that any move in this direction would cause trouble for the islamic revolutionary guard corps their job is to protect iran's political system but they also play an important role in iran's economy and have actually profited enormously from the sanctions posture on. higher g.c. whatever you like to call them takes advantage of it in in many ways they control all aspects of imports and exports in a situation like this and they operate sort of like. mafia bosses they control the flow of counterfeit goods. things like alcoholism and cigarettes from from other countries food in this sort of circumstance they really gain and having lived through the previous round of of heavy sanctions in 20122013 the thing that i noticed most acutely was the massive wealth gap that was created you had a whole new class of people a smaller group of people who had tons of money limitless money one of the primary opponents to the j.c.t. away was the islamic revolutionary guard corps it signaled a couple of things for them one it signaled a kind of rapprochement with the west to some degree and that's antithetic

that any move in this direction would cause trouble for the islamic revolutionary guard corps their job is to protect iran's political system but they also play an important role in iran's economy and have actually profited enormously from the sanctions the posture on. higher g.c. whatever you like to call them takes advantage of it in in many ways they control all aspects of imports and exports in a situation like this and they operate sort of like. mafia bosses they control the flow of counterfeit goods. things like alcoholism and cigarettes from from other countries food in this sort of circumstance they really gain and having lived through the previous round of of heavy sanctions in 20122013 the thing that i noticed most acutely was the massive wealth gap that was created you had a whole new class of people a smaller group of people who had tons of money limitless money one of the primary opponents to the j.c.b. away was the islamic revolutionary guard corps it signaled a couple of things for them one it signaled a kind of rapprochement with the west to some degree and that's antith

washington accused iran of using the revolutionary guard corps to promote terrorism in the middle east the u.s. said the guard supplied weapons to and training for hezbollah militants in lebanon and various palestinian resistance movements. george w. bush was also concerned about iran's alleged efforts to build nuclear weapons. the united states of america will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons. in 2000 to push described iran as part of an international axis of evil in 2010 president barack obama announced new sanctions as iran continued to defy international demands to change course on its nuclear program similar calls came from the european union and the u.n. security council. but iran's new president mahmoud ahmadinejad's promise that the country would push ahead with its nuclear program. during the bush administration and certainly during the obama administration sanctions were intended to be leverage for diplomatic success that was the point that you were going to apply pressure so that you could take it away as

why is the iranian revolutionary guard putting out the story that it was done by robots?> thank you, fareed, for the invite. the revolutionary guards are spreading stories, the first one to tweet the story is the relative of one of the top commanders of the revolutionary guard that this was a completely remote controlled assassination that was done with no assassins on site. that can explain part of their security lapse in protecting. they were the ones who were supposed to protect one of the people that were directly threatened by israel and by the united states, a person designated by the united nations. they were supposed to guard him and they fail asked they also failed to kill or harm or arrest anyone of the assassins. if there was only a robot on site, it might explain some of their failures. but this science fiction version, that there was no one and it was just robots controlled, they claim, by satellite from israel, i think nobody in iran really buys that. however, i think that -- hopefully we will be able to report soon on the full details of the assassination a

was captured by the revolutionary guard and 2019 after years in exile he was the founder of ahmad news that's a social media channel with more than a 1000000 subscribers zam was accused there soaking violence through the channel during nationwide protests and 2017 on 2018 let's get an update from dorset joris she's joining us from tehran what more can you tell us about this case or saw. well from the time that he was brought back into iran and he stood trial the charges against him there were 13 charges in the most serious one being what they call here corruption on earth he was also accused of cooperating with intelligence services of israel and france and also. revealing state secrets about he was the sentence was handed down to him in june of this year and then up held in the supreme court last month and then he was hanged this morning this is one of the fastest cases that we've seen of somebody being executed within the country in recent years now sam wasn't just the journalists he came from a clerical family his father was a cleric who works within the establishment in the ninety'

washington accused iran of using the revolutionary guard corps to promote terrorism in the middle east the u.s. said the guard supplied weapons to and training for hezbollah militants in lebanon and various palestinian resistance movements. president george w. bush was also concerned about iran's alleged efforts to build nuclear weapons. the united states of america will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons. in 2002 bush described iran as part of an international axis of evil in 2010 president barack obama announced new sanctions as iran continued to defy international demands to change course on its nuclear program similar calls came from the european union and the u.n. security council. but iran's new president mahmoud ahmadinejad's promised that the country would push ahead with its nuclear program. during the bush administration and certainly during the obama administration sanctions were intended to be leverage for diplomatic success that was the point that you were going to apply pressure so that you could take it

washington accused iran of using the revolutionary guard corps to promote terrorism in the middle east the u.s. said the guard supplied weapons to and training for hezbollah militants in lebanon and various palestinian resistance movements. president george w. bush was also concerned about iran's alleged efforts to build nuclear weapons. the united states of america will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons. in 2002 bush described iran is part of an international axis of evil in 2010 president barack obama announced new sanctions as iran continued to defy international demands to change course on its nuclear program similar calls came from the european union and the u.n. security council. but iran's new president mahmoud ahmadinejad's promised that the country would push ahead with its nuclear program. during the bush administration and certainly during the obama administration sanctions were intended to be leverage for diplomatic success that was the point that you were going to apply pressure so that you could take it

the claim was dismissed by the new chief of tehran's elite quids force part of iran islamic revolutionary guards corps on a recent visit to their own capital is my if on the replaced cos and so they money who was assassinated in a u.s. drone strike in january the white house is now concerned about what iranian backed forces in their up might do ahead of the anniversary of solar mani's death will discuss this shortly with our guests but 1st let's take a closer look at the main iran backed militias in there and up the popular mobilization forces was formed in 2014 after a call from leading shiite cleric ali assistant for at all please to join the fighting us eisel its members are mostly shiite muslims and many of them are supported by you dons government of hezbollah was set up in 2003 just before the invasion of it up by the u.s. and its allies during the war it carried out many attacks against american and coalition forces and has longstanding ties with iran. who is on the u.s. terror list heads the iranian backed shiite militia as it helped his forces fought in syria alongside president bashar

drone attack near baghdad airport killed major general cuz sam sulaimani the command of a revolutionary guards group that specialized in military and clandestine operations outside iran. sulaimani was said to be the 2nd most powerful man in iran. crowds turned out for a funeral services that were held in several cities in bases around and iraq. president trump wasted no time in taking credit for the attack we killed the number one terrorist in the world salivating and it should have been done 20 years ago if the. only pupil. trump had several options and he chose one that really crossed the line he ordered the assassination of a senior military official. this didn't happen on the battlefield which you might expect in a conflict between 2 enemies about soleimani was killed as though he was a common terrorist like osama bin laden and his death came as a shock to the entire country with this on 2 millions of people took to the streets to pay their last respects. iran's government can usually get a few $100000.00 people to turn out by mobilizing troops and supporters and providing transportation f

washington accused iran of using the revolutionary guard corps to promote terrorism in the middle east the u.s. said the guard supplied weapons to and training for hezbollah militants in lebanon and various palestinian resistance movements. president george w. bush was also concerned about iran's alleged efforts to build nuclear weapons. the united states of america will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons. in 2000 to push described iran as part of an international axis of evil and 2010 president barack obama announced new sanctions as iran continued to defy international demands to change course on its nuclear program similar calls came from the european union and the u.n. security council. but iran's new president mahmoud ahmadinejad's promise that the country would push ahead with its nuclear program. during the bush administration and certainly during the obama administration sanctions were intended to be leverage for diplomatic success that was the point that you were going to apply pressure so that you could take

drone attack near baghdad airport killed major general cuz sam sulaimani the commander of the revolutionary guards group that specialized in military and clan design operations outside iran. sulaimani was said to be the 2nd most powerful man in iran huge crowds turned out for a funeral services. when held in several cities in bases around iraq. president trump wasted no time in taking credit for the attack we killed the number one person in the world salivating and it should have been done 20 years ago if the . only. trump had several options and he chose one that really crossed the line he ordered the assassination of a senior military official. this didn't happen on the battlefield which you might expect in a conflict between 2 enemies you know about soleimani was killed as though he was a common terrorist like osama bin laden and his death came as a shock to the entire country with this on to the millions of people took to the streets to pay their last respects. iran's government can usually get a few $100000.00 people to turn out by mobilizing troops and supporters and providing transportation

was captured by the revolutionary guard in 2019 after years in exile was accused of stoking violence or a social media channel during nationwide protests in 2017. at least 10 rockets have been fired on afghanistan's capital of kabul killing one person 2 others and afghan government spokesman says they were fired from a vehicle on the city's outskirts has been no claim of responsibility. new evidence in the case of an italian student taught she didn't murdered in egypt could further implicate security officials or for the eclipse obtained by al jazeera her italian judicial sources indicate for the 1st time that 28 year old with a gun was being monitored while in egypt italian prosecutors say they plan to charge for cdn members of egypt's security forces. more coming up right after we return to witness the. temporary foreign workers. in the labor market. we care where they're from we care what they look like we care because. if they were coming from england if they were coming from australia if they were coming from the united states nobody would. maybe out of them in the past but up w

machine gun was used to kill its top nuclear scientist last month the deputy commander of iran's revolutionary guard says an advanced camera was used to zoom in on the same fact that iran has given contradictory details around as all this death which to iran is blamed on israel though israel hasn't confirmed or denied any involvement unicef is asking for 2 and a half $1000000000.00 in new funds to help children in the middle east and north africa the aid agency says $39039000000.00 children have been impacted by war poverty and the virus yemen syria lebanon and sudan have the highest number of children in need most of the funds requested would go towards education your tradition and health care and the coalition led by the venezuelan president nicolas maduro has won the country's parliamentary elections that was expected after the opposition boycotted the vote the u.s. and e.u. say the vote wasn't free or fair they don't regard the outcome as opposition to one quite oh is planning to hold his own referendum blood and his french decolonization is the program. primes once had an empire covering enormo

now to some of the other stories making news around the world iran's revolutionary guard says a remote controlled weapon was used in last week's assassination of a top nuclear scientist officials said no attackers were present when most emphatic sunday was shot by a high precision machine gun fitted with a camera and artificial intelligence iran has previously blamed israel for the attack. the polls have opened in ghana for presidential and parliamentary elections the vote is expected to be a tight race between the 2 main candidates incumbent president. and his longtime rival john muhammad the west african country is experiencing a financial downturn after decades of groats. british and european negotiators will today resume talks to secure a post brags that trade deal with an agreement hanging in the balance the latest round of talks is taking place in brussels ahead of an e.u. summit later this week the e.u. is offering a tariff free access to the single market in exchange for britain agreeing to e.u. rules on state aid environmental and labor regulations britain will lead the single

and it's only now about some of the other stories making news around the world iran's revolutionary guard says a remote controlled weapon was used in last week's assassination of a top nuclear scientist officials said no attackers were present when they were seen as far as the day was shot by a high precision machine gun fitted with a camera an artificial intelligence iran has previously been to israel for the attack. meanwhile in australia residents have been told to evacuate from fraser island as bush fire is burnt to word homes more than half of the world heritage national park has been destroyed by fires in recent weeks with a heat wave worsening conditions is thought an illegal camp fire sparked the blaze . the u.s. president donald trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani has tested positive for corona virus he has reportedly been admitted to a washington hospital but tweeted to say he was fine of the 76 year old has traveled extensively working to overturn trump's recent election losses are. for. venezuela's socialist president nicolas maduro has hailed a gigantic election win that ha

convicted of fueling anti-government unrest according to state media rulers was captured by the revolutionary guard in 2019 after years in exile so i was accused of staking violence through a social media channel during nationwide protests in 2070. kabul's international airport has come under attack with mortar shells killing at least one person an afghan government spokesman says the shells were fired from a vehicle on the city's outskirts no one has claimed responsibility for the attack new evidence in the case of an italian student told that the mud in egypt could further implicate security officials that video clips obtained by al-jazeera from italian judicial sources indicate for the 1st time that 28 year old research as you don't have any was being monitored while in egypt. i got more news coming up here on al-jazeera right after my chin is yeah i feel and. what they've been doing with the money that it's boring we bring you the stories and developments the rapidly changing the world we live in seen as congress is debating a bill seeking to raise billions of dollars for the super rich poor fa

machine gun was used to kill its top nuclear scientist last month the deputy commander of iran's revolutionary guard says advance camera was used to zoom in on moss in fact it is odd that iran has given contradictory details around for this death which to iran is blaming on israel the israel hasn't confirmed or denied any involvement that's it for myself from the team in london we'll see you tomorrow if you find a latin america is the program coming up next. viewfinder fresh perspectives through the lens of local filmmakers around the globe. so for those. that i feel but i'm not that. well but i think. there. is a sense. that he died. but i. see. in those who are. going to. buy. but here we go live to gaza for good after you. know you. go. home anymore as you know matthew now but out of. the. you. see. around me. going up if it's here now and. yes if you believe. that i mean me muppet him out last you can see we're not about someone. and i wonder if. it's a good plan a city. on number down on. the merry go round where you. want a muffin and data plan and maybe your gonna glenarvan the perfect fair w

the israelis have been pummeling the revolutionary guards in syria now for almost two years.evolutionary guard corps which also controls the nuclear program has been really unable to respond to this pummeling of which they have lost substantial life and manpower and material. so the israelis i think are signaling really clearly they're not scared and that they have the iranians, they have advantage over the iranians. i think it certainly fortifies spines of gulf arabs who historically have never been courageous when it comes to iranian threats. gerry: briefly, if biden comes in and his team are talking about possibly redoing, resurrecting, getting the u.s. back in the iranian nuclear deal how do you think, how do you think that will play out? >> well i think obviously the iranians are waiting to see how many billions of dollars the biden administration is prepared to throw before talks even begin. i think it is going to be complicated. one, i think the israelis probably will continue to cause problems because they don't believe that these nuclear discussions can lead to anyth

the israelis have been pummeled seeing the revolutionary guards for almost two years.volutionary guard corps controls theee nuclear program has been really unable to respond to which they've lost substantial life and manpower in this material. so israelis are singling very clearly very clearly. it certainly fortifies these fine went very courageous when comes to iranian threats. >> if biden does commit his team is talk about possibly redoing, resurrecting, giving theou u.s. back in the iranian nuclear dear, how do you think that will play out? the eye iranians are waiting to 70 billions of dollars he biden administration is prepared to throw before tax even begin. i think it's going to be complicated. one i think the israelis will continue to cause problems because they do not believe that these nuclear discussions can lead to anything terribly productive. and i think the eye iranians are also going to be hesitant. it won't be hesitant to take our money but they are going to be very hesitant to make any concessions that are real and substantial and go beyond the jc poa

fueling anti-government unrest in 20172018 according to state media who was captured by the revolutionary guard and 2019 after years in exile kabul's international airport has come under attack with a series of rockets killing at least one person an afghan government spokesman says the shells were fired from a vehicle on the city's outskirts no one has claimed responsibility and prosecutors of the international criminal court are pushing for a full investigation into possible war crimes in ukraine an initial inquiry launched 5 years ago found that reasonable grounds exist to believe the crimes against humanity have been committed fighting between ukrainian forces and pro russian separatists has killed more than 14000 people over the past 6 years hong kong media tycoon and pro-democracy activist jimmy lie has appeared in court to face charges for violating a controversial national security law police accuse him of colluding with foreign forces lie is the publisher of apple daily which is seen as the last media outlets critical of the government there if convicted he could face a life sentence in

the members in these new groups are from militias tied to the islamic revolutionary guard corps.hey come from another militia tied from tehran and the thinking in tehran is, if these groups aren't designated, the u.s. can't attack them. they have to stop thinking that way. u.s. will defend itself, it will defend itself in a proactive way. if the united states sees an eminent -- imminent attack, able do something. but the baghdad government denies its airspace to u.s. intelligence surveillance and because this is at the request of militia leaders, one of them said this week they are tied directly to the quds force, they are trained and equipped by iran. this is the leader of hezbollah saying this. qasem soleimani's one-year anniversary of his death is coming up and they are testing u.s. resolve ahead of that day. that is why we had the rocket attacks last week. we expect more and the u.s. is ready. there is a target packet on 55 sites inside iran tied to the irgc and the iranian people are ok with the irgc being targeted as long as the u.s. doesn't targeted -- doesn't target civil

essentially it is goingiso be him andeam of revolutionary guard advisors who have to make this decisionyou can see how they are beingn pushedfferent directions, because as much as they would like to breathe fire and be tirevoary, the economic incline cannot bent reversed abome type of either a full or partial return to the nuclear deal. katty: the combination of the theconomic decline and the latest assassination, it isiall pretty humng, isn't it, for the regime? karim: absolutely. just in the year 2020, katty,bee n the year with the assassination of iran's top military commander, custom solemani a couple months ago we had the assassination of al qaeda's number two leader, who was living in iran. and now iran's top nuclear scientist. this is a regime, the islamic republic of iran, which prides itself on being a policete s a security state. their most vulnerablen't protect individuals when they know they are being courted by their enemies isre certainly a humiliation for this regime. katty: ok, karim sadjadpour, thank you very much for joining me. don't underestimate the power ofti humil

of fueling anti-government unrest 20172018 according to state media who was captured by the revolutionary guard and 2019 after years in exile. the us supreme court has rejected the legal bid from the state of texas to overturn donald trump's election to trump head back to back door suit which sought to throw out the results in 4 key states where joe biden has won several of the several other legal challenges have also been rejected across the country. today marks the 5th anniversary of the paris climate agreement since then extreme weather events from drought wildfires and super storms of all taken their toll and highlighted a renewed course of action so how is the well placed in its battle against the climate crisis edison takes a look. it was an extraordinary moment after endless years of negotiations nations of the world united in this common cause and the paris agreement was born that girl it was a it was for celebrations they were short lived within 18 months the accord was in deep trouble suddenly u.s. leadership was lost. the united states will withdraw from the paris. thanks lima to cou

iran's top nuclear scientist was a satellite guided gun a deputy commander over on islamic revolutionary guard says there were 13 shots which were so precise the scientists wife who was in the same car was unhurt motion for resort it was attacked on friday november the 27th and died from his injuries in hospital it was a senior iranian military research or in 2018 these really prime minister accused them of being involved in a program which israel linked with nuclear weapons tehran has always said it enriches uranium for peaceful energy purposes only iran regards the killing as an act of terror squarely pointing the blame at israel which claims it has no clue as to who did it. you don't know who the people of iran are smarter and wiser than falling into the trap of the zionist conspiracy the earth thinking of creating chaos they should know that we already know their tricks and they will not succeed in achieving their evil goals both the zionist regime and those who are against iran should know that the path of the country's development the path of the country's research will continue rapidly

iran's top nuclear scientist was a satellite guided gun a deputy commander of iran's islamic revolutionary guard says that were 13 shots which was so precise that the scientists wife who was in the same car as heaven was unhurt now just remind him most in fact result he was attacked on friday november 27th and died from his injuries at hospital he was a senior iranian military researcher and 2018 years radii prime minister accused him of being involved in a program which israel make with nuclear weapons to iran has always said it enriches uranium for peaceful energy purposes only iran regards the killing as an act of terror. squarely pointing the blame is route which claims that has quote no clue as to. who the people of iran are smarter and wiser than falling into the trap of the zionist conspiracy there are thinking of creating chaos they should know that we already know their tricks and they will not succeed in achieving their evil goals both design and history jeem and those who are against iran should know that the path of the country's development the path of the country's research will co

washington accused iran of using the revolutionary guard corps to promote terrorism in the middle east the u.s. said the guard supplied weapons to and training for hezbollah militants in lebanon and various palestinian resistance movements. president george w. bush was also concerned about iran's alleged efforts to build nuclear weapons. the united states of america will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons. in 2000 to push described iran as part of an international axis of evil in 2010 president barack obama announced new sanctions as iran continued to defy international demands to change course on its nuclear program similar calls came from the european union and the u.n. security council. but iran's new president mahmoud ahmadinejad's promise that the country would push ahead with its nuclear program. during the bush administration and certainly during the obama administration sanctions were intended to be leverage for diplomatic success that was the point that you were going to apply pressure so that you could take i

and time now to have a look at some of the other stories making headlines today iran's revolutionary guard says a remote controlled weapon was used in last week's assassination of a top nuclear scientists official said no attackers were present when most in fact resulted was shot by a high precision machine gun fitted with a camera and artificial intelligence iran has previously blamed israel for the attack in australia residents have been told to evacuate from fraser island as bushfires that burnt towards homes more than half of the world heritage national park has been destroyed by fires in recent weeks with a heat wave worsening conditions it's thought an illegal camp fire spot the blaze. u.s. president donald trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani has tested positive for the corona virus he has reportedly been admitted to a washington hospital but tweeted to say he feels fine 76 year old has travelled extensively working to overturn trump's recent election loss. as take a look now at some of the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic the serum institute of india says it has app

but last year the revolutionary guard said they‘d seized him in iraq and taken him back to tehran.rket—friendly reforms that they say are against their interests. thousands have gathered to voice their discontent and this week, they called on the rest of india to join them in a national strike. today, "hundreds" of protestors have marched on the indian consulate in birmingham, to show their solidairty with the farmers in india. ankur desai has the latest. hundreds of protesters have flooded the streets of birmingham city centre outside the indian consulate to show solidarity with the farmers who have been protesting against the recent agricultural reforms in india by the government. many turned up around 1030 this morning, the numbers swelled into the six, 700s. many remained in their cars gridlock in the area here and some were protesting on their feet, in the area here and some were protesting on theirfeet, they in the area here and some were protesting on their feet, they were walking up and down the main high street and they were posting banners and chanting in solidarity with

but last year the revolutionary guard said they'd seized him in iraq and taken him back to tehran.eforms to the agricultural sector, will safeguard livelihoods. tens of thousands of farmers have been holding protests on the outskirts of the capital, new delhi for the past two weeks, blocking roads and other key infrastructure. they fear the reforms will erode guaranteed prices for wheat and rice crops. despite the pandemic, 2020 has seen a dramatic increase in palestinian homes demolished by the israeli authorities. some 900 people lost their home — the biggest number in years. palestinians often build without permits in eastjerusalem and parts of the west bank under israeli patrol — saying permits are almost impossible for them to get. among the buildings still facing demolition orders there are many palestinian schools. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell reports. within seconds, a home is gone. and here, another. this has been a record year for israeli demolitions. with all the misery they bring. but in this bedouin village, they're rebuilding. last month, bulldozers ar

was captured by the revolutionary guard and 2019 after years in exile. kabul's international airport has come under attack with a series of rockets killing at least one person an afghan government spokesman says the shells were fired from a vehicle on the city's outskirts new evidence in the case of an italian student tortured and murdered in egypt could further implicate security officials there video clips of trained by al jazeera from judicial sources indicate for the 1st time a 28 year old researcher joy origine was being monitored while in egypt prosecutors at the international criminal court are pushing for a full investigation into possible war crimes in ukraine fighting between ukrainian forces and pro russian separatists has killed more than 14000 people in the past 6 years. more news coming up at the top of the hour right here on al-jazeera that's after the listening post thanks for watching. what is that they've been doing with the money that it's borat we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in ar

officials, including the head of the country's atomic energy organization, the head of the revolutionary guards. and this man, the intelligence minister, who now has the job of finding out how fast was that it was killed. the scientists convoy of vehicles came under attack in office art, just east of tehran. on friday. he was taken to hospital where he died. factories that they had been on the u.n. security council list of sanctioned individuals. iran had never allowed him to be interviewed by the international atomic agency. his whereabouts were always kept secret, and he has survived a previous assassination attempt. president hassan rouhani was not at the funeral, but he has blamed israel for the assassination. a charge israel denies. iran's defense minister says justice will be done. mo-o. had flung generally out called we will pursue the criminals to the end. and the perpetrators of this crime will be punished. the foreign governments and international organizations who refused to condemn this act of terrorism will see the consequences of their crimes. the father of 3 was gunned down in fr

let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world iran's revolutionary guard to censor a remote controlled weapon was used in last week's assassination of a top nuclear scientist officials that know what taxes were president when most insight exciting was shot by a high precision machine gun fitted with a camera and our artificial intelligence iran has previously blamed israel for the attack. in australia residents have been told to evacuate from fraser island as bush fires burn toward homes more than half of the world heritage national park has been destroyed by fires in recent weeks with a heat wave worsening conditions it is thought that no legal campfire sparked the blaze. u.s. president donald trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani has tested positive for the coronavirus he's reportedly been admitted to a washington hospital but tweeted to say he feels fine the 76 year old has travelled extensively working to overturn trump's recent election loss. runs the british and european negotiators will today resume talks to secure a post breaks it's a trade deal wi

platform to start violence during nationwide protests in 2017 and 18 it was captured by the revolutionary guard last year while living in exile. hong kong media tycoon and pro-democracy activist jimmy lie is appeared in court to face charges of violating a controversial national security law lie was seen at a courthouse in handcuffs and chains he was detained this month and denied bail police accuse him of colluding with foreign forces lies the publisher of apple daily which is seen as a last media outlet critical of the government if convicted he could face life in prison. now in the next couple of hours voting will conclude in a referendum organized by venezuela's opposition leader one. that has whalen's inside and outside the country have had since monday to vote on whether they want to end nicolas maduro as rule and hold new elections but the move has no legal force whatsoever and present wages governing party overwhelmingly won congressional elections on sunday with more than 68 percent of the vote elections were boycotted by the opposition who say they were not free verifiable or transpar

machine gun was used to kill its top nuclear scientists last month the deputy commander of iran's revolutionary guard says an advanced camera was used to zoom in on moss and the iran has given contradictory details of his death which to iran blames on israel israel has not confirmed or denied any involvement but an israeli official did say iran's explanation of his death is to avoid the embarrassment of having not properly protected him in gone to the polls have closed in presidential and parliamentary elections with the results now expected in the next 24 hours president a coup for oddo is seeking a 2nd for yet while his main challenger john muhammad is aiming to unseat him candidates offering competing visions on how to help the economy rebound i'm interested reports from. president. arrives to vote at a polling station in his assistant home k.b. hoping to to see to guess his protests as a defeated 16. the president is confident his performance of the past 4 years will earn him another tim in office. we have a very mature and civilized people that get their people because we have proved in the past