court has ordered iran to pay nearly $180000000.00 to raney an american journalist jason rezaian who was detained on espionage charges resigned says he was tortured during his $544.00 days in prison the court's decision is largely symbolic iran has not responded to the lawsuit. anti-government protesters in lebanon have marked 76 years of the country's independence by organizing a parade in the capital beirut replacing the usual military show the country has been gripped by protests since mid october demanding the removal of politicians deemed inept and corrupt. the leader of the ruling christian democrats here in germany has issued an ultimatum in a debate over her leadership as the seaview began its annual party conference and a good come told delegates that she was prepared to quit if she didn't get they didn't back her. took over from chancellor angela merkel c.d.u. leader last year but the party's popularity has plunged under her leadership and taken a hit in recent elections. she went all the way and took on the challenge after several attacks in the weeks leading up to the c.d

damascus arriving before israel's reported attack on the syrian capital but aside from a new does raney have strikes in gaza the global south is turning their eyes to latin america not just the super block of the 21st century brics meeting in brazil's capital the cia backed coup in south america's poorest country bolivia it comes as brazil's most popular politician luis enough go to the silver has been released from prison igniting hope the recent victories against neoliberalism in venezuela and mexico now potter are in a sense in the latin american left joining me now from sao paulo is former president as cody defense counsel let's go take sarah monson's one of the those responsible for taking his case to the u.n. and who has spent the past 4 years championing his case for that's good thanks for coming on the show what's the latest on your client lula thank you it's an honor to be here in russia today. so president.

this nuclear agreement of 2015 because it is the only place where iran has the ability to produce to raney i'm up to 20 percent enriched uranium that is has been a point of contention between the international powers and iran the iranian signed this nuclear deal in 2015 and under that deal this facility became soley a research one as of january of 2016 when they. became active the iranians shut down all activity at fordo and made it a research facility but as of today that is not the case we know that just a few hours ago 2000 kilograms of enrich uranium gas rather was transferred from the town's nuclear facility to 4 joe and they are now preparing these centrifuges to be injected with this gas later tonight speculates there are still so what do you think the broader ramifications of this. well peter a lot of people here are speculating the fact that the next phase could be iran opting its enrichment levels to 20 percent in the next 60 days that's the 60 day period that the president has been giving the european signatories of the nuclear deal that's britain france and germany that are lef

states geological survey showed contaminants with health concerns which include get this arsenic you raney nitrates and even eco light 17 percent of people living in rural areas report having experienced issues with save drinking water and 12 percent of people living in rural areas report issues with their sewage system so while most people here in the us never give their water a 2nd thought people living in communities without safe water and reliable infrastructure have to think about water and sanitation all the time now for those people the ability to care for their family earn a living and go to school depends on being able to access water don't have to dedicate significant time every single day to tasks like carrying water drugs driving to another town to use a relative shower or cleaning the house after waste water backup now these coping strategies are time consuming expensive and logistically challenging but that's not all globalise 785000000 people lack access to save water in 2000000000 people lack access to toilet and climate change is expected to drop water access even more as

sanctions on ordinary raney and particularly with respect to import much needed medicine and you know you also have. the overall economic impact that is contributing to and employment and and so on all of which mr perle conveniently ignores and claims to be you know in support of the ring and people are shedding crocodile tears for down while imposing these harsh and savage economic sanctions on iran that are in violation of the u.n. security council resolution 2231 as well as the international agreement that the u.s. unilaterally walk out of. now you may have noticed a new feature started because certain stories do have a q.r. code alongside them which you can use to get more information on the story. give it a try we're back with more news after. joining me every thursday on the alex i'm unsure and i'll be speaking to the world of sport i'm sure i'll see you there. again you with universities in the strain you are being asked disclose their overseas financial donors and also research partners on the guidelines designed to counter foreign interference one quarter as more. once a plac

this is the specialty of these raney's so who. and his wife were they not terrorists as the israeli says and whether or not therefore justifiably killed by the israeli government there is no justification for a cold blooded murder of somebody in his home and his wife they did they if if he if he were to be caught in israel the red handed he would have gotten a maximum of 20 years of prison not a and not assassination and murder with his wife were you surprised. israel also shot missiles into damascus to kill. sun jury as well yes the designation continues i mean that it goes to. to gaza and then from gaza to damascus and vice versa and you need don't see the international community oust by this by this murder you don't see a quick a condemnation and some sanctions imposed upon israel this killing really has taken some highlight because it hits leadership but daily this israelis are killing individuals are killing people and killing brothers sisters wives husbands. and continuing it there are keep the illegal occupation of our land

plant and bush era province has wrapped up and rich ramped up that is a merchant of ukrainian you raney i'm in the last week stepping further away from the 2015 nuclear deal. or so the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera the listening post is that next. other current outfits to contain the spread of nuclear weapons doing enough to keep the world safe the most crucial political challenge is how to stop a nuclear explosion from up with discipline to get it because the key to secretary of the comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty organization is seen as books town jazeera. how he's covering stories around the fire because you trust your journalist wait for yes i'm the guy the more i think that if you give them anything that the most dangerous part of the mining industry want to put their lives around killing folks like current battle story. hello i'm richard disparate and you're watching a special edition of the listening post when journalists talk about the most dangerous beats in the news business they talk about war zones are trying to cover drug cartels in mexico however environmental

this is the specialty of this raney's so who. and his wife were they not terrorists as the israeli says and whether or not they're for justifiably killed by the israeli government there's not. justification for a cold blooded murder of somebody in his home and his wife they did they if if he if he were to be caught in israel the red handed he would have gotten a maximum of 20 years of prison not a and not assassination a murder with his wife were you surprised israel also shot missiles into damascus to kill. her son jury as well yes. the s.s. nation continues i mean that it goes to. to gaza and then from gaza to damascus and vice versa and you need don't see the international community oust by this by this murder you don't see a quick a condemnation and some sanctions imposed upon israel this killing really has taken some highlight because it hits leadership but daily this israelis are killing individuals are killing people and killing brothers sisters wives husbands. and continuing it there are keep the illegal occupation of our

military arrive in iraq this week we've seen protests the anger that supposedly raney and influence just how much foreign interference you think there is in the country . well i think there's a lot of foreign interference from various players but it's interesting when they say that you know there's when the americans say that there is a rainy and influence or any intervention you know america basically is an occupying force and america is miles and miles away so you know it's i think it's very strange to hear an american statements about iran intervening at the same time you know some of these protesters who went to book the burn the iranian consulate i mean ok what about the the americans what about the american role what about this sarah the role as well incidentally the saudi ambassador to egypt just hours ago in an interview with the old you with the egyptian press see. that iran could expect more more of such attacks like the one which took place against the iranian consulate so i think that says a lot about a possible saudi role when you hear that started the pledge not to making s

stories on al-jazeera in a dramatic escalation of iraq's anti-government protests crowds have toshi raneyand consulate in najaf a holy city for shia muslims 100 some rounded the building lighting tires blankets and anything else they could find while chanting iran out they accuse tehran of propping up iraq's government which they want replaced this is a 2nd time this month any reading consulate has been targeted by protesters 3 weeks ago security forces defending the site in karbala killed 4 demonstrators earlier we spoke to our reporter mana jump in.

that amounts to nuke leg store starting on wednesday iran plans to begin injecting you raney and gas into centrifuges underground facility near this city of. but that activity is burned on the 2015 nuclear agreement though such a bar chords. president hassan rouhani arrived at this factory in tehran for an inauguration ceremony but he used to turn around iran's 4th and most significant step in scaling back its commitment to the 2015 nuclear deal more as fire door on iran's 4th step will be launched at the photo nuclear facility and i will advise the atomic energy organization to start as of tomorrow by feeding gas into the centrifuges i will also inform the p. 4 plus one of the step this new action will also be under the supervision of the international atomic energy agency for don't you clear facility is the only place where iran can and has produced 20 percent enriched uranium. that's considered an important stage towards developing uranium with the potential for a nuclear weapon it has always been a controversial facility its existence was revealed to the world by iran in 2009 tha

iran has resumed in rich in you raney i'm at an underground facility the process of injecting uranium gas into centrifuges that it's for the plant was observed by inspectors from the international atomic energy agency to iran has been scaling back on its commitments to the 2015 nuclear deal after the us pulled out and re imposed sanctions several people have been killed in a missile and drone attack on the ports in western yemen. iranian backed rebels have been blamed for the strike on. fighting the saudi a morality led coalition backing yemen's internationally recognized government it's the region's 1st major attacks in saudi arabian oil facilities were hit in september a people have been injured in a knife attack in the jordanian city of jail ash 3 mexicans and a swiss national or among those stabbed in the popular tourism spot bernard smith reports from the man. as one tourist lies face down apparently bleeding heavily another tries to stop the blood flow. of woman screams in spanish he's got a dagger. witnesses say a man jumped over a fence at the room and city in and randomly sla

twice as many advanced centrifuges as what band they're called i os 6 is and can produce and rich to raney and 10 times faster than those allowed under the accord critics say the new technology could give the country a quicker way to produce a nuclear weapon but iran insists that's not its purpose iran. that announcement comes on the 40th anniversary of the seizure of the u.s. embassy in tehran when $52.00 american citizens were detained for more than $400.00 days there were rallies in iran's capital to mark the anniversary one hour from al-jazeera is also in tehran. iran is now producing more enrich uranium on a daily basis that's according to the head of iran's atomic energy organization. he made the announcement at the natanz nuclear facility he said that say in the past 2 months in iran has gone up from a producing 450 grams of in which a rainy and per day to 5000 grams of enrich uranium in a day that's up 10 times in just a short period of time he said that this is all due to the fact that they decided to advance the country's nuclear activities the spite of the 2015 nuclear deal whic

radium is a mind metal that contains 2 isotopes 99.3 percent is uranium $23.00 eights and the rest you raney m 235 and it's that much smaller isotope the can release enough energy to fuel a nuclear reactor or a bomb but for that it needs to be enrich and this is done in centrifuges that spin the element for senior iranian 235 into the center but that's time consuming and difficult but it becomes easier as uranium is further refined now before the nuclear deal came into effect iran was a rich in uranium at 20 percent now it's 5 percent which is enough for the moment to meet its nuclear fuel needs but it would need between 85 and 90 percent to make a nuclear weapon it's also using more advanced i r 6 centrifuges to enrich uranium faster now the country's leaders say the nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. iraq's prime minister says the cost of protesters blocking the main gulf port in the country is a pos $6000000000.00 demonstrates incident blocking the own cusser port for days now on tuesday a demonstrator was killed and dozens injured after security forces opened fire to disperse them

plant and bush era province has wrapped up and rich ramped up that is a merchant of ukrainian you raney i'm in the last week stepping further away from the 2015 nuclear deal. or so the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera the listening post is that next. other current efforts to contain the spread of nuclear weapons doing enough to keep the world safe the most crucial political challenge is how to stop nuclear explosion from up with this plan to get the executive secretary of the comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty organization is seen as tools town jazeera. how is it covering stories around the fire because trust a journalist wait for your kind of guy the more i think that there is a movie to the most dangerous part of the mining industry one particularly around. our battle story. hello i'm richard disparate and you're watching a special edition of the listening post when journalists talk about the most dangerous beats in the news business they talk about war zones or trying to cover drug cartels in mexico however environmental reporting is not far behind according to the new york ba

half hour iran taking another step away from the 2050 nuclear deal the president hassan rouhani says raney and gas injection process will be started this band under the agreement. britain's main opposition leader jeremy corcoran has laid out how he would use all the bricks in crisis if his labor party wins next month's election open says he wanted to see if a new withdrawal deal with the european union could then put that to voters in a 2nd referendum. iraqi protesters are blocking roads and bridges in the capital baghdad and several provinces as they step up pressure on the government on monday security forces fired live bronzing demonstrators gathering near the state television have forces killing at least 5 people. now the u.s. has started the formal process of withdrawing from the paris climate accord the pact between $185.00 countries was set up in 2015 to fight climate change but it'll take at least a year before the u.s. can officially leave iraq math. june 27th and president donald trump announces that the us will no longer support a global agreement to limit greenhouse gases the u

deal because they wanted to force around back to the table to restart negotiations something they raney and have always been vehemently opposed to and certainly something that the european allies have said that they're not interested in doing at the moment because they see iran very much in compliance with what was agreed however there is some concern among european allies that iran is stepping up its nuclear activity and so might prompt sees a very small window of opportunity here where he can perhaps push some of the waverers in europe to back their campaign of maximum pressure to try and force iran back to the negotiating table he already believes that there is certainly pressure on the banking an oil sector we know about the sanctions that have been imposed by the u.s. this is know about a diplomatic push so he is saying look there is a. window of opportunity here and that is why he is making the statements he's making particularly in europe to europe to try and get them to alter their position on iran and add even more pressure on to the government in tehran or it will stay listeni

soon start activating its uranium enrichment facility to iran is soon expected to start pumping you raney and gas into centrifuges at an underground area near the city of qom the u.s. has called the move a big step in the wrong direction and the e.u. says that it's concerned just to restore such body reports now from tehran the spokesperson for iran's atomic energy organization made a statement on state t.v. earlier on wednesday announcing that the 1st phase of restarting the centrifuges at the for nuclear facility is under way let's hear some of what he had to say. earlier today 2000 kilograms of u.s. 6 was delivered to ford a nuclear site under the supervision of inspectors the restarting of centrifuges will take a few hours and from the process of injecting your rainy and gas into them will begin. this latest measure that's being taken by the iranian authorities is just another indication that iran doesn't believe the remaining european signatories to the nuclear deal of 2015 that is france britain and germany are no longer abiding by this deal since the united states withdrew from it

away from the 2050 nuclear deal has some rouhani says the country is about to start injecting your raney in gas into more than $1000.00 centrifuges it's the latest fallout from the u.s. decision to pull out of the agreement last year and as dosage body explains it's likely to put more pressure on the deal's remaining signatures. president hassan rouhani arrived at this factory in tehran for an inauguration ceremony but he used to turn around iran's 4th and most significant step in scaling back its commitment to the 2015 nuclear deal more as fire door on iran's 4th step will be launched at the photo nuclear facility and i will advise the atomic energy organization to start as of tomorrow by feeding gas into the centrifuges i will also inform the p. 4 plus one of the step this new action will also be under the supervision of the international atomic energy agency. the for don't you clear facility is the only place where iran can and has produced 20 percent enriched uranium that's considered an important stage towards developing uranium with the potential for a nuclear weapon it has always

it's now operating twice as many advanced centrifuges as were banned they can produce and rich to raney and 10 times faster than those allowed under the accord both announcements appear timed to fall on the 40th anniversary of the seizure of the us embassy in tehran $52.00 american citizens were detained for more than $400.00 days rallies took place in the iranian capital on mondays and mark the anniversary of the serious jabari reports out from tehran. the head of iran's atomic energy organization at one of the country's most important nuclear facilities this is where ali akbar salehi announced that iran has now added another 30 advanced centrifuges mahabharata zines you do see we weren't supposed to have 30 chain centrifuges we wanted to work on it after we tested 20 chinese centrifuges then 3 to 4 years later to work on the 30 chain centrifuges but we faced political challenges and senior authorities decided to show iran's potential power and determination this is another step taken by iran to scale back its commitments to the 2015 nuclear deal authorities here say since the united s

radium is a mind metal that contains 2 isotopes 99.3 percent is uranium $23.00 eights and the rest you raney m 235 and it's that much smaller isotope the can release enough energy to fuel a nuclear reactor or a bomb but for that it needs to be enrich and this is done in centrifuges that spin the element 4 senior iranian 235 into the center but that's time consuming and difficult but it becomes easier as uranium is further refined now before the nuclear deal came into effect iran was a rich in uranium at 20 percent now it's 5 percent which is enough for the moment to meet its nuclear fuel needs but it would need between 85 and 90 percent to make a nuclear weapon it's also using more advanced i r 6 centrifuges to enrich uranium faster now the country's leaders say the nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. plans of ourselves to come on the news are including we'll tell you why more protests like this bybee u.k. based climate activist group extinction rebellion kids happen in future and we'll be live in chile where some police officers are under the lens for their conduct during anti-governm

raney and consulates in the holy city of najaf they accused tehran affronting up iraq's government which they've been writing against for 2 months now they to be everything else was hundreds of anti-government protesters stormed the compound that the iranian consulate in the jaffa $55.00 to tie a 1000 blankets and replacing the iranian flag with an iraqi one was analysts say the symbolic importance of the attack in a shia majority city cannot be understated of this is the city where the ayatollah khomeini used to live it's considered to be you know the heart of the shia muslim world and iran thought that it had the population the iraqi shia population on its side in terms of its you know regional policies clearly that's not the case. protesters say rand is exerting to much power in iraq they will directly government to take action to limit it was it's the 2nd time this month that in a rainy and consulate has been targeted by iraqi protest as 3 weeks ago security forces killed to demonstrate is in the city of kabul and. both attacks feed into the wide anti government protest movement that

material to develop a nuclear bomb if it chooses to well as of now iran is enriching or purifying you raney i'm up to 4.5 percent to help generate nuclear power that's above the 3.6 percent as allowed under the nuclear deal but well below weapons grade levels of about 90 percent however iran's threaten to push enrichment back up to 20 percent which technically is only a short step from 90 the country's leaders say the nuclear program is only for peaceful purposes as cross live now to tehran and our correspondent joe body also what does this mean well peter this means that iran is now one step closer to going back to its nuclear program prior to those who is 1015 nuclear deal that they signed with the world powers this means that the president who is also the head of the country's nuclear commission decided that it is time to put more pressure on the remaining signatories of the 2015 deal this means that iran's nuclear program is moving forward despite the limitations set out in that agreements let's hear some more of what the president had to say more as far as a door on iran's 4th step wil

iran is taking further steps away from the 2050 nuclear deal and will soon start to activate its you raney and richmond facility to iran is expected to start pumping uranium gas into centrifuges at an underground area near the city of qom the u.s. has called the move a big step in the wrong direction of the e.u. says its concerned let's go live now to run of zeroes towards a door such a body is this what exactly is it also that iran is going to start doing. well as of midnight local time that's in about 2 hours time here the rain in atomic energy organization has said that they will restart over a 1000 centrifuges at the forego nuclear facility now this facility under the 2 $1015.00 nuclear deal became a research facility so it was no longer and rich in uranium now this is the one of 2 facilities inside the country that is able to enrich uranium and it's the only one that has the capacity to enrich the 20 percent uranium that iran has done in the past so it's a very very important facility the iranians have said that because the european signatories that the left in the 2050 nuclear india

for a moment here and look at what makes this move by iran so potentially provocative feeding you raney and gas into spinning centrifuges this allows a highly radioactive form of uranium it is called u 235 that can then be separated and split to produce power in nuclear reactors so you should $35.00 makes up less than one percent of natural uranium gas it needs to be more potent than that shall we say it has to get to 3 and a half percent for the gas to become of commercial use so we're talking nuclear power then and then to put that into further perspective fuel for a nuclear weapon needs to go up to between 85 and 90 percent of you 235 daryl kimball joining us now executive director of the arms control association in washington d.c. did that explain that a right did that make sense. i was very good ok now what does that mean we need the we need the. dummies version from you if i can turn it that way as to what that means and i guess is this injection of the gas at high levels is this what the 2015 nuclear deal prevented in the 1st place. well the 2015 nuclear deal limited iran activit