washed up on the way to the persian gulf and also that all the economic hardships that have come with latest round of sanctions rouhani is also under a lot of pressure domestically to retaliate in some way at least so. the crisis that had been contained for the past few years is back again and it's more dangerous than ever so the arrhenius would like to keep this you know clear a deal alive but the u.s. has pulled out there they're an important player obviously europe wants to keep it alive too and is still doing its best to maintain the terms of that agreement were just asleep europe in its effort to keep the iran nuclear deal alive well in a difficult position that's for sure because all the other key players have clearly position themselves washington has pulled out and impose sanctions on russia and china if that they want to keep the deal and they don't really mind the sanctions but the euro also wants to keep the deal but at the same time it doesn't want to anger our ally in washington and that's a balancing act that it's really getting difficult now so they might to have to tak

alleging sabotage of oil tankers in the persian gulf. for another gulf of tonkin all of them all going overboard to going underground. as a financial survival guide stacey let's learn to laugh let's say i'm a. thank you for. the story that's right. slavery. join me every 1st week on the alex salmond shill and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. welcome back joining me now to go through some of the week's top stories specifically about the threat of a war with iran is the editor of the british muslim news site 5 pillars and a press t.v. journalist. thanks so much for coming on the channel what are you making of all this talk of war with iran with this is c.n.n. . well yeah i think. dependent for. me it's a saudi oil and initial u.s. attempt to try to figure out well. it points to iran i think the key word is mystery no one knows what happened here obviously the israeli and u.s. intelligence services already fingering iran for it but that is you know what they usually do because

abraham lincoln" to the persian gulf and ditional b-52 bombers to counter what the trump administration calls "clear indications" of stilld unspecifreats from iran. sranian media quoted a senior commander of ira revolutionary guard today saying that the presence of u.src ft carriers in the persian gulf is not a threat but an opportunity and that "if the m americans makee we will hit them in the head."ec last nighttary of state mike pompeo said the u.s. is positioning military forces as a "deterrent." >> 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, and what they so richly deserve. >> sreenivasan: joining us nowas fromngton, d.c. for analysis of the growing tension between the u.s. and iran is

warships and warplanes moving into the persian gulf just imagine if a range of warships and warplanes moved into the gulf of mexico so far the european union has been on iran's side and there's not a lot along with the u.s. violation of the nuclear agreement but then jeremy hunt britain's foreign secretary very quick to say if iran then violates in written in response to the drug administration iran better watch out for the british desire to find the european position a bit hypocritical obviously in a way it's an achievement for iran that for the 1st time in a long time europe has actually taken an opposite stance to america and stood by the way you know that is unprecedented but on the other hand they just seem to be paying lip service to that international treaty without actually appeasing iranian concerns ok but the family owned new york times here presumably. going trump administration accusations that iran is sponsoring terrorism and old the rest of it regardless of a white house reviews military plans against your own echoes of iraq war that there may be a gulf of tonkin inciden

even once they get to the persian gulf, the buildup might not be over.he pentagon is expecting requests for additional air defense units to protect against the threat of an iranian missile attack. jeff? >> glor: david martin, thank you very much. president trump's former personal lawyer, michael cohen today began his three-year prison sentence for campaign finance violations, bank fraud and tax evasion. he did not go quietly. here's jeff pegues. >> reporter: on his way to prison this morning, michael cohen took a parting shot at president trump, the man he once said he'd take a bullet for. >> i hope that when i rejoin my family and friends that the country will be in a place without xenophobia, injustice, and lies at the helm of our country. >> reporter: cohen later arrived at the federal prison in otisville, new york, where he will spend the next three years. mr. trump's former attorney and fixer orchestrated the hush money payments to adult film star stormy daniels and playboy model karen mcdougal, both of whom alleged affairs with the president, which

announced that they're moving to wash up there through the persian gulf including a number of the 52 bombers and i mean that's into the area where they are running military is already active because it's basically their backyard so with those 2 militaries around just a tiny misunderstanding could lead to an open confrontation of course and with the lack of diplomatic channels between washington and tehran right now that could lead to further escalation because during the obama era the foreign ministers used to talk and that right now is not happening so with more escalation coming that could also not only be in the persian gulf but also in iraq and syria or even israel and this is for the british foreign secretary jeremy hunt was making today yeah that's what he said he said that it's doesn't really take much for an open confrontation so that both sides should be aware of that and feel like restrictive and what they're. doing and be careful so what is. what 6 and what is it trying to achieve by announcing its partial withdrawal from the state i mean it's basically just trying to put

believes iran is using commercial ships in the persian gulf to carry missiles. the government has multiple images of iranian freighters that have been modified. the pictures show large areas of the deck removed to carry the missiles. cnn has not reviewed the intelligence supporting the government. >>> president trump is trying to curb the intensifying conflict with iran. the "new york times" reports the president on wednesday told acting defense secretary patrick shanahan he does not want to go to war. that message aimed at hawkish aids. it was underscored at a photo op yesterday. >> mr. president are we going to war with iran? >> i hope not. >> the president searching for a diplomatic way out of this crisis. are iranian leaders doing the same. let's bring in fred pleitgen live in iran. >> reporter: the iranians said there are not going to be negotiations with the trump administration. the foreign minister who was on a visit to japan is now moving over to china, and essentially what the iranians are saying is under these circumstances they are not willing to neg

this is the news live from berlin a war of words threaten the stability in the persian gulf drawn hits back at donald trump after a weekend of talks on twitter tehran says it doesn't want a military conflict but tensions are rising as pashtun build up its presence in the region. also on the program austria's political crisis deepens as ministers from the far right freedom party quit their government posts that's after translators abbas gen cortes sacked is interior minister in the wake of a corruption scandal. i'm calling asman in berlin welcome to the program iran is appealing to the united nations to help ease tensions in the persian gulf region that's after a weekend of talks when donald trump threatened and 12 in a tweet to quote and iran tehran has since responded with a warning of its own but says it's not looking for a war relations between the 2 countries have worsened over the past year after washington pulled out of the 2015 deal aimed at curbing iran's nuclear program. iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif didn't mince words in his response to trump's threats. donald

united states and iran intensifies the trumpet ministration has sent an aircraft carrier to the persian gulf and is updating the war plans over what it says are iranian threats to american troops and interests this follows iran's announcement last week in response to tighter u.s. sanctions that it will partly reduce its commitment to the nuclear deal unilaterally rejected a year ago by washington iran also issued an ultimatum to the remaining parties to the agreement giving them 60 days to find a way to keep trading with iran despite the u.s. sanctions could u.s. pressure put it produce a new and better deal as washington claims or will it result in war that's the question we pose on this edition of quadriga and here are our guests who will answer it it's a pleasure to welcome tori tausig she's a political analyst for the brookings institution currently on a robert bosch fellowship in berlin she says tensions between the u.s. and iran are escalating signals coming out of washington and tehran indicate things won't to cool down any time soon. and we're very glad to have shine archaean on the

ratchets up the pressure on iran a naval strike group heads to the persian gulf to back up for us the aircraft carrier and bombers are already there washington says it's just gone into threats from terror and we'll go there live for the latest also coming up. tossed a just released from captivity and burkina faso tribute shoot french commandos that were killed and the rate that 3 times. and in sports the bundesliga 2nd lap match today and the title is on the line league leaders byron could steal the deal against line 6 while dortmund host dusseldorf hoping to stay in the rate. welcome to the program. the united states is deploying an assault ship and a missile battery to the persian gulf to bolster other military vessels already in the area the u.s. of the move is in response to a possible threat to u.s. forces in the region by iran but they didn't specify the nature of that threat iran has dismissed the claim the newly deployed vessels are the u.s.s. arlington which transforms marines and landing an aircraft as well as patriot air defense missiles they will join the u.s.s. abraham li

they say anything they are doing in the persian gulf is defensive in nature.ster reiterated at this point in time, the iranians are not willing to hold negotiations with the trump administration. the iranians are saying that before they do that, they want to see the u.s. lift punishing sanctions before they're going into negotiations with the u.s. they want to sell their oil on international markets and they want european companies and any companies to be able to invest in iran without having to face u.s. backlash, without having to face u.s. sanctions. one of the things the foreign minister said in the past he wants the u.s. to go back in the nuclear agreement as well. judging by what we're hearing from the white house and president trump's advisers, that does not look like it's something that would be in the cards anytime soon. as far as the new intelligence is concerned, we have not heard denials coming out of teheran. the iranian ambassador gave an interview where he said look, the iranians are not looking to start any conflict, they are not preparing for

trouble could be brewing in the persian gulf. secretary of state mike pompeo is warning of possible escalation in the political and military standoff with the country of iran. there is a u.s. aircraft carrier battle group that has been dispatched to the region. our david martin has more from the pentagon. >> reporter: the sudden order to send an aircraft carrier strike group and bombers to the persian gulf came in response to intelligence reports, some of them from israel, that iran is planning attacks against american forces. general frank mckenzie, the commander of u.s. forces in the middle east, requested the buildup. it was approved by acting defense secretary patrick shanahan, who warned we will hold the iranian regime account accountable for any attack on u.s. forces or our interests. so far, says secretary of state mike pompeo there is no sign iran is backing off. >> we have continued to see activity that leads us to believe that there is escalation that may be taking place. >> reporter: the intelligence, which u.s. offici

worried about planted accident or a false flag operation and this incident are legit incident in persian gulf as all the bad orders of the gulf of tonkin like incident in order to facilitate a war of choice in persian gulf mr trump is appearing like a reluctant warrior who may 1 day drop bombs on iran in the name of war peace. this is very simple think it was wrong coming from russia russia's foreign minister said the standoff between iran and the us was created by the unilateral decisions of the united states is that fair comment or is it being of. well i think that russia as well as china are making a very principled stance on this matter. in line with the international obligations under the u.n. security council resolution 2231 as well as the c.p.o. it. agreement and in addition to the russian government the russian nuclear company or saddam has also announced its stated intention to continue nuclear cooperation with iran to build new reactors in bush despite the recent u.s. decision to ban and sanctions i think it is so you know it's not just russia and china but the europeans also standi

with the source or taking place on a day when there are fresh tensions in the persian gulf war that we could have them referred to in the report just talk us through what's been happening we're fried about the alleged assault on those 4 vessels in the persian gulf and while that it's not really confirmed what's what's happened there or who might have been behind it and of course his contributions to the fears of open aggression in the region i mean it all happened just like days after the u.s. announced that they're moving to warships there to the persian gulf including a number of b. 52 bombers and i mean that's into the area where there are iranian military is already active because it's basically their backyard so with those 2 militaries around just a tiny misunderstanding could lead to an open confrontation of course and with the lack of diplomatic channels between washington and tehran right now that could lead to further escalation because during the obama area the foreign ministers used to talk on that right now is not happening so with more escalation coming that could also not

of mexico -- persian gulf.peaking of the waterway, the persian gulf had troubling incidents that took place there on sunday. there were some tanker ships that were apparently sabotaged, some of them saudi. some of the them from the uae. both nations condemning that. iranians saying they weren't behind it but at the same time the u.s. did warn on thursday that one of the retaliation methods that the iranians might have might be to attack merchant ships in the persian gulf. dave. >> fred pleitgen live in teheran this morning. thank you, sir. >>> back here, a pilot for a regional subsidiary of american airlines is charged in a triple homicide in kentucky. 51-year-old martin accused of killing a couple and their neighborhood. he was arrested saturday at the airport in louisville. a lawyer representing the family of the couple who was killed says the husband, calvin phillips was due to testify against martin in a court case in 2015 when he and his wife were murdered. martin is being held without bond, placed on admi

he is trying to do diffuse mounting tensions in the persian gulf. the white house announcing the president would meet with the president of the swiss federation. cnn reported that the white house passed along a phone number to the swiss in case iranian leaders wanted to call the president. >> a source tells cnn today's meeting is an effort to move that along. is iran interested in talking? fred pleitgen live in teheran. fred, good morning, what's the latest there. >> reporter: hi, dave, the short answer to that question that iran at this point in time is not interested in talking to the trump administration. one of the things we heard from iran's supreme leader, he said at this point in time negotiations with the trump administration are out of the question. in fact, he called negotiations with the u.s. poison, and negotiations with the trump administration is double poison because he feels the strategy of maxim maximum pressure that the trump administration is exerting is coercion and that is not something they say they are going to be a part of, a

iran is in the persian gulf area. we are not in gulf of mexico.questions should be directed to those people who have come to our neighborhood from thousands of miles. we are there. we are protecting our interest in our neighborhood, and we are protecting the safety and security of the persian gulf area. >> you are increasing your stockpiles of heavy water and enriched uranium. why? >> because the nuclear deal was the result of many years of intense negotiations between iran and a number of countries. then, last year, president trump decided to leave the deal. our partners in that deal told us not to rush to withdraw from the agreement, and we did. we accepted their offer. we waited for one year. we were very patient. unfortunately, after one year, we came to this conclusion that nothing actually is happening as regards to iran's interest, based on what we agreed in the jcpoa. so we decided for 60 days to not -- not to honor only two commitments, and we will see what will happen in the course of the next 60 days. >> do you want -- does iran want nu

the persian gulf is one of the world's most important ports for the passage of oil. and this morning the insurer warned of increasing risks. it's also a very busy hub for air travel. dubai, which of course is in the persian gulf is one of the world's third largest airports. it's the third largest busiest airport in the world. but this warning shouldn't be seen as hollow. there have been a history of miscalculations and misidentification in this region with devastating results. during the iran-iraq war of the '80s a commercial iran air flight from tehran to dubai was shot down. the aircraft was destroyed and all 290 people onboard were killed. apparently the crew onboard the cruiser had incorrectly identified the airbus as an attacking f-14 tomcat. so everybody is very alert to any possible dangers of those sort of incidents happening while tensions continue to simmer. >> so, then this is good news particularly relative to that because there are several reports today that are quoting u.s. officials as saying they are seeing some signs of a deescalation of the tensions

ships and persian gulf and drone attacks in saudi arabia. there was an escalation by iran in its proxies. this is a response to deescalate and provide a deterrent strategy so that iran does not become aggressive. it was made very chlorthe administration -- i've talked to secretary pompeo and ambassador bolton, there is no intention to go to war in the region. this is -- this is a deterrent operation to stop iran's escalation and aggression in the region. >> was there any talk of a new uamf any falk of linking iran to al qaeda. you said there was no discussion of war. but what was discussed >> this is purely iranian and proxy-based threat at this point in time. that was discussed. the secretary said he complied with the law. and yeah, i think it's premature though to be talking about an aumf when we are in a mode of deterrence. we are not in a mode of aggression. we are protecting if our soldiers are attacked we will respond in full force. >> you know, the iranian say they see it differently they don't view it as deterrence they view it as ag

us aircrcraft carrierss heading towards the persian gulf these moves followed the iranian ultimatum over the nuclear deal to around looking for help from the european. sick the trees all that france britain germany to get round the sanctions the president trump slapped on iran india that's elapsed since he pulled out of the twenty fifteen to colds. meanwhile back in washington the leader of the e house nanancy pi says the democrats would veto any move towards war. but let's bring in that everybody is professor of international relations at lehigh university stock thank approach me with the sale fronts to before we would appreciate your time -- i'd like to start by asking you sir how do you read this current situation. well this is a situation that nobody wanted and i think -- the escalation is almost accidident. i i think in some wayays the adadministration wanted to the american administration wants to put more pressure. on iran. once once he has just pulled out of the nuclear agreement with iran and t then went ahahead ans eight in look back old sanctions on or an iranian. are. in econ

abraham lincoln" to the persian gulf region in response. it will be joined by four b-52 bombers.

washed up on the way to the persian gulf and also that all the economic hardships that have come with latest round of sanctions rouhani is also under a lot of pressure domestically it's to retaliate in some way at least so. the crisis that had been contained for the past few years back again and it's more dangerous than ever so the arrhenius would like to keep this you know clear a deal alive but the u.s. has pulled out there they're an important player obviously europe wants to keep it alive too and is still doing its best to maintain the terms of that agreement where does this leave europe in its effort to keep iran nuclear deal oh well in a difficult position that's for sure because all the other key players have clearly position themselves washington has pulled out and impose sanctions on russia and china if that they want to keep the deal and they don't really mind the sanctions and europe also wants to keep the deal but at the same time it doesn't want to end guards in washington and that's a balancing act that it's getting difficult now so they might to have to take sides and t

and new evidence is emerging that iran was behind weekend attacks on ships in the persian gulf.e's david martin. >> reporter: after inspecting the damage done to four tankers anchored just outside the persian gulf, u.s. officials say it is highly likely iranian's hardline revolutionary guards are responsible for the attacks. the hole you see in the stern of a norwegian tanker is only the tip of a much larger gash that extends below the water line, where iranian frogmen are believed to have attached explosives to the hull. none of the tankers were american, but the u.s. has an interest in keeping the persian gulf open to shipping, and has threatened to retaliate against iran for any attack on america or its interests. the u.s. has already sent an aircraft carrier and b-52d the trump administration is reviewing plans to send as many as 120,000 more troops. president trump denied that, but not in a reassuring way. >> we have not planned for that. hopefully, we're not going to have to plan for that. and if we did that, we would send a hell of a lot more troops than that. >> reporter

phil: teresa, these talks are taking place on a day when there are fresh tensions in the persian gulf. talk us through what has been happening. >> we have heard about the alleged assault on those four vessels in the persian gulf. it's not confirmed what is happened there or who has -- he was behind it, it countries to the fears of open aggression in the region. it happened days behind the u.s. announced they are moving to warships there and the number of b-52 bombers into the area where the iranian military is already active. it is basically their backyard. with the o2 militaries around, a tiny misunderstanding could lead to an open confrontatiti. with the lacack of f plomatic channels betweenen the two powe, that could lead to further escalation. during the obama era, the foreign ministers used to talk. right now, that is not happening. with more escalation coming, that could not only be in the persian gulf, but iraq, syria or even israel. phil: the british foreign secretary was making that point today. theresa: that's what he said. it doesn't take much for an open confrontation. bot

the winds of war continue to blow through the persian gulf.ut iran's supreme leader says there will be no military confrontation with the united states. the white house says it has intelligence that iranian forces are poised to attack u.s. targets. an aircraft carrier battle group has been sent to the region and there are reports the white house is preparing to order tens of thousands of u.s. troops to join them. david martin has the story from the pentagon. >> reporter: after inspecting the damage done to four tankers anchored just outside the persian gulf, u.s. officials say it is highly likely iran's hard-line revolutionary guards are responsible for the attacks. the hole you see in the stern of a norwegian tanker is only the tich a much larger gash that extends below the water line, where iranian frogmen are believed to have attached explosives to the hull. none of the tankers were american, but the u.s. has an interest in keeping the persian gulf open to shipping and has threatened to retaliate against iran for any attack on america or it

life from birth in the us truck stop the pressure on iran and naval strike group heads to the persian gulf to back up the us at prof kerry and both those already that washington says it's desponding to threats from terror on the last annex that was behind the deployment also coming up hostages released from captivity and but he now faso paid tribute to the french commandos who were killed in the raid the freedom. and in football sunday will decide the champions of speak english premier league it'll either be leaders manchester city or liverpool they're trailing by just one point and the last round to see some. place. a manuscript is mackinnon thanks so much for joining us. the united states is deploying an assault ship and a missile battery to the persian gulf to bolster other military vessels already in the area the u.s. said the move is in response to a possible threat to u.s. forces in the region by iran but they didn't specify the nature of that threat iran has dismissed the clay the new deployed vessels are the u.s.s. allington which transports marines and conventional landing craft a

washed up on the way to the persian gulf and also that all the economic hardships that have come with the latest round of sanctions rouhani is also under a lot of pressure domestically to retaliate in some way at least so. the crisis that had been contained for the past few years back again and it's more dangerous than ever so the arrhenius would like to keep this you know clear a deal alive but the u.s. has pulled out there they're an important player obviously europe that wants to keep it alive too and is still doing its best to maintain the terms of that agreement were just asleep europe in its effort to keep theoretically be a little well in a difficult position that's for sure because all the other key players have clearly position themselves washington has pulled out and impose sanctions on russia and china have said they want to keep the deal and they don't really mind the sanctions but europe also wants to keep the deal but at the same time it doesn't want to anger our allies in washington and that's a balancing act that it's really getting difficult now so they might to have

the the military because they know that if there is a war in the region everything in the the persian gulf will be destroyed the the shutting of the strait of hormuz would be a sideshow all the oil facilities the tankers in the gulf of oman and in the persian gulf they'll be will be destroyed that's the real that's what how war will end and it will lead to a global economic catastrophe and trump knows that so whether the military and the and those who are more sane in washington can push back against bolton and pompei oh that's an open question but the europeans besides their commitments they should also be putting pressure on saudi arabia and the emirates otherwise i think people in these two countries should start pulling out their money from the suits regimes minissha it's clear that the europeans are now key players once again in this the goal that has been thrown down the bulls and they can use all the cliches that you want but it's down to the europeans in the sixty day deadline now what is america thinking when it comes the europeans they think that they've got allies there that the

washington ratchets up the pressure on iran as a naval strike group heads to the persian gulf to back up a u.s. aircraft carrier and bombers already there washington says it's responding to threats from tehran. and football sunday it will decide the champions of the english premier league and will either be leaders manchester city or liverpool or trailing by just one point in the last round of the season. on a welcome to the show. french special forces have rescued 4 foreign hostages from a militant group and burkina faso 2 soldiers were killed in the overnight raid in the west african country france has about 4 and a half 1000 troops in the region its leading an effort aimed at fighting jihadist insurgents which is considered a relative success so far but at a cost $24.00 french soldiers have died since 2013. the 1st appearance in freedom after a harrowing ordeal 2 frenchmen and a south korean woman arrived at the presidential palace and the king of capsule from audience with the country's leader. one of the men managed to find a few. thoughts go out to the families of the soldiers a

irani iran's naval forces to behave belligerent late in the persian gulf it's quite a long list and it's by no means fiction -- i don't deserve things that the for example if you succeed as a case of sir edmund roy -- iran is the sole hutch hi role. in regard to the hootie's the even as the state department -- told the before the wall but the bill is that the the iranian so told who does do not -- invade the sun also -- t this -- very operators influence of iran on hootie's on on the ram and saudi arabia knows that -- iran is no lobbies in in west and often use the iran as a protects. to legitimize it's the policy and it does not also do so there is no many other countries. that the that the look into my eyes its policy. a in a by -- by taking iran as the as the products and if you're. comparing bottle for example the role of saudi arabians a region and the role of the one in the region i do not see is that iran's williams regions really destabilizing -- i see its the what the so nervous will still going to be a a a supported like others i. as told robbia a take as a given as prime minis

and carry a battle group with well the assorted warships parked on iran's doorstep in the in the persian gulf and we have president donald trump threatening iran with suffering . we'll see what happens 9 with iran if they do anything it will be a very bad mistake if they do anything i'm hearing little stories about iran if they do anything they will suffer greatly we'll see what happens with the run. might compare who has been doing the heavy lifting for for trump by all appearances over the last several weeks he's had a very chaotic schedule making last minute alterations for example he was supposed to visit in a meeting with chancellor merkel council that to go to to go to iraq and condemn iran there he was supposed to come to moscow just a few days ago but he canceled that as well to attend another meeting in europe and brussels and condemn iran then the foreign minister of the russian federation sergey lavrov whom he's meeting now said he had little doubt that the united states exerted colossal pressure on the europeans in order to get them to pull out of the iranian deal nuclear deal or

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

were together standing against iran especially with tensions rising in the persian gulf on the ground but that he was not able to do that and so it remains to be seen because we have not heard from the u.s. secretary of state what he feels he accomplished here today german foreign minister did say that such a delicate diplomatic situation requires a lot of communication so he at least was was pleased to see secretary pump come here and try to talk to the european the european partners about u.s. plans in iran terry you mentioned tensions in the persian gulf soaring let's take a look at saudi arabia has condemned an alleged sabotage attack against tankers there is a dangerous threat to international security now the united arab emirates says that for commercial vessels were hit by unspecified sabotage attacks near the port city of gyre off its eastern coast the saudi energy minister says 2 of the kingdom's oil tankers were among the targets the alleged incidents come as the u.s. has warned that iran or its proxies could be targeting maritime traffic in the region. is calling for a prob

this is deja vu news live from berlin tensions rising in the persian gulf saudi arabia says the tours have damaged 2 of a spoiled tankers in the region this as the u.s. warns iran to be targeting maritime traffic they're also coming up. activist takes to the streets across europe to demand action on climate change but the un's top official warns of maneuvers to slow global warming are falling short. and india votes in that country's marathon election the party president with transforming public education in the capital delhi hopes it can sway voters. across commemorating a little known episode in germany's nazi past today marks the 75th anniversary of august stop all that raid on hamburg's chinese community the scars from that event have yet to feel. i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show saudi arabia has condemned the alleged sabotage attack against its tankers in the gulf region the kingdom's foreign ministry has called the reported incident a dangerous threat to navigation and international security the united arab emirates says that 4 commercial vessels were hit by quote

the us recently sent bomber planes an aircraft carrier strike group and $1500.00 troops to the persian gulf region citing an alleged threat from iran and on wednesday iran's deputy foreign minister abbas. warned that hawkish elements in the trumpet ministration are pushing the 2 countries to the brink of war russia's deputy foreign minister sergei of spoke to r.t. about the ongoing tensions and his talks in tehran with of us a lot. of what we could this is it's been a year since the united states quit the joint comprehensive action plan during this time iran's compliance with the way has been impeccable but iran lost the benefits of his participation in the deal particularly the economic benefits as a result the iranian leadership announced a partial suspension of the obligations it had taken on voluntarily when it signed up to the agreement we are sympathetic to this policy and today i discussed with my colleague a bass arachchi what specific future actions could be taken we believe that iran's proposal to conclude a multilateral non-aggression pact in the persian gulf region is very timel

has already passed through the suez canal and b-52 bombers already landed at an airbase in the persian gulft the pentagon is sending even more forces to back up its warnings to iran. patriot air defense missiles, an amphibious assault ship, a nuclear-powered submarine, along with fresh supplies of precision-guided weapons are all on their way in response to intelligence reports iran is preparing to attack american troops or diplomats. secretary of state pompeo has warned any attacks "will be answered with a swift and decisive u.s. response." in an interview with margaret brennan for "face the nation," former defense secretary robert gates said he's worried the stage is being set for a conflict neither side wants. >> if the iranians make the mistake of launching an attack in the persian gulf on an american warship, the administration probably won't have any alternative but to retaliate. >> reporter: the carrier "lincoln" must first pass by yemen, where iranian-backed rebels have in the past fired missiles at american ships, and once it arrives at the entrance to the persian gulf, it will be

have it both where i'm seeing all the military equipment the us have brought to the persian gulf i think they want to get results so results could either be war or iran sitting down for negotiations or solution avoid them over the. in recent days the trump administration has deployed bombers and an aircraft carrier to the persian gulf citing iranian threats to u.s. interests. on monday tehran upped the ante and announced it would cripple its production of enriched uranium if they do it means iran would soon go beyond the stockpile limitations established by the 2015 nuclear record album free is here from washington and she can tell us more on that helena welcome u.s. warships are on their way to the region so this is clearly much more than just exchange of angry tweets right. right call that is certainly the concern at least it's not the 1st time that the u.s. president has waged a war of words but i think it's fair to say that there is concern in the international community that this tactic could one day go too far and that was the warning from the british foreign secretary jeremy hunt

persian gulf last time i checked. i think you made a mustang mistake calling it a mexican gulf while the american presence in syria is illegitimate that's what i can say and our presence there. are always triggered. this is this creates tension. due to the policy are separate is really the united states is promoting. and we're talking about trying to relocate nations. within the syrian republic they are trying to really keep some nations were on the areas where they used to live. by tensions between different nations. the president. during his election campaign russia and iran are fighting isis he acknowledged the doubt and isis was created by the united states. we are the states that are fighting isis. and the president acknowledged they are responsible the united states is responsible for the problem in fact. this fact seems to be ignored disregarded by many. we believe that it is the united states presence in the region that is destructive and contributing to tension and. it creates the taliban. all happened becaus

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interests in the middle east as we talked about the idea of the missiles on the boats in the persian gulf that could perhaps be aimed at u.s. forces encouraging aggression by shiite militias in lebanon iraq and syria shipping missiles to hooty rebels in yemen and allowing iranian iran's naval forces to behave belligerently in the persian gulf it's quite a long list and it's by no means fiction. i don't think so for example if you succeed as a case officer monroe iran as so hard highroad. regard. even as a state department told. before the war but. told who to invade sanaz all this is very our way towards influence of iran on the hutus on the rehman . saudi arabia knows that iran has no lobby in rest of us iran a surprise attacks to legitimize a policy that does not also do so there are many other countries. that legitimize its policy. by taking iran as a project and if you compare for example the role of saudi arabians the region and the role of iran in the region i do not see is that iran's will in the region is really destabilizing i see it whether this was. supported. take this prime m

forces up and down the persian gulf. they are spread out throughout the area. the u.s. now talking behind the scenes about possibly spending additional forces, sending anti-missile capability, perhaps patriot missiles, to the region. they hope that the aircraft carrier, that the b-52 bombers will be enough to deter iran, that iran will see that it could not succeed, if it were to launch some kind of an attack, but the real possibility exists tonight that they will send additional force patriot missile batteries, possibly, because these ballistic missiles, the problem is, if they are moving around on the water, the u.s. will have further difficulty trying to track them, trying to find out if these missiles have been put ashore and are being planned for any launch in these areas, launched against u.s. forces. wolf? >> hold up concerned, basrbarba are u.s. officials, military officials, over at the pentagon and intelligence community right now about iran's involvement, activities going on with the shiite militia support in iraq right now. and i did some checking. the u.s.

and washington ratcheted up the pressure on iran at the naval strike group heads to the persian gulf to back up a u.s. aircraft carrier and bombers already there washington says it's responding to threats from terror on. welcome to the show south africa's governing african national congress has secured a 6th straight term and power but with a diminished mandate with all votes counted the a.n.c. has been declared the winner with 57.5 percent but that's its lowest share since the end of white minority rule 25 years ago the party has been battling corruption scandals a sluggish economy and record unemployment even so it was far ahead of its closest rival the opposition democratic alliance which trailed at just under 21 percent. presidents are already on post a b. and c. was speaking just a short while ago and for tauriel following the announcement of those official results here's what he had to say let us know we work together black and right maybe remain young and old to build a free car that truly belongs to all who live in it. proclaims our will. drop to the freedom charter one a fre