we cannot cross live to our correspondents covering this topic run gazi of and peter oliver rob let's start with you you're in sochi where lavrov will be meeting with pompei on tuesday what else did the russian foreign minister have to say. well he remarked on the situation regarding iran regarding the united states and its behavior towards the radian nuclear deal he was asked to comment on the situation and said that he has little doubt that the united states will apply colossal pressure on the european union 1 on other members of the u. of the u.n. security council in order to get their way with regards to the reunion deal to torpedo it the european union is going to hold an extraordinary session with regards to what is happening in iran with regards to raney and threats to stop the implementation of the nuclear deal because of american threats american sanctions and the secretary of state the u.s. secretary of state might compel has canceled a planned trip to moscow in order to attend that session and as foreign minister sergey lavrov believes in order to apply again colossal press

institutions well the us may be more akin to a revolution peter oliver altie early. still to count cambridge university in the u.k. says it's facing some hairy issues in getting students through the door was how you why among other stories off that plane. it's a church our economy there's teacher for the world that unless i just in america sound if i go into a big bank bank of america citibank wells fargo bank and i say i want to borrow a 100 $1000.00 and i want you to charge me is 0 percent interest rate on that and then i want to deposit that $100000.00 at your bank and i want you to pay me 5 percent and i want to therefore collect all that income i get a tax free ok can i do that now but it back to do that. we have a situation that is very new and that's why. it's like a 3 legged stool there were 2 people who were in the morning and there was no go to school or go to do so the boy it was through to the right of to do. because of the as the medical and good to be widespread simplicity is good clue to people today. in many diseases because you just would you coolly

ok peter oliver reporting for r.t. correspondent thanks peter. it's being reported in iran that the country has quadrupled its production of low enriched uranium pushing the limits of the floundering 2015 nuclear deal is the latest escalation with the united states which called out of the deal more than a year ago and so iran to suspend its commitments earlier this month pulis lear has the details. iran has quadrupled its production of note in which a rainy and this comes against the backdrop of an increase in tensions between tehran and the united states if iran wants to fight that will be the official end of iran never threaten the united states again iranians have students all for millenia while aggressors all gone economic terrorism and genocidal taunts won't and iran now this follows an increase in tensions between the sides that was sparked by the american administration's deployment of bombers and also an aircraft carrier to the persian gulf and this was because of perceived threats from to read now the iranian president has responded by s

ministers peter oliver has more. michael. very clearly today from from the us the most responsible attitude to take is and clearly should be and that of maximum maximum restraint avoiding any escalation on a military site well this was a meeting that was all set it was all planned there was supposed to be sitting down the e.u. foreign ministers as well as the high representative for foreign affairs federica mockery me she's essentially the use overarching equivalent of a foreign minister they were supposed to be sat down talking about libya they tried to do that as much as they could however might probably peo the u.s. secretary of state he decided he was going to be turning up. of course that has apparently put the cat amongst the pigeons if i listen to some of the people i've been talking to among the diplomats in brussels federica mockery they're far from happy might pompei o was in town on this day he wasn't supposed to be here he was supposed to be moscow he did turn up and this is what represented the for foreign affair

going as well in embassies and other countries are often becoming the subject of controversy as peter oliver explains. just a few moments ago the big play is on the world stage with tripping over themselves to come out and recognize one as the legitimate president of venezuela we are ready to recognize one but i do as interim president we will recognize him as a constitutional interim president. and we need we stand ready to recognize one guy down as the interim president of venezuela. even said representatives to different nations around the world despite them not receiving to. credentials in some countries like here in germany where we have a situation that the ambassador who sits in the embassy just behind me represents a government deemed illegitimate while the representative of the government deemed legitimate holds no diplomatic rank here in germany though that hasn't stopped quite those man from at least calling himself ambassador a little puzzled by what i think it could be more that in venezuela we are living under a dictatorship there needs to be international pressure to end the a

comments on a collectivize ation have led many of the power to distance themselves from it as peter oliver reports. socialism the idea that a society is only as strong as its weakest member but does it belong in our past our present or our future well if you listen to the leader of the youth wing of angle merkel's coalition partners here in germany it's very much the latter particularly when it comes to the german automobile industry there is nothing wrong with the b.m.w. brand the only question is why b.m.w. should belong to a few people who have the sole rights to the profits the distribution of profits must be democratically controlled that excludes a capitalist loner without a form of collectivize ation is unthinkable to overcome capsule ism well those comments have landed the s.p. their money in hot water with some critics in his own party well going as far as to question his mental state or it's a nonsense what was you smoking whatever it was it cannot be legal the social democrats that kevin kuna represents is traditionally the party of the working class but they have had a horrid t

interior minister over his response to a corruption sting that has tarnished the party's image peter oliver has. what's happened it is it's been trying to clear the decks really here he's been trying to distance himself as much as he can from the beat the tape scandal and what he said is that he needs the interior minister as well as others to be part of a transparent investigation. i am of the firm conviction that full transparency and a complete and impartial explanation is no need in my opinion it all leads to a conflict situation. which would have concluded if the interior minister had withdrawn from his functions he didn't take that step and in this respect i decided to in consultation with the federal president and i would recommend the dismissal of the interior minister but all of this is part of the fallout from the the bombshell really that was the be theft tape or the be thick gate scandal as it's being called in some circles in which well it cost former vice chancellor christine here his job he stood down on saturday after this video of a emerged ready with him in a look a bit th

it may be casting a shadow over the elections something that isn't is russian meddling artist peter oliver reports on how the kremlin's influence spot being much talked about is nowhere to be found. earlier this week fans were gripped by the series finale of game of thrones but there's also plenty of fun of a nother fantasy tale the story of meddling in a new elections winter isn't the only thing that's coming so is the risk of interference in our elections and guess who the suspect is we investigate the claims of russia's attempts to influence and undermine the democratic system in europe fears that russia is infiltrating the very heart of european democracy and we're starting to see the early signs of essential in kind of a repeat of what we saw in the us elections in regard to russian hacking and russian tampering but just as some fans of the wranglings of west roswell left disappointed by the way their show ended a dragnet operated by social media companies looking for misinformation and propaganda has turned up well nothing nothing from google. so far we haven't seen any interference

institutions while the us may be more akin to a revolution peter oliver r.t. early. geopolitics exploited peer emanuel tom and told us why he believes there's such a rift in europe over the election process right now germany is supporting more. spits and candied doubt process why because of a modern political rather of germany is it federer soviet understand better of a system and or saw most of the. biggest number of m e p's invert national parliament from a national delegation is a german delegation france has a different id because of a of not but many. peas in your bed parliament for french people. they are more there is not a defender while modern is more and more a nation state more there and they value more. european concept of the concept of an eastern and of the european considered this is why we still mock or will we for of but head of states know meanings of negotiate for different positions because v's not on me president of the commission. the us president has told his trade chief to start imposing tariffs on all remaining imports from china and out on t

determines who takes the top job at the blocs executive branch here's our europe correspondent peter oliver. reform versus the status quo when it comes to who will be taking the european commission's top job next under the current system called spits in candidate or leave candidates that job goes to the preferred choice of the parliamentary group the takes the most seats in the upcoming european parliamentary elections if we have a look at the most recent polling what this means is this well the a p p's munford verba is the air repair and to. in all but name. not so fast says emmanuel this is the things we do get it out that has been going on artistically pretty good no i have been clear from the beginning on this subject so i don't think this is the right approach in fact this was something of a theme for mr throughout this week's e.u. summit in rumania he wants to see a change to the current system. if we should in any case avoid agreeing on the least good candidate which can happen in certain situations we must opt for the best possible candidate in order to ensure a strong european proj

correspondent peter oliver joins me daters the exit polls we've just been sort of compiling all this information usually i'd say members of the public not too bothered about european elections but even turning out in their droves this time peter. or this parliamentary election seems to have caught the public's attention i've just seen it flashed upon the official e.u. parliamentary feat they're saying the official. turnout as it stands at the moment is 50.5 percent if it stays that way or goes up at all it will be the largest turnout since 1904 so the big this certainly grabbed the attention of people this time around what we have seen is wins for anti establishment parties in or from the anti establishment parties on the right we've seen them win hungary where viktor orban party is doing very well it's really where. these parties seem to have picked up quite a few votes as well in poland in greece as well now in greece it's actually gone bad for electricity prices it's a party actually called election snap elections in greece following what's been a pretty much a drubbing for him an

currently hosting an energy conference with the use approach to russian gas high on the agenda peter oliver has more from the event. been hearing here at this gas conference in berlin is that europe germany is where in particular needs a reliable source of energy that comes not from coal not from nuclear that the idea in germany is to get away from well with nuclear by 2022 in coal by the end of 2030 s. by the end of the 2030 s. gas they say is the only way forward however what we are seeing is big opposition to that particularly coming from the united states senator ted cruz of texas has put forward a bill which could see extra sanctions put in place on those companies that are currently building the nord stream 2 pipeline in the baltic sea and it's not just from them that we've heard this criticism also the ambassador for germany for that from the united states here in germany richard grinnell issued a warning that's well pulls no punches sanctions are coming if you continue to be involved with north stream to from american point of view the bio blown is not just drones boards and gas but

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