granted some importing nations waivers on the oil sanctions china and india are the biggest buyers of raney and crude recently they've stepped up their purchases along with south korea basically increase on the other hand if managed to cut their demand turkey had been fighting until the last moment for sanctions waiver extension. pumping you went on to say that there would be no grace period for those economies to comply despite sanctions iran's oil exports are said to have increased iran twelve percent by the end of march but it's hard to say how accurate that figure is iran conceals the exact in mind by making good use of its armada of oil tankers the second largest fleece in the world. now in response to the us decision iran has repeated its threat to close off the strait of hormuz such a move would send tremors through oil markets is why the narrow passage links the persian gulf to wider seaways it strategically important because it's the bottleneck through which major gulf producers like saudi arabia must ship their oil a third of the world's seaborne oil passes through the strait of h

the white house has announced the end of waivers for countries to import raney and oil the u.s. imposed sanctions against iran last year frightening to punish any country that buys a rainy an oil but it granted iran's eight main bios of oil wave us to the sanctions allowing them limited purchases for six months there are fears that removing the sanctions waivers would reduce oil supply to a market that is already tight but u.s. officials say that any shortfall could be picked up by other countries as the u.s. itself and persian gulf allies saudi arabia recently increased production. to trumpet ministration has issued a blunt warning to nations buying oil from iran after may second there will be no exceptions to sanctions norway various nations that continue to buy uranium oil will be made to suffer more we're going to zero going to zero across the board we will continue for sanctions and monitor compliance any nation or entity interacting with iran should use its diligence and err on the side of caution the risks are simply not going to be worth the benefits pump a zero said the

very interesting to me you've been very supportive of president micron's call build a new european raney. would say that you have to kind of put your own house in order before embarking on such grandiose plans when it comes to values what do you make of. that wasn't in keeping with. the weather. in the middle class from my point of view big mistake of managing a measured decision about the taxation on them specifically asking about street action because when you have people that are breaking out destroying everything on the other hand also have the use of explosive grenades and. mains and kills people we are not seeing that even in authoritarian societies these. are not seen in the. at least ten fatalities and several thousand injured. and people losing eyes people losing limbs. you know seeing that. but they've got to defend that it's fake news i mean. those protesters have been have a hand that they can defend. such a violent explosion. that they are very proud of the police is managing has not been the case in general. twenty years ago where the south is up and i want to just exactly

significant deposits of oil and gas as well as rare earths there are also precious metals such as you raney i'm gold and platinum and. a chinese firm is now the largest shareholder in a mining company in charge of the clan a field rare earths project. mining activities can further contribute to environmental degradation in addition to the effects of advancing ice melt still many of the sixty thousand greenlanders welcome the new economic opportunities and the government. so. these two geologists have created maps showing deposits of valuable resources on the edges may island it'll be hard to enforce environmental protection there and mining operations won't be easy either. we have to consider the poor energy supply difficult transport routes very little infrastructure and a scarcity of skilled personnel in the region but these deposits will become more lucrative as the ice melts and transportation becomes. an equipment can be ships the year round. scientists predict that the arctic ocean could be entirely free of ice in the summer by twenty fifty or even sooner even before that happens the

the former and page about for those who came under government pressure himself he believes that the raney's won't receive a great amount of international help to restore the human rights. i was a part of the first group were their citizenship very well in the south end of november two thousand and twelve and they start with our group and that was. an order from an assyrian curio no evidence or an all clear was being given to us political and economical rights you will lose it and you don't have any access to that health care nor do they do cation i describe it like as a social death unfortunately there are those standards and the foreign policy of many western countries mainly u.k. united states it is so much of a program to kill policy when they did what their allies when the international community it is especially more rights international we did a good thing in all the reports that i was i was the type of humor as well is used in bahrain particularly but meanwhile it's being backed totally by these their national allies the united kingdom may not the states and not only that even they a

doesn't go very far and we've seen a lot of policies who he was trying to get on the side for instance raney's legal party and le pen's national rally party in front we've seen them back away from ban and saying they don't need him and that they can go it alone they're actually receiving distanced themselves from balance movements but his dream to unite the parties well that may be succeeding even without him so have liberal democrats in europe lost the struggle against right wing messaging one woman from slovakia is standing up for liberal politics in central europe susana. is slovakia's president elect and the first woman to lead her country. was a political outsider in slovakia known mainly for heading up an anti-corruption campaign they are her presidential campaign slogan was stand up to evil and she spoke about the importance of humanism and truth ahead of her election. and my colleague a really huge. from d.w. news called up with after the presidential election she says her victory is evidence that populist politics can be confronted and beat when faced with the fact . i do believe ther

sanctions at least but washington is in the throes of a neo-con raney so it's under the auspices of john bolton and make pompeian and told anes or until that is changed then i don't see any prospect for this process to progress much further than it is already in china is another key player isn't it in this. in this saga if you want to call it that how will they view this summit is just taking place between their youth and kim jong un. will be really supportive of the summit of the chinese the main ally of the north koreans ninety percent of north korea's traders with china ensures a long and porous border with north korea but the chinese will be will be supportive of any measures that include russia given that china and russia are also enjoy close relations and also both have a vested interest in pushing back against the way of us again many so we see something over an hour winds forming here obviously nothing ratified as such but the ofi countries are in the same and on the same site when it comes to their understanding of the role of washington and impeding progress not only on the nee

solution to violence you high representative for foreign affairs and security policy fredericka major raney is one of many who sees it differently. i believe the international community. is ready for supporting a unity and agreement among the libyans i believe the challenges.

re imposed sanctions against iran last year threatening to punish any country that buys raney toile washington granted eight countries waivers to this asians allowing them limited purchases of oil for six months well there are fears that today's move could reduce oil supply in the global market that it's already typed washington says any shortfall could easily be picked up by other countries. the trumpet ministration has issued a blunt warning to nations buying oil from iran after may second there will be no exceptions to sanctions norway various nations that continue to buy uranium oil will be made to suffer. we're going to zero going to cross the border we will continue to monitor compliance any nation or entity interacting with iran should use its diligence on the side of caution the risks are simply not going to be worth the benefits pump aoe said the u.s. had granted enough time for the affected countries to wean themselves off a rainy and oil and find alternative suppliers before washington reimposed sanctions against around last year to iran produced around two point three million barre

against the us decision it says the move will only jeopardize regional stability and bring harm to local raney and china has also criticised the unilateral sanctions maintaining that its diggings with iran had always been open and transparent meanwhile japan says it's not overly concerned and doesn't believe it will impact its economy the iranian foreign affairs expert. believes that washington is forcing taran to become more aggressive. the u.s. is seriously escalating this unilateral economic warfare against iran jeopardizing economic well being of iran and the rain and people putting iran against the wall and therefore one should naturally expect a stiffer reaction from iran which may come in the form of implementing their threats industry that of who are more so the us is edging closer to war with iran using all kinds of excuses. now let's just go back to our breaking news this hour because frank is ministry of defense says the easter sunday bombings in the country were in retaliation for last month's mosque shootings in the official however didn't explain where the information come from w

according at least to a prominent iranian women's rights activist she believes calling his job part of raney and culture contradicts the efforts of those battling against the compulsory head covering law. they say that this is a cultural issue we're very it's out of respect to the culture of iran calling it discriminated law as part of our culture this is an insult to a nation iran does mandatory his job law requires all women to wear it in public the act of his condemnation of western women has mixed reactions online. while women in the middle is to fight for their freedom from this religious tyranny westerners think your job is a cultural good to. know they wear it because they're told if they don't they can't get in a state they're just being polite but everyone knows it's mandatory they know they have to otherwise they may never return as a woman fighting against a compulsory he job in iran it's more than painful to me when i hear people say it compulsory he job is our culture it is not just look at the picture of the rand before deny nine hundred seventy nine islamic revolution. or put

solution to violence you high representative for foreign affairs and security policy fredericka major raney is one of many who sees it differently. i believe the international community to be large is ready for supporting unity and agreement among the libyans i believe the challenge is now for the. different factions and leaders to overcome maybe personal interests and sort of the libyan people that want to turn to fate and find a compromise on the solution. so as libya repeats already lost wars and western powers look poised to take hold of the african nation it looks like it's time to think a little deeper and start watching the hawks. were told. that the. real that this would be a liar but the bottom. line what is it like you let down our guard. because we. would. be. welcome everybody the watching the hogs i'm to have the law listen joining me today to help us better understand who is behind this latest coup attempt and libya is r.t. america correspondent michelle grant's i thank you so much for joining us good to be with you so this man khalifa haftar this seventy five year old nationa

forces in syria and give a longer warning time and this on yahoo has urged them to help him to remove raney and forces from syria all together on these points no progress seems to be made so far but for now this is enough for now a better election resolutely could not have wished for revenge mission. i want to thank you my friends on behalf of myself and the people of israel for what you have done for a strong friendship which is very important to our country which is very important to our relations but there has promised that he will also help to retrieve two other israeli soldiers who have been missing since one thousand nine hundred eighty two. are all action will take place on tuesday and it's been a hotly contested campaign with many issues on the table stephanie decker asked people unless it's important to them. bibi isn't the only nickname the israeli prime minister goes by another term benjamin netanyahu has cultivated and banked on over the years is mr security to the people of israel that he is the only one who can make them feel safe and secure but now the strongest challenge to

we were supporting their raney and people. and so i get questions all the time about outside iranian groups including the i mean k. . and i was i ever time i engage with anyone and this was a meeting with folks who have family and have family inside iran want to make clear to them we're supporting their own people not any particular group that's the u.s. administration's policy second with their sect or objectives we're happy to receive the what we're after to get the outcome however we can achieve it president has always made very clear we've made clear to the runs leaders that if americans are attacked we will respond in a serious way and i don't think there should be any doubt about the fact that if it is required for us to take an action in response to something that cause i'm still the mahdi does or the iranian leadership or sheer militia somewhere in the world that we will respond to that a way that is appropriate to protect american interests wherever we find them. whether respect or go we laid them out we laid them out

is demanding that all countries stop buying and raney an oil washington announced last year that it would impose sanctions on any country importing oil from iran. trading secretary of states mike compare now says there is way this won't be renewed when they expire next month. after iran and pakistan have agreed to set up a joint security force to tackle a rise in violence along the country's shared border the decision was made during pakistani prime minister in one concert first official visit to iran. reports from tehran. a handshake that could signal the beginning of a new power dynamic in the region. pakistan a nuclear armed nation iran one of the biggest oil producers in the world they both have problems that together may be easier to solve because perhaps the most important agreement reached was a pledge to fight armed groups along their border together in a. joint rapid reaction force to fight terrorism at the borders of two countries. both countries have experienced attacks this year that both said were carried out by groups based on each other's soil and both of accuse the other o

of course we can never say never we've got an increasingly billet you into an increasingly and to raney and president in the white house and that has had an impact i think it has pushed iran to the margins it has pushed iran from from the center of regional politics and it's created a sort of isolationist sentiment so things have changed the context has changed but i think that the outcome of whether iran will close the straits i can't see it happening to be honest but that doesn't rule it out just on a. sort of a mechanic side of things and maybe i might have to ask one of our other guests as well but have we we keep using this phrase iran would close the strait of hormuz how do you close the strait of hormuz out here. that. there's a number of different ways and and i think it depends on how seriously the iranians wanted to close it and the most obvious is perhaps mining the strait putting putting seaborne mines that would obviously have a pretty damaging impact if any of the large freighters were to were to hit it less obvious perhaps would be to have boats patrolling the straits pot

but of course we can never say never we've got an increasingly biliteral into an increasingly and to raneynd president in the white house and that has had an impact i think it has pushed iran to the margins it has pushed iran from from the center of regional politics and it's created a sort of isolationist sentiment so things have changed the context has changed but i think that the outcome of whether iran will close the straits i can't see it happening to be honest but that doesn't rule it out just on a. sort of a mechanic side of things and maybe i might have to ask one of our other guests as well but how can we we keep using this phrase iran would close the strait of hormuz how do you close the strait of hormuz out here will basically that. there's a number of different ways and and i think it depends on how seriously the iranians wanted to close it and the most obvious is perhaps mining the strait putting ring seaborne mines that would obviously have a pretty damaging impact if any of the large freighters were to were to hit it less obvious perhaps would be to have boats patrolling the

of course we can never say never we've got an increasingly billet you into an increasingly and to raneyd president and the white house and that has had an impact i think it has pushed iran to the margins it has pushed iran from from the center of regional politics and it's created a sort of isolationist sentiment so things have changed the context has changed but i think that the outcome of whether iran will close the straits i can't see it happening to be honest but that doesn't rule it out just on a. sort of a mechanic side of things and maybe i might have to ask one of our other guests as well but have we we keep using this phrase iran would close the strait of hormuz how do you close the strait of hormuz out here. that. there's a number of different ways and and i think it depends on how seriously the iranians wanted to close it and the most obvious is perhaps mining the strait putting putting seaborne mines that would obviously have a pretty damaging impact if any of the large freight says were to were to hit it less obvious perhaps would be to have boats patrolling the strait pote