4 commercial ships were subject to sabotage near the

with iran france germany and britain about helping iran circumvent sanctions it's something that mr pompei referred to during his meeting with angle americal we've been pretty clear about trade with iran there are items that are sanctioned in their items that are not those items that are subject to sanctions we will do our best to enforce the american sanctions regime that is put it been put in place but for those that are for humanitarian goods things that are permitted to move whether they move through in stacks or through another mechanism those are lawful and appropriate didn't are permitted to continue under under the sanctions or the sanctions laws that we've put in place iran was not the only contentious issue for mr pompei in his visit to berlin when he spoke to his counterpart here in germany heikal mass he raised the issue of china and specifically the telecommunications giant huawei and quite how appropriate it was for huawei to become involved in the phone networks and other communications networks in the e.u. countries saying effectively that the united states government would

and the day before yesterday meeting this case secretary mr pompei in finland i appealed to him scale. is your support medic is here is to use the instruments of diplomacy and not threats. strictly by the international law the provisions of these statutes few and which require peace will settle most of the disputes but will this one need a taste of diplomacy which probably is not present with everyone but will continue to achieve. aimed at the finding of the compromises and the find of the balance of the interests is the only way but the position of what's owed approaches to everyone. it's a counterproductive and to deadlock position. you were listening to the russian foreign minister served a lot of rob as well as the iranian foreign minister javad zarif speaking in moscow giving a press conference together from his part the russian foreign minister said that he expects the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal is european signatories to fulfill their obligations under that pact and he also did say that the situation around the nuclear deal was making it hard for a test run to fulfill its

dancing to putin's tune they still accuse the russians of meddling in our elections and if we saw that mr pompei old warned mr lavrov not to do it again even though the proof is not there that they did it in the 1st place i think that there will be very serious obstacles to any kind of improvement of relations hopefully as mr lavrov suggested they can get some of these working groups on arms control and other issues going with experts diplomats military men to come to some agreement on specific issues but i am not optimistic. the u.s. military school has released a 250 page reports detailing washington's efforts that these stabilize foreign governments over the past 70 is more on the story his killing moving. vietnam ukraine yugoslavia libya one of these countries have in common well you guessed it uncle sam has been involved the u.s. central command recently published a study that's now being dubbed the pentagon's scholars guide to overthrowing governments the joint special operations university published its study they looked into research of special forces operations of the us military across

i think that the point perhaps in the minds of the advisors to trump probably mr pompei oh and mr bolton in particular fresh from defeat in venezuela then the who. are pushing trump to adopt these tough measures which are going to put strains on internal dynamics within iran and of course with. iran's allies or partners which include of russia china and the european union i mean the european union now it looks completely useless. weak absolutely nothing to do do that it can do to counter trumps. decision well you mentioned russia and china we just mentioned earlier that russia has condemned the move saying it would be unlawful to sanction countries that continue to abide by the nuclear deal how much of a global dispute could this cause especially if the european countries are affected you just mentioned the european union being. effected less but they are affected by this as well. well. russia can justly say that this is against international law because there is an agreement and after all the european union russia and china are still involved in this agreement so. but the united states

dancing to putin's tune they still accuse the russians of meddling in our elections and if we saw that mr pompei a warned mr lavrov not to do it again even though the proof is not there that they did it in the 1st place i think that there will be very serious obstacles to any kind of improvement of relations hopefully as mr lavrov suggested they can get some of these working groups on arms control and other issues going with experts diplomats military men to come to some agreement on specific issues but i am not optimistic. that the u.s. attorney general william barr has launched a probe in some possible miss combed relating to the middle reports specifically he will see if the mill was broken and trying to establish whether donald trump colluded with russia however boss decided not to subject that part of the investigation which concluded that was meddling by moscow to the same scrutiny kind of picks up the story. since 2016 the democrats have been pushing an investigation of donald trump for allegedly colluding with russia in order to win the $2016.00 elections well now the report is out and t

quite a considerable strain summit because that's because you're about this this 1st meeting between mr pompei and an angle america what should have happened much earlier this month when it was cancelled by the u.s. state department quite abruptly short notice when it was supposed to happen several weeks ago so the fact that's happening now well it's a meeting of minds to a certain extent clearly not on iran but us remember these 2 countries are allies broadly speaking and certainly that's something that's the theme that angle americal returns to when she greeted mr pomp a little while ago. we'll have plenty of issues to discuss today the world is in unrest indeed 1st and foremost is iran how can we make sure that iran doesn't have any nuclear weapons how can we.

cuba to flee and the russians took him off the plane and forbade him to leave the country after mr pompei oh be serious. but as well as foreign ministry also hit back branding pompei a statement is fake news and russia responded to saying washington has launched to disinform ation campaign president duros already launched a probe into what he calls an illegal coup attempt that turned into massive clashes breaking out on the guarded bridge near the venezuelan capital caracas on tuesday local correspondent norris other got it was following the events but first just a word of warning some of the following images coming up our upsetting. it was no. i. was i was. like. when i played. this. article below the legal people who. are. both today brave soldiers brave patriots brave people who are following our constitution and answering the call today the armed forces are standing behind the people and the constitution. for your people. and others. around the best. part of my world. because when you're a said several people are already being questioned indeed he singled out a ring leader for the upr

baghdad this monday they were expecting to be going to moscow they've gone to brussels but of course mr pompei o on the rest of that press corps that follows him around will be heading on to sochi on tuesday for meetings with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov and well if i was a betting man i think iran might be pretty high up on their agenda independent journalist lucre of a believes pompei a bid to urge europeans to back out of the deal or prefer it this. it seems like big football to the europeans and mr it's not really both of you folks are going to come or get any oh she said it we have an agenda we've got to stick to it and you might find some time for mr today now what is the message of prop 8 that's the question because it is again asking to europeans to get out of the g c p your way of the. u.k. eugene agreement. known as the answer already the european have said no we don't want to we think the irradiance respect their commitments or could it be done. with the typical attitude of donald trump it comes not with a big stick this time but this time but with a bit countered we know

brussels with the foreign affairs committee preparing a thought for those journalists to travel with mr pompei oh this is the 2nd last minute change of destination they faced in a week last week they were on a plane from helsinki heading here to live at the last minute they were diverted to baghdad this week they thought they were going to moscow they're heading to brussels instead but they will be moving along with the secretary of state to russia on tuesday where we set to hold those meetings with president vladimir putin and foreign minister sergey lavrov in sochi and i think we can probably bet iran will be on the schedule. certainly will ok thanks peter that was artie's peter all of a there for us in berkeley. now the pentagon is said to have developed a secret weapon a missile with spinning blades nicknamed the ninja bomb is intended to reduce civilian casualties in drone strikes it's designed to be more accurate than explosives. as more. drone warfare has long been part of the u.s. government's war on terror and it's gotten ugly on more than one occasion. killing people by these drones

do it he certainly we campaigned on that it campaign on wanting better relations with russia but mr pompei o seems to have no sense of irony no sense i mean he is saying iran must stop threatening other countries oh well i know there's the u.s. threaten iran and virtually every other country on earth is it the normal normal thing that you would the u.s. does that there russia should meddle when venezuela the u.s. is doing unbelievably much worse than meddling it's threatening to invade venezuela is trying to overthrow the elected president one why go was not elected the door was elected we can know he was elected because the opposition which included one why go. they did not participate in the election all in the dura participated so therefore of course he was elected so it's. get a kick out of the fact that the u.s. mentions the. give money road doctrine as if that were still in existence president enroe well the way said very interestingly we won europe to stay out of the western hemisphere and we in our turn will stay out of europe somehow that that part of the money or doctrine has bee

european union to discuss iran further spare a thought though for those journalists that do travel with mr pompei or this is the 2nd last minute change of destination they face that is many weeks last week he was supposed to be heading here to berlin for a talk with angela merkel they took off from helsinki at the last minute well the journalists were told you not going to lead they ended up in baghdad to talk about iran last week this week he's heading to brussels for more talks on iran on tuesday though he will head to russia he'll be meeting president vladimir putin and foreign minister sergey lavrov in. she think we can just about expect that iran will be on the schedule for talks that he's in brussels on monday though we're expecting some information to come out throughout the day we'll be keeping you updated as information comes out of brussels of course here what else the. pentagon is said to have developed a secret weapon. with spinning blade nicknamed the ninja bomb intended to reduce civilian casualties in trying strikes is designed to be more accurate than explosives. expect. drone war

baghdad this monday they were expecting to be going to moscow they've gone to brussels but of course mr pompei o on the rest of that press corps that follows him around will be heading on to sort of cheat on cheese day for meetings with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov and well if i was a betting man i think iran might be pretty high upon their agenda peter oliver bring us the latest from berlin thank you. we go live now to independent journalist luc roommate for more on this welcome to the program now the french foreign minister has said the u.s. is partly to blame for creating the risk of international anarchy which could lead to confrontations between governments do you think that that's going to far. i don't think so i think it's your opinion of all the ministers of foreign affairs who are in brussels today $28.00 of them plus prime ministers something like 70 hits of state and minuses of foreign affairs they have an agenda and suddenly you missed the boat invites himself after having canceled the spill as the then the want to moscow is going to such a tomorrow i mean well this is it

has now arrived there what can we expect from his visit i don't even think mr pompei yet knows what he can expect from his visit he would very much like to see foreign policy chief federica mcgreevey who was you know the mediator of the iran deal he would also like to talk to the foreign ministers of britain france and germany the 3 european signatories to the nuclear deal but it is not at all clear minute by minute right now whether he'll get to do that there in meetings right now their schedule is very tight it's most likely that he'll have bilateral meetings with some of these foreign ministers on the sidelines of the wider meeting but what's really important for for the europe is to talk to secretary pompei o about deescalating in the persian gulf right now with the u.s. military buildup happening the british foreign secretary said upon his arrival here that everyone is very worried about even an accidental escalation an accident that could then raise tensions beyond the ability to bring them back under control at the same time no one wants iran to get to go back towards enriching

mr pompei oh what a lack of sincerity. and so the day ended as it started maturity surrounded by his general still in power. taking to social media to call for more street protests on wednesday with fears things could turn even more violent. and let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world u.s. attorney general william barr faced renewed criticism at a senate judiciary committee hearing over his handling of the multiport into russian interference in the twenty sixteen presidential elections it's emerged that special counsel robert muller complained to mr barr about the way he characterized the report's findings saying it didn't fully capture their context nature or substance i think lee. police in turkey have to tell you demonstrators taking part in may day protests in istanbul after they tried to march towards the city's main square or thought is had declared tax and square off limits citing security concerns the site holds symbolic value for the country's labor movement. two members of a ru

have met in the russian black sea resort of sochi after discussing the arms control iran and syria mr pompei is expected to meet russian president vladimir putin the 2 men describe it also is constructive amazed at recent tensions between the washington and moscow news is arms control liberation. understood to. begin that are these very nice stable relationship d.w. correspondent drugs sort of has been following the basic welcome how do messes lavrov under pumpin who want to improve relations. well phil bumpier and lover of sad that small steps are necessary to improve the relationship lara said it's time to work together constructively whatever that means and promptly or on 3rd we are committed to improve the relationship with russia but what does it mean in practical terms of president trump maybe committed to improve the relationship with mr putin but what about democrats in congress who are not certain will not listen sanctions against russia and mention that during the press conference when we talk about russia moscow is of course not willing to give back crimea sorry for saying of cour

won't see iran nuclear deal to continue in the united states clearly doesn't so as mr pompei i've been able to change any minds. well that's also jeremy hunt has been really stressing the working and cooperation to gather with the u.s. i mean he stressed a few times the very special relationship that the u.k. continues to have with the u.s. and also on these security issues a few times but very often he he was saying how the u.k. is working together with the european partners on this issue he didn't say that there would be any immediate sanctions he was asked if there was anything immediate that the u.k. together with the europeans were thinking of he said that there is a period of sixty days when when the the europeans will wait and see what happens in iran but he said that there will be consequences berger to moscow and london thank you. well take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world results from thailand's election show the anti military opposition alliance has won the most seats though no party has an absolute majority the two party are fugitive form

go to cuba to flee and the russians took him off the plane and forbade him to leave the country mr pompei oh please be serious. but as well as for ministries also have running compos statement as fake news and russia's responded to saying washington's launched this information campaign on the spot their local correspondent norris out of got covered those clashes near the capital caracas for us now would i want to before we show you the report right at the start of it there are some really upsetting see. it was no. i. was. like. all right. when the title. of the field's illegal people. are. those today brave soldiers brave patriots brave people who are following our constitution and i'm sure in the cool today the armed forces are standing behind the people and the constitution. or the. other. part because my world you know who's already launched a probe into what he calls an illegal coup attempt saying several people are already being questioned he's singled out the ringleader of the uprising we heard mentioned before prominent opposition figure leopoldo lopez seems he's now claimed asylum

from tariffs on chinese goods those comments contradicts mr trump's claims that they will only hurt china the u.s. secretary of state might pompei always done playing talk of war with iran last week the white house announced the deployment of extra warships to the gulf region mr pompeo says washington does not want to conflict with iran. but i'm going to miscalculate our aim is not war our aim is a change in the behavior of the iranian leadership we hope the iranian people will get what they finally want what they did so richly deserve the forces that we're putting in place of course as we've had in the region before you know we often have carriers in the persian gulf but the president wanted to make sure that in the event that something took place we were prepared to respond to an appropriate way and as the secretary of state i want to make sure that we had all the political diplomatic tools in the right place and we want to make sure that we can provide the president with an option said in the in the event that the iranians make a bad decision iran's describing reports of attacks on saudi and u.a.e. ships quote alarming and it

mr pompei oh what a lack of sincerity. and so the day ended as it started its maturity surrounded by his general still in power. again taking to social media to call for more street protests on wednesday with fears things could turn even more violent. a court in london has sentenced wiki leaks founder julian assange to fifteen weeks in jail for breaching the terms of his bail is almost the maximum sentence for the offense mr assad broke betting twenty twelve when he entered ecuador's embassy in the city as he tries to avoid extradition to sweden of allegations of sexual assault and rape was arrested last month after ecuador withdrew his asylum status. from the deadly correspondent charlotte potts joins us from london welcome charlotte what reaction has there been from mr songs and his legal team. well the judge has ruled amongst other things that julian assange not surrendered willingly leave but instead had to be dragged out of the ecuadorian embassy by u.k. police force and that she said is a serious offense and they hav

have responded very very angrily to that in the last several days in the past week now as far as mr pompei his comments with regards to what the iranian people might want what the iranian people might deserve iranian leaders and iranian people here in the country will be listening to that and be thinking that they really got what they wanted from the 2015 nuclear deal that was improving the country's economy it was a policy success for the moderates for the reformists in government and it was going towards changing the dynamic between the united states and iran as far as negotiations as far as talking before the deal was signed in 2015 there was a run of months and years of of talking to each other so there was a creation of forward momentum with the deal iranians have been saying that the united states pulling out of the deal is a signal that it cannot honor its agreements and also still to come here on the news and trading on the sport the raptors toronto into a frenzy action from the n.b.a. playoffs a little bit later. now global stocks of clothes shop down as the trade war between the

perhaps to show some level of distain for the position that the merkel government has been taking but mr pompeireferred to the situation with iran in the meeting with i'm going to merkel this is what he had to say we've been pretty clear about trade with iran there are items that are sanctioned in their items that are not those items that are subject to sanctions we whirl do our best to enforce the american sanctions regime that is put in been put in place but for those that are for humanitarian goods things that are permitted to move whether they move through in stacks or through another mechanism those are lawful an appropriate and are permitted to continue under under the sanctions and the sanctions laws that we've put in place and something the issue of choir ways technology came up in the discussions another warning for mrs merkel. well yes that's the interesting thing here adrian that mr compo had a meeting with his german counterpart heikal must before that meeting with angela merkel when he emerged from the 1st meeting he made reference to her way and said look if european union countri

departure from the deal so mr pompei was likely to come up against the hardest pushback from a european leader that has come across so far but iranians also have been saying that they feel as though they can't really rely on europe to abandon their relationships with the united states in favor of iran and so they're not really practically expecting too much going forward but they but they have given the europeans a timeline that we are on the clock about 5 or 5 days into a 60 day deadline for the remaining signatories of the nuclear deal to do something that has a house in rouhani of course limiting iran's cooperation with the nuclear deal some days ago the americans zain have said that this maximum pressure on iran is to get iran to come to the table talk to them again to renegotiate the nuclear deal what are the chances of that happening. well anybody who's listening to mr pump comments will say that the idea that the united states is is is in the business of the interests of the iranian people simply won't believe that their actions have spoken against that their actions of actually

degree of dissension from the position that angle americal government had taken it's something that mr pompei referred to at least clearly in his meetings today. we've been pretty clear about trade with iran there are items that are sanctioned in their items that are not those items that are subject to sanctions we will do our best to enforce the american sanctions regime that is put in been put in place but for those that are for humanitarian goods things that are permitted to move whether they move through in stacks or through another mechanism those are lawful inappropriate and are permitted to continue under under the sanctions or the sanctions laws that we've put in place so dominic it's clear that the u.s. is trying to get their allies to be basically on the same page when it comes to iran now it seems that they are doing the same thing when it comes to their issues with while way as well tell us more about. yes it's very interesting richelle that as it were 2 front policy disagreement between the trump of ministration and key european allies mr compost spoke about huawei when he met hi

the hope and it does seem as though iran made up took up the bulk of time in that meeting between mr pompei and the prime minister to resume a and jeremy hunt well they appear to have been to have come away slightly empty handed although all of this couched in very diplomatic language the u.k. making it clear jeremy hunt there and that it is not changing its position that it is not withdrawing support immediately it does not view these issues as absolute noncompliance in other words the collapse of the deal at this point but noting that there is a sixty day window that the iranians have put into their letter for the european signatories to come up with to meet their promises under the deal to try and keep the economy running and if they don't iran will continue higher uranium enrichment well jeremy hunt taking a pretty strong view of that. urging the iranians to think long and hard before breaching the deal the sixty day window he said if it is if it indeed does come. past that iran breaches its commitments there will be consequences he said if iran keeps a commitment so will we if not ther

mr pompei oh what a lack of sincerity. and so the day ended as it started maturity surrounded by his general still in power who i don't know again taking to social media to call for more street protests on wednesday with fears things could turn even more violent. let's get more on this story we have a stake in this to let you with us he is a political science professor here in berlin and an expert on venezuelans with us in our studio we also have an early show been standing by she's our correspondent in moscow and she's been looking into russia's support of the mother government for us welcome to you both let's start with you those images that we saw on the street the mass protests yesterday where they were to supporters were really trying to seize the momentum and also perhaps the element of surprise would you say that that effort failed i do think that that failed and mostly because it lacked the massive support of people that they were expecting naturally the board of the military towards another us government india and

thank you mr secretary of state mike pompey all have council just planned trip to berlin at short notice that he was expected here later today the u.s. embassy in berlin said the visit had to be postponed due to urgent matters u.s. president donald trump's chief diplomat was in finland early in the day to take part in a meeting of foreign ministers of the arctic council and he was should you to meet german foreign minister heikal moscow and chancellor angela merkel the german capital. joining me now from up on i'm interested in this is our political correspondent hans brand hans evo or said to welcome a secretary of state pumping you in but when but he can fill it up with full and history about it was communicated in a very unusual way what was unusual is that there simply no information basically that was a very barren statement from the german chancellor you have pompei it was not coming there is a twitter statement that is being circulated by the u.s. embassy by the pump air spokes person saying that simply that his trip has been counseled because of other pressing matters but there's

mr marty in recent days the u.s. has considerably increased its military presence in the persian gulf but pompei 0 denies that the trumpet ministration is preparing for war we're looking for iran to be a book a normal country and that's our ask and we have applied pressure to the leadership of the islamic republic of iran to achieve that we we fundamentally do not see a war with iran iran's leadership also denies it's heading for conflict now pump aoe has returned to washington on his european tour allies and rivals alike warned him against war. for more on the story we have on with us he's a foreign policy expert at the german institute for international and security affairs here in berlin sasha thank you for joining us we hear both sides here saying we do not want war what do you make of that does that mean that there will be no war when i think that's true that nobody actually wants war and the question is is this process where in or at least we're getting in is that controllable and the sad truth is it hardly is because both sides are operating increasingly on worst case sometimes and scenarios and they in this situa

secretary of state my pompei or even suggesting venezuelan president nicolas maduro was ready to flee the country but was stopped by russia. literally. getting prepared to go mr pointed out of the country before the start stop really at the direction of the russian he had an airplane on the tarmac he was ready to leave this morning as we understand it the russians indicated he should stay we know that there were senior leaders inside the madeira government that were prepared to leave however that site was branded as fake news by the country's foreign ministry while president durham selve said he dedicated to venezuelans and has no intention of leaving russia's also saying washington is launched to disinform ation campaign so the massive clashes we saw yesterday sweeping the country choose day with unrest breaking out on one guarded bridge near the venezuelan capital caracas gunshots were fired into a glass to deployed as protesters threw rocks at the authorities local health services say more than fifty people were injured. president would do was launched a probe into what he calls an illegal coup attempt just a word of warning next the following which is dis