we begin with breaking news russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says he will last 10 u.s. diplomats to leave his country responds in kind for the u.s. expulsions and sanctions against the kremlin and he says russia is looking at painful measures aimed at u.s. businesses president joe biden announced a new right of sanctions on thursday for what he says is russia's election meddling and cyber attacks the scale i saw correspondent but ed smith in moscow but at this very much a case of tit for tat took us through in more detail what russia has announced today. yes we're just getting some more clarity on what's. said in the in the last half hour or so as well as expelling 10 u.s. diplomats they're also going to sanction 8 u.s. administration officials their names will be revealed later that sort of matches the individuals that the u.s. the number of individuals sanctioned by the u.s. russia are also says going to close u.s. foundations and n.g.o.s because they're interfering in russian affairs we haven't been given the names as yet of the foundations and n.g.o.s specifically t

as begin with breaking news russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says he will aust 10 u.s. diplomats to leave as his country responds in kind for u.s. expulsions and sanctions against the kremlin and he says russia is looking at painful measures aimed at u.s. businesses or president joe biden announced no ray of sanctions on thursday for what he says is russia's election meddling and cyber attacks let's go straight to our correspondent ben and smith who is live for us in moscow this is a case clearly of tit for tat talk us through the details what we've heard from russia today. yes those were the use of words used by russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov he said their actions were tit for tat so u.s. diplomats here in russia will have to leave russia or is also sanctioning 8 washington administration officials this is because last month the u.s. sanctioned 8 russians is going to stop the u.s. embassies and missions here hiring russians and other 3rd country nationals to work in their missions this can affect everything from drivers and cooks to analysis stuff and also it'

sergey lavrov said moscow was tightening restrictions on u.s.traveling within russia itself. here he is speaking earlier on the latest sanctions. mr. lavrov: we wil respond to this measure in a tit-for-tat manner. we will ask tenuous diplomats and pressure to leave the country. >> sergey lavrov. earlier on friday, a kremlin spokesman denounced the addiction to sanctions but said that president putin wanted to lower tensions. >> there is lots of sound and fury going on at the moment, but both sides are to some extent being quite careful. the americans have already factored in the diplomats in response to the expulsions a couple days ago. it is not clear what more the russians are going to do, although they have asked the u.s. ambassador -- all of this is taking place against the background of biden, prior to the announcement of sanctions, having an answer summit this year, and even today, after the announcement of the sanctions, the russians looking at that. there is a way out of this, and that if the summit takes place, there is something for pe

is traveling with foreign minister sergei lavrov on a trip to kazakstan reports on his robust response. there have been reports that the united states army pointing a special envoy to europe with one thing stopping the north stream to project down just to remind a north stream to is a gas pipeline going from russia via sea bed into germany now if this is appointed their goal will be traveling across europe talking to european leaders like in germany for example or denmark and convincing them to stop the construction russia's top diplomat sergey lavrov has commented on this strategy on this potential step that the united states might take he did not mince his words have a listen. even a structure like the council already publishes material criticizing the united states' absolute deadlock strategy over russia which does not produce any results in terms of the goals that were declared when sanctions were imposed now from the very outset the united states have been against this project against north stream 2 saying that russia will be using this pipeline as a geopolitical weapon geopolitic

welcome back russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov is in the capital of the republic of kazakhstan on a working visit during a press conference with his counterpart he outlines the current state of russia's international relations has not easy goshdarn of reporting from an assault on. there have been reports that the united states are mewling the idea of appointing a special envoy to europe tasked with one thing stopping the north stream to project down just to remind the north stream 2 is a gas pipeline going from russia via sea bed into germany now if this envoy is appointed their goal will be traveling across europe talking to european leaders like in germany for example or denmark and convincing them to stop the construction russia's top diplomat sergey lavrov has commented on this strategy on this potential step that the united states might take he did not mince his words have a listen. even a structure like the council already publishes material criticizing the united states' absolute deadlock strategy over russia which does not produce any results in terms of the goals that

full compliance if the sanctions are lifted so the iranian foreign minister during his talks with sergei lavrov said that the european union only seems to be dancing to washington's tune and besides this jawad zarif said that there is no way that the u.s. or the could force tehran into complying by putting pressure on it. the americans have to realize that if they carry on with their policy if the result will be the same they have to get rid of this mindset they have to wake up to the fact that sanctions don't work and that they have been negotiations about supporting terrorism genius if it really changes the way they think and lift sanctions and we will again consume with their obligations under the nuclear deal. another potential stumbling block a very important development that could affect the talks that are happening in the capital of austria was an incident at one of the iranian nuclear facilities that happened a couple of days ago when there was an explosion that led to a power cut and iran already called this an act of terrorism blaming israel on it so there you have it again many obsta

the foreign minister sergey lavrov also announced the addition of 10 the u.s.icials to its sanctions list and reactions to activities -- reductions to be activities of ngos in the country. it is in response to u.s. sanctions targeting individuals in the country accused of cyber attacks to interfere in last year's presidential election, which russia has denied. a report now from moscow. reporter: the russian government says it's response to u.s. sanctions is tit-for-tat. 10 u.s. diplomats will have to leave and eight senior current and former administration officials are banned from entering russia. that includes former national security advisor susan rice. foreign minister sergey lavrov says it could go further still. >> if all exchanges and niceties continue, we will ask americans to bring their number of diplomats in accordance with the the number of our employees working in the embassy in two general consulates in the u.s.. reporter: the kremlin is reacting to a u.s. government decision to blacklist russian companies, expel u.s. diplomats and ban u.s. banks.

that includes former national security adviser susan rice foreign minister sergei lavrov says he could go further still. if for exchanges of niceties continue we will ask the americans to bring the number of their diplomats who deal with bilateral relations with russia in accordance with the number of our employees working in the embassy and to general consulates in the us. the kremlin is reacting to u.s. government decision to blacklist russian companies expel russian diplomats and bar u.s. banks from buying sovereign bonds from the central bank in moscow russia continue to interfere with our democracy all this because washington says russia is involved in malign acts including the persecution of opposition politicians alexina valmy interfering in elections engaging in cyber hacking as well as occupying crimea that the toughest sanctions since 2018. if the government is frightened by the way the events are developing but they will change course and will continue to be confrontational but the question is how far will the kremlin push it they will try to make it look as though nothing h

sanctions foreign ministry here says he wants to avoid any further escalation and sergey lavrov says he takes positively joe biden's offer of a meeting with vladimir putin. but it's an al-jazeera moscow. the u.s. president and the japanese prime minister say they'll continue to work together to meet challenges posed by china yoshida sugar was the 1st world leaders who visit the white house under the biden ministration their summit focused on a wide range of issues including technology and the economy but it was geopolitics that dominated the discussions of afternoon. we committed to working together to take on the challenges from china and on issues like the east china sea the south china sea as well as north korea to ensure a future of a free and open and oh pacific japan and united states are 2 strong democracies in the region and we're committed we're committed to defending advancing our shared values including human rights and the rule of law we're going to work together to prove that democracies can still compete and win in the 21st century can deliver for our people and the fac

sanctions against the kremlin this week russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov also announced the addition of 8 u.s. officials to its sanctions list and further moves to restrict the activities of u.s. and geos moscow's response was widely expected following sweeping measures by washington which included sanctions against several dozens of people and and companies and the expulsion of russian diplomats in response to interference in last year's presidential election which of course russia has tonight but as smith reports now from moscow. the russian government says its response to u.s. sanctions is tit for tat 10 u.s. diplomats will have to leave and a senior current and former administration officials are banned from entering russia that includes former national security adviser susan rice foreign minister sergei lavrov says he could go further still. if all exchanges of niceties continue we will ask the americans to bring the number of their diplomats who deal with bilateral relations with russia in accordance with the number of our employees working in the embassy and to general consula

no tense now some of that was repeated by sergei lavrov he also condemned the european sanctions at the time of these talks but also condemned any attempts to undermine the vienna talks condemn the attack at natanz and this is why iran and russia have this close relationship russia is firmly in iran's corner as was demonstrated last year with that face off at the united nations when former president donald trump tried to have the arms embargo extended but there has been a warning from from mr divides wreath that time is running out and iran will expand its installation of advanced centrifuges came. from tehran thanks very much as. japan's decision to release more than a 1000000 tons of contaminated water into the sea from its ruined fukushima nuclear plant has been criticized by china and south korea people have been protesting in turkey and seoul japan says the water has been treated and does not pose any risk but beijing is calling the move extremely irresponsible on south korea has summoned the japanese ambassador bride has more from a protest in seoul. this is a highly controversial

russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov said moscow was also tightening restrictions on us diplomatsvelling within russia. here's mr lavrov speaking earlier on the latest us sanctions. translation: we will. respond to this measure in a tit—for—tat manner. we will ask 10 us diplomats in russia to leave the country. earlier on friday, a kremlin spokesman denounced what he called washington's addiction to sanctions, but said president putin wanted to avoid escalation. for more on this latest rise in tensions between moscow and washington here's a former british ambassador to russia sir tony brenton. there's obviously lots of sound and fury going on at the moment, but both sides are, to some extent, being quite careful. the americans will already have factored in that the russians are going to throw out ten of their diplomats in response to the expulsions a couple of days ago. and it's not clear what more the russians are going to do, although they have asked the us ambassador to leave, which raises the temperature. all this has taken place in the background of biden prior to the sanctio

russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has said that he expects the international deal limiting iran's nuclear program to be saved speaking after talks with his iranian counterpart lavrov said that iran should willingness if the u.s. upheld its agreements to laugh off also criticized the e.u. for imposing sanctions on iran during ongoing talks on reviving the nuclear program that. taiwan has unveiled a new amphibious warfare ship that can be used to land troops the massive ship is the latest part of the program to modernize the armed forces it comes as china escalates its threats to use military force to annex the island it says is its territory. japan has announced that it will start releasing massive amounts of tema needed water from the nuclear power plant into the sea the water has been stored in tanks at the plant since it was destroyed by a tsunami and earthquake in 2011. tapan says that the decision was unavoidable and that the water will be diluted to meet international standards before it's released in about 2 years time japan's neighbors south korea and china have condemned t

during talks to revive the nuclear deal made those comments one nation the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov is visiting terror on a day before negotiations resume in vienna between the parties of the 2015 agreement iran blames israel for what it's calling an act of sabotage at its nuclear plant at natanz. the german government has approved controversial legal changes that will centralize more power in berlin so it can impose tougher coronavirus restrictions and if that change is approved by parliament the government will be able to introduce curfews and close schools and businesses germany is now battling a 3rd wave of credit 19 which is stressing the country's health system police in minnesota have made multiple arrests as protesters angry over the shooting of a black man defied a curfew dante wright was shot by a police officer in the minneapolis suburb on sunday the u.n. human rights chief is the situation in myanmar will turn into a full blown conflict much like the one in syria michelle back in for a stronger action against me on miles army saying targeted sanctions are not enough prot

this is al-jazeera these are your top stories russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says he lost 10 u.s. diplomats to leave the country mirroring the expulsions of russians from the u.s. washington they've also announced an array of new sanctions against the kremlin lover of says russia is looking at imposing painful measures on u.s. businesses police in the u.s. city of indianapolis says it's still too early to know the motive behind those days shooting a gunman killed 8 people and injured several others at a fed ex facility the identity of the attacker who killed himself hasn't been released members. of political parties ethnic leaders and antic you protesters have formed a national unity government they say it's aimed at restoring democracy after the military overthrew the elected government in a coup in february. is the spokeswoman for the national unity government $750.00 people of myanmar have been killed but these are less military in the us. these volunteers against the people of myanmar describe crimean those activities military operation against the people of myanmar has t

russian foreign minister sergei lavrov says muska -- moscow will tell 10 u.s. diplomats to leave in retaliation for the u.s. expulsion of russian diplomats. the japanese prime minister has become the first leader to hold face-to-face talks with u.s. president joe biden. vice president harris welcomed him to the white house and -- to the white house. an increasingly assertive china is likely to be the focus. bodycam footage was released of the moment a chinese police officer shot and killed a 13-year-old boy. the police said the teenager had a gun. a lawyer for the boy's family said he had complied with demands to show his hands when he was shot. president joe biden has ordered flags on all u.s. government buildings to be lowered after a gunman killed eight people. the attack at a fedex depot in indianapolis was carried out by a former employee. he also shot himself. the rampage has called for -- the rampage has resulted in new calls for tighter gun control. >> it was sholy after 11:00 p.m. thursday ght when police were called out to the indianapolis airport. ro

by the foreign minister the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov saying he will ask 10 u.s. diplomats to leave russia. more than 100000 people have now died of covert 19 in france and millions have been infected since the pandemic began for those who recovered the battle against the virus was hard times traumatic there are accusations that the government could have done more to stop the outbreak from getting worse natasha report from paris. a do better he spent 2 months in a coma in a paris hospital last year off to contract in covert 19 doctors told his family there was a chance he wouldn't live his recovery took weeks video of the day he returned home after his ordeal shows him looking days and fragile. new a levy i came back to life when i was totally weak and i was discouraged to fall asleep because i thought if i want to sleep i will die and i couldn't let that happen it was a battle i had to fight to leave it to barito he survived but many have not french health officials say more than 100000 people have died of covert 19 since the start of the pandemic more than a yea

sanctions against the kremlin this week the pharmacist sergey lavrov also announced the addition of 8 u.s. officials to its sanctions list and restrictions to the activities of u.s. and geos in the country the measures were widely expected following the expulsion of russian diplomats and u.s. sanctions targeting individuals and companies accused of conducting cyber attacks to interfere in last year's presidential election which russia has denied and it smith reports now from moscow. the russian government says its response to u.s. sanctions is tit for tat 10 u.s. diplomats will have to leave and 8 senior current and former administration officials are banned from entering russia that includes former national security adviser susan rice foreign minister sergei lavrov says he could go further still. if all exchanges of niceties continue we will ask the americans to bring the number of their diplomats who deal with bilateral relations with russia in accordance with the number of our employees working in the embassy and to general consulates in the us. the kremlin is reacting to u.s. gove

says is russia's election meddling and cyber attacks well in the past few hours foreign minister sergei lavrov said he would aust 10 u.s. diplomats to leave the country and he says russia is looking at painful measures aimed at u.s. businesses. about it smith who is in moscow for us but it we're getting more information now on who is going to be banned from russia as part of these measures talk us through what you're hearing. well these are what the survey lavrov the foreign ministers have described as tit for tat measures so as well as those 10 u.s. diplomats will have to leave russia russia sanctioned 8 government u.s. washington administration officials this is because also the beginning of march. the refer there were other sanctions from the u.s. sanctioning 8 significant figures in the russian administrations as a list of 8 names a couple of them would be very well known to an international audience susan rice who's currently the u.s. president's domestic policy adviser but she was barack obama's national security advisor and also sanctioned is john bolton former u.s. ambassador to the un

with the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov says moscow will tell 10 u.s. diplomats to leave in retaliation for the expulsion of 10 russian diplomats by washington the u.s. ordered the diplomats to leave over russia's alleged interference in the u.s. presidential election and other malign behavior. french president's emmanuelle macaw has held talks with the ukrainian leader for a lot of years olinsky on escalating tensions with russia german chancellor angela merkel also joined via video link they call the moscow to halt a military buildup along its border with ukraine. several people have been killed in a shooting in the u.s. city of indianapolis gunfire broke out at a fed ex depot near the airport police have confirmed that the gunman is dead. germany is seeing its highest rise in corona virus cases since january a one of the main reasons is the slow pace of vaccinations fewer than one in 5 germans has been given a 1st dose but the vaccination drive has picked up speed now in recent days and among those getting a 1st jab is none other than chancellor uncl

russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov says he expects the international deal limiting iran's nuclear program to be saved he was speaking after talks with his iranian counterpart mr lavrov says iran has shown willingness if the u.s. upholds its agreements to mr lavrov also criticize the e.u. for imposing sanctions on iran during ongoing talks on reviving the nuclear agreement. and he cooper testers have again taken to the streets of may march as the united nations warns the country could be heading towards a massive syria style conflict you want us called on the international community to take action to stop the military's brutal crackdown under 7 killed since the military seized power in february. japan has announced that it will start releasing massive amounts of kant contaminated water from the fukushima nuclear plant into the sea the water has been stored in tanks at the plant since it was destroyed by a tsunami and earthquake back in 2011 japan says the decision was unavoidable and that the water will be diluted to meet international standards before its release and about 2 years

although not direct talks between iran in the united states no firm direction foreign minister sergei lavrov has said that they believe in the knesset city of preserving that 2 $1015.00 nuclear deal and russia rejects any attempts to delay obstruct it also said that russia condemns any attempts to undermine those talks and said that all parties need to implement its obligations to preserve that deal now russia and iran are on the same page when it comes to that 2015 uclear deal both have called for those sanctions u.s. sanctions to be lifted but as those negotiators are set to return to vienna the context here in iran is that there is a presidential election approaching in june and president hasn't rouhani and his government will come to an end later this year but there's also the i did pressure of the internal politics of iran the opposition here many of whom have never been for the deal never wanted me to go she a sions and now following this incident at the nuclear facility are calling for negotiations to be called off farm and to develop this warning for the united states. we talk in vie

the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov views ukrainian troops exercises as a provocation. ukrainian president volodymyr selenski sees western troops especially those provided by nato as essential backup for his own forces. on the she year. starts and there's an escalation in the donbass region it's a budget everyone can see it when our soldiers are attached and there are casualties obviously we must retaliate i mean if you put it that. a few days ago zelinsky paid a visit to nato secretary-general un stoltenberg selenski stressed that the western military alliance is ukraine's only way to end the war in don't pass experts in moscow say that statement would not have gone down well in the kremlin. any cooperation between ukraine and nato any help from the north atlantic alliance is a red flag for the kremlin. but that doesn't mean that all members of the alliance welcome ukraine's desire to join nato as soon as possible letting right know there are steps towards membership are not on the agenda. a clear statement that gives many in russia hope that a war is preventable but i

russian foreign minister sergey lavrov says moscow will tell 10 u.s. diplomats to leave in retaliation for america expelling 10 russian diplomats washington ordered them out over alleged russian interference in the u.s. presidential election. japanese prime minister yoshi. he has become the 1st leader to hold the face to face talks with u.s. president joe biden vice president kamla harris welcome to the white house and increasingly assured of china is likely to be the focus of the one day summit. chicago police have released body cam footage of the moment a police officer shot and killed a 13 year old boy adam toledo the police said the teenager had a gun a lot you're a lawyer for the boy's family said he had complied with demands to show his hands when he was shot. president joe biden has ordered flags on all u.s. government buildings to be lowered after a gunman killed 8 people the attack at a fed ex depot in indianapolis was carried out by a former employee he also shot himself dead the rampage has prompted renewed calls for tighter gun controls bid

chief, josep borrell, go to moscow and have a rather embarrassing exchange with his counterpart, sergey lavrovicular are serious about getting tough on russia? these two are separate issues. i think mr borrell went to russia with good intentions of trying to establish some sort of dialogue. it's not his mistake that this dialogue failed, because you need two willing parties to start this dialogue. with respect to nord stream, we advocate personal sanctions against the people, the perpetrators of corruption and human rights abuse. the economic sanctions, we really don't have a position... we believe that germany and other countries involved in nord stream — their governments are capable enough of making their own decisions in this respect. it seems to me you have to tread a very delicate and difficult line when you appeal to the international community to take actions against the russian state, because vladimir putin is adept at playing the nationalist card. i mean, we see him do it all the time. we see him do it in the context of ukraine and many other matters. but right now, he portrays peopl

russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says he expects the international deal limiting iran's nuclear program to be saved he was speaking after talks with his a rainy and counterpart and lavrov says iran has shown willingness if the us up its agreements to lavrov also criticize the european union for imposing sanctions on iran during these ongoing talks to revive the nuclear means. taiwan has unveiled a new amphibious more fair ship that can be used to land troops the massive ship is the latest part of a program to modernize the armed forces and it comes as china asked the late its threats to use military force to annex the island it says is its territory. japan has announced that it will start releasing massive amounts of contaminated water from the fukushima nuclear plant into the sea the water has been stored in tanks at the plant since it was destroyed by a tsunami and earthquake in 2011 japan says the decision was an avoidable and that the water will be diluted to meet international standards before it's released in about 2 years time japan's neighbors south korea and china have

to revive the nuclear deal chad zarif made the comments whilst meeting his russian counterpart sergey lavrov in his visiting tehran 2 days before talks resume in vienna between the secretaries of the 2015 deal iran is dealing with what it's calling an act of sabotage of the nuclear plant and the time it's big has this update from tehran. russian foreign minister has said that they are hopeful that the j.c. can be revived and obviously these talks are going to take place in vienna now from mr devolves raef he said that the u.s. needs to return to that deal and lift all sanctions but he did issue a warning he said that time was running out and that's because of the domestic political situation here and iran following that incident in the towns there is a great deal of pressure on farmers devolves refund president hassan rouhani and their reformist government to act and to act tough. protests are. in minnesota have ignored a curfew in order to demonstrate for a 2nd night they're angry about the shooting of a black police used tear gas and pepper spray to disperse the crowds gathered in a suburb

kremlin says it's free to move its military assets around whenever it wants and foreign minister sergei lavrov says of tension is rising in eastern ukraine it's don't russia's fault and you just want to to put our you know the united states addresses ukraine through the lens of geopolitics ukraine close to russia makes russia great russia lift without ukraine is of no global importance i'm leaving the truthfulness of these ideas on the conscious of people professing them as well as their ability to appreciate modern russia president putin said not long ago but the statement is still relevant today for those who would try to start a new war and don't boss will destroy you crime. well here's a short timeline of events leading up to this point in ukraine in favor 2014 the so-called by don revolution so the russia friendly president the to get a coach deposed and the opposition taking paul the next month russian forces annexed crimea from ukraine prompting a series of western sanctions in april 24th progress in separatist seas parts of the east and beyond us starting the military conflict in ukrai

russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says any new conflict in the east would quote destroy ukraine. he's warned against incitement by western powers with the nato defense alliance saying it's concerned about a russian build up moscow says the real threat is nato sending troops to ukraine. undoubtedly such a scenario would lead to a further increase of tension near the russian border of course this will require additional security measures from the russian side in february 2040 the so-called my down revolution saw ukraine's russia friendly president viktor yushchenko bitch deposed and the opposition take power the next month russian forces are next crisis from ukraine prompting western sanctions in april 24th seen pro russian separatists seize part of the eastern donbass region starting the internal military conflict in ukraine. in 2019 television act of law to ms alinsky was elected ukraine's president he and president putin agreed to exchange prisoners and commit to a cease fire last july a cease fire with and yet 6 separate ists was agreed but it's close to breaking and now the u

and sergey lavrov condemned the attack on the town's plant and encouraged the u.s. to return to the 2050 nuclear deal and to left a trump era sanctions. well now the u.n. human rights chief is a situation in myanmar will turn into a full blown conflict like the one in syria. urging stronger action against me and miles army saying targeted sanctions won't be enough protests against february school of growing across the country despite a harsh military crackdown more than $700.00 people and killed since the coup and more than 3000 people arrested with now reports that 23 people are facing the death penalty. there are many states and many businesses in fact which have a lot of influence in the matter the have leverage that they can use whether this is diplomat political economic pressure on the military they need to use this net reach and they need to pressure the tree into stopping the violence. to the people on the streets the vast majority of cuteness to be peaceful and they're really really small pockets of violence and in these cases where people are using clinton

this was coming and some form or another it was just a matter of time russian foreign minister sergei lavrov speaking out on friday and really showing how. the kremlin has become by what it considers to be washington's consistent efforts to really tear apart the relationship between the 2 countries on the back of the punitive measures that washington announced against russia on thursday which the country will handle easily we've now learned exactly how russia will retaliate so on friday a list will be released of 8 washington officials who will be put on the sanctions on top of the diplomat. said that they would be suggesting that american diplomats leave russian territory similarly and number of american organizations which the kremlin considers to be interfering in the country's internal affairs will have to stop that activities so those are the concrete steps that moscow has so far announced but added that if the u.s. continues to behave the way that it is then more can and will be done including reducing the diplomatic mission here in russia to just 300 he also mentioned that whilst mosc

upcoming talks to revive the nuclear deal he made the comments was missing his russian counterpart sergey lavrov is visiting tehran 2 days before talks resume in vienna between the policies of the 2015 deal iran is dealing with what it's calling an act of sabotage at its main nuclear facility. is live for us in tehran keeping across all the events and both foreign ministers. there about the talks what are they been saying. well yes the russian foreign minister has said that they are hopeful that the can be revived and obviously these talks are going to take place in vienna from an stage of odds are if he said that the u.s. needs to return to that deal and lift all sanctions but he did issue a warning he said that time was running out and that's because of the domestic political situation here in iran following that incident in the towns there is a great deal of pressure on foreign minister devolves refund president hassan rouhani and the reformist government to act and to act right now if you look at some of the headlines one of the headlines was. the power of diplomatic. power over the talks an

russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has said that he expects the international deal limiting iran's nuclear program to be saved speaking after talks with his iranian counterpart lavrov said that iran showed willingness if the u.s. of held its agreements to laugh it off also criticizing the e.u. for imposing sanctions on iran during ongoing talks on reviving the nuclear agreement. u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin has arrived in berlin for high level talks he will meet with his german counterpart on a quote from karrenbauer and other top officials also and is the highest ranking member of the biden and ministration to visit germany's far. japan has announced that it will start releasing massive amounts of contaminated water from the fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea now the water has been stored in tanks at the plant since it was just dried by a tsunami in an earthquake in 2011 japan says that its decision was unavoidable about the water will be diluted to meet international standards before it's released in about 2 years time japan's neighbors south korea and china have c

the nuclear deal about the reef that made the comments whilst meeting his russian counterpart sergey lavrov is visiting tehran a day before negotiations resume in vienna between the parties of the 2015 deal ron is dealing with what it's calling an act of sabotage and its nuclear plant in the talents. of gold we took in vienna to restore the rights of our people and in sanctions but these talks have a limited time europeans and americans time to return to their commitments and tracy puree is very limited and if he loses appear to not he will face an favorable conditions. is enter on with more on what was being discussed. there was a warning from foreign minister divides the reef he said that time is running out for the united states now the reason for that is that there is a great deal of pressure here inside iran on jihads raef and the reformist government of president hassan rouhani reformist government and when incidents like natanz take place that pressure increases now if you read some of the headlines today one of them said the diplomacy of power over the diplomacy of the last that's b

russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says he expects the international deal limiting iran's nuclear program to be safe he was speaking after talks with his a rainy and counterpart lavrov says iran has shown willingness if the u.s. up holds its agreements to lavrov also criticize the e.u. for imposing sanctions on iran during ongoing talks on reviving the nuclear agreement. as world leaders are condemning russia's most recent military activity in and around ukraine the g. 7 group of advanced nations says it is deeply concerned by what it calls russian provocations ukraine a kiss' moscow sending thousands of troops to its eastern border of the crimean peninsula here and moscow of trade of blame for the worsening situation in the donbass region ukrainian troops have fought progress in separatists it's 2014 clashes in the region have become more frequent and there are fears the unresolved conflict between the 2 sides could flare up again. a russian military camp set up suddenly close to russia's border with ukraine witnesses have reported seeing rows of tanks in the area and artillery b

germany for example or denmark and convincing them to stop the construction russia's top diplomat sergey lavrov has commented on this strategy on this potential step that the united states might take he did not mince his words have a listen. even a structure like the council already publishes material criticizing the united states' absolute deadlock strategy over russia which does not produce any results in terms of the goals that were declared when sanctions were imposed now from the very outset the united states have been against this project against nordstrom to saying that russia will be using this pipeline as a geopolitical weapon geopolitical tool moscow in turn has been saying that this pipeline simply makes a lot of economic sense and it makes russia. delivering natural gas from russia into europe just simply move flawless and easier but this didn't stop the united states from repeatedly slapping sanctions onto this project and onto companies involved in the construction circular labral has also commented on the state of russia u.s. relations in general saying that while in fact russia

kremlin says it's freed to move its military assets around than ever at once and fire minister sergei lavrov says if tensions are rising in eastern ukraine it's not russia's fault and you just want to talk or you know the united states addresses ukraine through the lens of geopolitics ukraine close to russia makes russia great russia lift without ukraine is of no global importance i'm leaving the truthfulness of these ideas on the conscious of people professing them as well as their ability to appreciate modern russia president putin said not long ago but this statement is still relevant today that those who would try to start a new war in donbass will destroy you crying. veteran pro-democracy activists face up to 5 years in prison after they were convicted for staging a protest in hong kong then in a march against the now repeat extradition 2019 from hong kong. they arrived at court flanked by their supporters defiant in the face of a crackdown on the movement they have represented for decades these are some of hong kong's most high profile veteran activists including 82 year old martin lee