earlier i asked whether or not shinzo abe can pull off a diplomatic ra ke shinzo abe can pull off a diplomaticthrough. it depends on what he got from mr trump when he met trump recently in tokyo. they spoke for a long time and played golf together and they had enough time to talk about this issue. so if donald trump offered him enough inducements for iran to come to the negotiating table, then shinzo abe can convey that inducement to the iranians. then it might be possible forjapan to pull it off and shinzo abe can punch against his weight. we need to see how this all plays out and if tensions will ease but oil is a big factor in this visit by the prime minister. how important is iranians oil to the japanese economy? minister. how important is iranians oil to the japanese economy7m supplies only 5% of japan's oil to the japanese economy7m supplies only 5% ofjapan‘s oil consumption but this entire area including qatar and oman, it is of concern to energy consumption so it is crucial that nothing happens in the middle east. the peace and stability in the persian gulf overrides national interests

he arrives to meet with shinzo abe. merkel, and vladimir putin is the next one to watch. watch, thereing to wasn't that issue of currencies that was brought into the discussions because we saw there might be some currency clauses brought forth here. there were reports the u.s. administration wanted to add to those negotiations and president trump has been vocal about criticizing japan, china, the eu for weakening their currencies to benefit their own economies, perhaps a signal for president trump he still wants the weaker dollar policy. but that hasn't been made into some of these discussions just yet. okay, there we go, looking at those markets, as well. we have the yen in play here, as well. the yuan in the spotlight, as well, because forecasters have been patient. there is a xi jinping. there have been year and protections -- year end projections for the yuan. with the china u.s. trade were at stake, we have the meeting tomorrow, quite a lot of potential implications for exchange rates here. and if they do come out

abe didt xi and shinzo have dinner together last night.ship is looking quite warm, isn't it? yvonne: yeah. we are seeing this unexpected relationship between japan and china. we mentioned about how it made the front page of the newspaper here in japan. calling it this new era between japan and china. this is president xi's trying to lend a hand to look for more in the facepartners of this u.s.-china trade war. japan seems to be one of their targets here. shinzo abe welcoming president xi to visit next bring in japan to see the cherry blossoms as well. they mentioned about free trade. they talked about ip protection yesterday. did not mention about the quality issue. shinzo abe did mention about how hong kong needs to stay open and free in light of the protest we saw in hong kong recently over this controversial extradition bill. there were tough topics that were discussed regarding the geopolitical tensions in the east china sea. it was quite a fruitful discussion. it seems to be quite positive. this of questions on how will play out with

it seems like it is a huge task and why prime minister shinzo abe?st visit by a japanese prime minister in over five visit by a japanese prime minister in overfive decades visit by a japanese prime minister in over five decades but he is visit by a japanese prime minister in overfive decades but he is in a unique position. japan is a us ally but has also maintained close ties with the run for 70 years. japan are really needs to rely on the middle east for oil and it wants to see stability in the region. until about 2012, iran was one of the major supplies to japan, providing 10— 15% of crude. last month japan had to stop importing iranians oil altogether to avoid us sanctions. it wa nts to altogether to avoid us sanctions. it wants to however keep the option of iranians oil open to protect itself from possible disruptions in saudi arabia or eua supplies. it is opening to help. they really need a way out of the confrontation and president trump welcomed shinzo abe's help and russia has also endorsed japan's efforts to ease tensions. maybe shinzo abe c

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rishaad: shinzo abe is sitting next to the chinese president, shinzo chang -- xi jinping. what is the best outcome you could hope for? afters the one you expect that chat between the two presidents? stephen: i hope that we see a suspension of the tariffs. i hope you see a clear path toward stopping this decoupling that is beginning to happen. i hope we see a consensus on to allow themei to be a customer of u.s. and china business. i hope we see a consensus on allowing investments and united states and china to expand and fortran in the united states to expand. what we are seeing is the building of barriers on both ines that are ultimately not the long-term interest of either side. it is important that the two ship -- rightte a a ship that is wrong. rishaad: what will we actually get? you would have to ask president trump what we would get. we have heard conflicting signals from the administration. we heard president trump say huawei will be able to buy american goods. we have heard the chinese take an increasingly tough stand on what they are prepared to do at these negoti

would like to be seen host, shinzo abe would like to be seenin host, shinzo abe would like to be seenue. but the atmosphere is a g20 of low expectations, just because there is so much division between china, russia, japan, the united states and other countries about what you're going to that final communique. and also because this summit is also being overshadowed by the us—china trade war. presidents using being is here, president trump is here, they are expected to meet tomorrow and the biggest hope for some sorts of positive thing to come out of this 620 positive thing to come out of this g20 meeting is for xijinping and president trump to come up with some sort of truce in the trade war. so that the negotiators can get back to the table and work out the details and move forward. as he arrived here, president trump was threatening to impose over 300 billion dollars worth of goods with fresh tariffs if he doesn't get what he wants from the chinese. that is hanging over all of this are the leaders need here today. and as president trump was making his way there, he wasn't just presid

shinzo abe landed at the airport, greeted by iran's foreign minister.fficially this visit is to mark the 90th anniversary of the two countries diplomatic relations. tosident rouhani was on hand greet the prime minister. following the two and a half hour meeting, the two leaders emerged with strong words. we are not interested in starting a war with the united states, but if anyone starts a war with us, we will be resolute in our response. >> the japanese prime minister was clear his visit was not just to celebrate diplomatic relations. the reason i am here is to avoid tensions. japan must play a constructive role. japan must not give up. it is the first step to achieving stability in the region. >> japan has long been an ally of iran. were u.s. sanctions introduced, it has stopped buying oil. ist is why president rouhani asking the japanese prime minister to convey the message that economic war not ring around to the negotiating table. the japanesets prime minister to tell the americans that what is iran's expectations for any kind of possible talks bet

is a wreath visited shinzo able in his home. they had a very important conversation where shinzo abe said the iranian nuclear deal is a factor of stability. opposed toirectly the trump administration's view. what is very important here is we're not talking about a country that is far from american orbit. this is japan, reliable ally of the u.s., which is not only reliance upon iranian oil, but understands the warmongngering n west asia is goingng to b be vey but not only for eurasia, for the world. i think we need to understand as shinzo abe is inin japan, this sabotage or whatever it is -- amy: is and iran. >> japanese tankers. abe is in or rent. >> yes, for the first time in 41 years. this is a right-wing prime minister, not a person of the left. he has been saying there needs to be a return to the table. not only japan saying this, amy, it is also the europeans. the europeans are very keen the u.s. not break fully from this iran deal. the germans have been looking for an alternative mechanism for payment. india, which was one

we've been listening there to the comments of the japanese prime minister shinzo are confirming as he sees the success of the g 20 summit saying that world leaders expressed support for a free fair and nondiscriminatory trade policy he said the been by him by several countries for what he called the osaka blue ocean vision plan to try and keep the oceans free of plastic contamination so there was a determination to do everything possible to try and ease those trade tensions and he celebrated the fact that as he saw it world leaders of gathered to discuss common ground the time when the differences are getting attention around the world let's go over to our correspondent andrew thomas a lot of talking up the positive aspects of the g. 20 gathering but. although he you know he highlighted the support as he saw it for a free and fair trade policy what exactly that policy is that's still something a work in progress among world leaders correct. correct really know yet what the outcome of that trump the meeting that happened a few hours ago now will be some very brief comments from preside

he was on twitter saying reported attacks on japan related tankers occurred while prime minister shinzo of it was meeting i thought of how many for expensive and friendly talk suspicious doesn't begin to describe what likely transpired this morning iran's proposed regional dialogue forum is imperative well a spokesman for the saudi led coalition fighting hooty rebels in yemen says he thinks the tanker incident is connected to last year's attacks in the red sea i think it is a major escalation if we look to be in the clear than announced by the iranian regime. lately about how they will close the. borders 3 if we look to what's happening in the bubble meant to and also in the southern. route see how the. 3 thing the line of seas and the international trade and we could nick those 2 we can say yes they are connected and there is a huge. of course that is a solution by the. here's the team covering this one at this hour kimberly how kids at the white house and will be with her shortly starting the u.n. headquarters in new york mike hanna what has been said there. well there was a previousl

is not particularly alarmed by what shinzo abbay said during his visit prime minister obey did land inran today we've been highly coordinated with the prime minister he and the president spoke in a few times and so he's there to try to do his part he did today call on iran to play a constructive role in the region which is not a role that it has played to date. so we are going to continue our campaign of maximum economic pressure because we want to iran to make better decisions and we have seen i think very positive effect from our pressure campaign also on wednesday the u.s. president donald trump said that pulling out of the iran nuclear deal was the right thing to do that the maximum pressure campaign on iran is having a negative impact on the iranian economy and may induce terror hunt to return to the negotiating table but if washington is serious about negotiating it doesn't appear at least publicly that much has been invested in preparations for any such talks. now government offices and hong kong's financial district have been closed for the rest of the week because of ongoing p

2015 nuclear deal and play a constructive role in securing peace and stability in the middle east shinzo abyei has been meeting iran's president has and rouhani in terror on he's on a 2 day visit to the islamic republic which is aimed at easing tension between tehran and japan's ally the u.s. rouhani says iran will never initiate war but will give a crushing response to any aggression. was going to jangle we are not going to start any war in the region we will not be the start of any war including a new war with the us if anybody is going to start any war with us we will resolve resolutely come up with our response. if that you're. in the middle east there are tensions and there is a possibility of military conflicts by accident but it must be avoided by all means peace in the middle east affects the whole world nobody wants a conflict i urge iran to continue to cooperate with the i.a.e.a. and i hope it continues to comply with the agency's regulation on its own as there is still such a bari has more from terror on the 2 leaders met for over 2 and a half hours in the palace where the ira

and shinzo abe ofjapan have begun.apan. in the meeting, a minister abe provided a map of the united states with five sites where japanese companies have made major, new investments in the last month or so new investments in the last month or so totalling $145 million, according to the japanese by minister and creating 5000 new jobs. to the japanese by minister and creating 5000 newjobs. so you can see, that's the sort of way that leaders like the japanese by minister now showing president from how much new investment is going into the united states defender fresh tariffs. of course, hanging over this whole summit is the trade we re over this whole summit is the trade were between the united states and china. there is a concern, i think, from all the leaders here that that trade war may get worse. president jump trade war may get worse. president jump ahead of the summit has threatened to impose fresh tariffs of 25% on over $300 billion worth of chinese goods exported to the united states. now, there is we think — going

emmanuel macron and shinzo abe will be looking for deeper economic ties. on the table, energy, technology and defense. carlos ghosn stands of misconduct and is detained in tokyo, awaiting trial. the future of the auto group remains uncertain. many in japan view the relationship as unbalanced. carlos ghosn maintains his innocence and accuses nissan executives as corporate backstabbing. >> to brazil, where a court fromted to release desilva prison. sergio morrow have been accused of conspiring to keep him out of the election race he was tipped to win. owen reports. >> a long day and at the end of silva was still in prison. always been and remains on the recognition of the innocent of former president and his acquittal. the only results for a person who did not commit a crime. allegations ofng bias, the country's supreme court suggests -- rejected to let him out of jail while deciding if the judge had an agenda. pursuedral judge charges and sentenced him to 9.5 years in prison. everything hinges on whether the supreme court decides the judge was not impartial

chancellor, angela merkel, and the prime minister ofjapan, shinzo abe, who is hosting this summit, andl of them, particularly at the indian prime minister, saying that india has imposed unacceptable tariffs on us goods and they must be withdrawn immediately. so in his typical style, president trump has arrived here causing controversy, as he does. earlier i asked here causing controversy, as he does. earlierl asked our correspondent about how investors are hoping that this meeting will result in a trade war truce. it means a lot. at the end of the day we have been in a deep freeze since ten may, up until this 620 meeting, so ten may, up until this 620 meeting, so investors a re ten may, up until this 620 meeting, so investors are very excited to see what progress can be made stop i would say at a minimum we are going to see talks about future talks, so a commitment for further communication. and then the million dollar question is, in the beginning ofjuly, will president trump put further tariffs on that last remaining $325 billion of goods coming from china into the united states that

prices they've certainly gotten president trumps attention however as we saw with prime minister shinzo attempts to begin a mediation effort right now those efforts are not bearing fruit. right in that case those efforts are not bearing fruit and there doesn't appear to be a mechanism for deescalation so how close can you get to an armed conflict without actually having one can we expect to see a steady stream of attacks on ships and tankas in the gulf around the strait of hormuz to the point where it does disrupt shipping. well i think there is a chance for a deescalation i think that's what president trump and prime minister shinzo be discussed in tokyo but after president trump returned to the united states his administration slapped new sanctions on iran on the petro chemical industry which is an extremely important industry for iran and that was after he had met with prime minister shinzo been missed this job he was planning for his mediation trip to iran so i think that step kind of ruined that phase of attempted mediation i think president trump and the iranians do have a narrow

could the election backfire on shinzo abe?does not get the mandate or added support he is seeking? he might postpone it in october, or is that a foregone conclusion? affordi: we cannot anymore prolonging or delaying the rise of a consumption tax anymore. we will raise it in order to keep the budgetary discipline. i am sure he is determined to go ahead with this. stephen: professor, thank you for your time today. we can find the path forward at g20. yorizumi: indeed. stephen: thank you. back to you. we are here all day previewing the g20, the critical juncture of g20 and the trade negotiations and talks between china and the u.s.. we will bring it to you live all this weekend. back to you. david: absolutely. they will be there all the weekend we bring you the latest as the world awaits this date between president trump and president xi. we will have daily in-depth coverage from osaka. a market update to tell you about. have a look at our bloomberg chart. proof.calling it 1000 that would be 500% alcohol. [laughter] david: 1000 r

big meeting that is the meeting president trump and president xi is already had his meeting with shinzo are very they're shaking hands again now the meeting between the u.s. and china is the big event on saturday what are they going to do about that trade war between the 2 countries is there a deal to avert it they'll talk to we've mentioned iran but they'll be talking to about north korea christe president xi in the last few days was in pyongyang what message did he get there what message will he potentially pass from pyongyang to president trump who's diplomacy on north korea has gone from the very last what low water mark of threatening to annihilate the country at the u.n. general assembly to the high watermark about a year ago in singapore and then of course that 2nd summit in hanoi that really was not a great success let's talk about 3rd summit president trump on his way from here to seoul after this summit to meet president moon of south korea. to discuss the situation or the group and james i think we're going to. continue we're going to leave it there just for just for now jame

president and shinzo ave the japanese leader somewhat earlier and while there are very few details in that readout we are told that they did discuss the attacks on the tankers in the gulf of oman and of course this is so important because these attacks took place when the japanese leader was there in tehran try. to deescalate the tensions that have been building for between the united states and iran for some time so this is the latest from the white house this is what the president is saying sort of doubling down on the assessment of the u.s. secretary of state one day earlier again pointing the finger at iran some people ringback in the united states say in what appears to be a bit of a rush to judgment given the fact that this took place just a little more than 24 hours ago and yet already the united states coming to some very firm conclusions can be how it is a white house correspondent thank you for that moment bashar is our senior political analyst joining us now from london you know completely talking about this pointing of the finger at iran just a reach of these things really

what was shinzo are they doing that he's denied being a mediator between the u.s. and iran and how will those attacks have impacted upon his talks in teheran. well that implicate was initially going to take on a mediator a role that's what japan seemed to be positioning itself and that was why it seemed like he was going to tehran to open up a line of dialogue but of course of the attacks on the tankers in the gulf would have caused a great deal of consternation it also seems that there are japanese interests in these vessels about will lead to a constant in many if not for many in tokyo but what's also interesting is the response to the japanese involvement in this whatever it may be whatever characteristics it may hold from the office of the supreme leader for a molly hominine in iran himself who's poured a great deal of scorn on japan's role as a mediator and expressed a great deal of distrust suggesting that japan open this dialogue would trump previously but it led to more sanctions and we're almost out of time i have one more question for you if iran and the

it is like a be 20 with the are just the emphasis -- shinzo abe trying to deflect the threat of autoariffs this week. the yen below 108, goldman saying it remains cheap. we are waiting on jobs data from japan. south korea will post trade numbers. also from thailand and vietnam. thanks. let's get the first word news with jessica summers. president trump want to delay the u.s. census after the supreme court rejected his plan after eight census on citizenship. the census bureau said the question could lower the from minorities resulting in undocumented immigrants not being counted. that could mean states with large immigrant populations losing status in congress and votes from the electoral college. trump said that is ridiculous. front runner for u.k. prime minister boris johnson refusing andule out a no deal brexit facing growing resistance within the conservative party. he is being vague about the possibility of suspending parliament. the outgoing pm theresa may indicated she will vote against jonathan and his rival if they pursue a no deal divorce. iranian ambassador to the u.n. says

this as an opportunity of course that could be used to their advantage given japanese prime minister shinzo aves relationship with u.s. president it could be seen as a positive thing all right. with an update from to her on thank you to other news now and at least 5 indian paramilitary forces and one fighter have been killed in an attack in indian administered kashmir local media says that our men attacked a patrol team in and districts in february for the indian security personnel were killed in a suicide attack which escalated tension between. well india's disaster response teams are evacuating 250000 people from the western state of gujarat before the arrival of value. is expected to make landfall on thursday it could be india's 2nd major storm of the season with winds gusting up to 170 kilometers an hour in may over a 1000000 people were evacuated ahead of me 34 people died. dozens of refugees have been found on a boat off the coast of southern thailand thai police are investigating whether they've been trafficked $65.00 people including 5 children. around 3 quarters of a 1000000 of the

a historic visit at a critical time in the islamic republic japanese prime minister shinzo ave landed at marabout airport where he was greeted by iran's foreign minister zarif officially this visit is to mark the 90th anniversary of the 2 countries diplomatic relations and president has found rouhani was on hand at south palace in tehran to greet the prime minister. following the 2 and a half hour meeting behind closed doors the 2 leaders emerged with strong words are always going to be john and you know we are not interested in starting a war with the united states but of anyone starts a war with us we will be resolute in our response and the japanese prime minister was very clear that his visit was not just to celebrate diplomatic relations. what is our president but i mean the reason i'm here is to avoid potential once iran must play a constructive role in the region and will not give up i hope today's visit will be a 1st step in achieving the goal of stability in this region japan has long been an ally of iran it bought over $2000000000.00 worth of oil from tehran last year but si

of a neighbors and all other countries so we had reference earlier to the japanese prime minister shinzo being in iran at the time. i think java the refuse the word suspicious if nothing else the timing is interesting. yes certainly when this attack took place the iranian foreign minister zarif along with iranian president hassan rouhani and the visiting japanese prime minister shinzo up a were meeting with iranian supreme leader ayatollah ali harmony in his compound in tehran and they were discussing various issues but the japanese prime minister came to iran on wednesday for a 2 day visit with a very specific and clear message that was to deliver a message from u.s. president donald trump to rein in supreme leader ayatollah khamenei now during this meeting the iranian supreme leader very clearly said i do not want any messages from that president he is not worthy of even a response from the so very stern words from the supreme leader he didn't even allow the japanese prime minister to express what was being brought from donald trump the reigning supreme leader also said that the u.s. h

japan's prime minister, shinzo abe, is in tehran, hoping to help ease tensions, only to see them escalatetoday he met iran's top leader, ayatollah khamenei. iran calls the timing of these attacks are suspicious, and reject any responsibility. iran is also blamed for this. an attack yesterday on an airport in saudi arabia, 26 injured. yemen's houthi rebels, aligned to iran, say this was their work. two weeks ago, king salman called arab and muslim leaders to mecca, islam's holiest site, urging them to condemn iran. saudi officials told me then they don't want a war, but some sources spoke of a proportionate response. so what's next? last month the us moved an aircraft carrier and bombers to the gulf. president trump says he wants to talk to iran. they won't, not while he imposes crippling economic sanctions. everyone says they don't want a war, but everyone is on edge. lyse doucet, bbc news. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. us president donald trump has announced that white house press secretary sarah sanders will be leaving her post at the end of this month. just hours e

and the host, shinzo abe, we saw in the last few minutes welcoming president donald trump. both claim to be close friends and allies, but this is a difficult relationship and i think this is a difficult relationship and ithinkjapan this is a difficult relationship and i thinkjapan is finding it particularly difficult at the moment, notjust because president trump has threatened tariffs against japanese products, as he has already imposed on china, but also because in the last week or so there have been a number of stories suggesting that president trump is perhaps not fully committed to the military alliance with japan. a story on bloomberg suggesting that mr trump wa nts bloomberg suggesting that mr trump wants japan to pay a lot more money for us troops based here injapan, perhaps as much as what is called cost plus 50, that means the full cost plus 50, that means the full cost of basing troops here, plus 50%. that has been denied by the white house, but on his way over here, mrtrump white house, but on his way over here, mr trump tweeted about the alliance, saying that i

war with iran of the japanese g. 20 perhaps nato will today have one eye on japanese prime minister shinzo a bit he was with iran's president rouhani the time of the tanker attack in the straits of hormuz while the u.k. broadcasters ruggedly north to publicize news of japan's ties with iran it made news around the world for instance in this clip from singapore japan is finding itself in a unique position as a strong u.s. ally and a friend of iran mr mediterranean the president hassan rouhani when he would arrive yesterday since that meeting trump is all but declared a full scale military attack on iran after claiming he stopped short of the murder of $150.00 arraignments he declared further economic warfare not only. on the iranian people via sanctions but on iran's head of state to the response from jeff ron is making headlines in the usa iran is the lashing out at the u.s. over a new financial pressure saying there will be no diplomatic end to the standoff this morning a rani and president hassan rouhani called new u.s. sanctions outrageous and idiotic his words now a spokesman for iran'

it's presidentjump in the host, shinzo abe ofjapan.ent jump given the threats that president jump has been making to japan given the threats that president jump has been making tojapan and countries like india, in that meeting by minister abe produced a map of the united states with five sites where japanese companies have made major new investments in the last month or so, totalling 145 million us dollars according to the japanese by minister, and creating 5000 newjobs. secondly that's the sorts of ways leaders like the japanese by minister are now showing president trump how much new investment is going into the united states to try and fend off any fresh tariffs. now of course, hanging over this whole summit is the trade war between china and the united states. and there is concern, i think, from all the leaders here that the trade war might get worse. president trump added the summit has threatened to impose fresh tariffs of 25% on over $300 billion worth of chinese goods exported to the united states. now, there is, we think, a me

that this attack is linked to the visit which is currently being made by the japanese prime minister shinzo be to iran a very high profile visit the 1st visit for japanese prime minister since the islamic revolution in iran we all know that shinzo hobby is carrying some messages from american president don't trumpet to the iranian leadership we so japan is you know appears to be playing a car role to ease the tensions are upon trump's request so bearing all of the all of that in mind i think that the policy which carrot carried out this attack doesn't have an interest in any of the escalation between the u.s. and iran now who is at the doesn't want his connection between the u.s. and iran that would be the israelis the saudis the morality is and also some of the more right wing extremist elements in the trumpet ministration like national security advisor john bolton so you know as i said if we take all of these factors into consideration what took place today might be an attempt to prevent any kind of the escalation or decrease in the tensions between a trumpet ministration on the one hand

yes japanese prime minister shinzo aves been on a historic visit to the islamic republic and today on his final day he met with supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei and he specifically said why he's here he said that he's here to deliver a message from u.s. president donald trump and the supreme leader said to him that he doesn't consider trump a person worthy of a response that he's seen what the message was and he's not even going to reply to it there are very strong words from the supreme leader saying there is no way the iranians will ever come back to the negotiating table with the americans in light of their behavior over the past year since they've withdrawn from the nuclear agreement of 2015 the supreme leader one to say that iran has never wanted to acquire nuclear weapons that if they did this would not be something the americans could stop them and they don't consider their opinion of any significance but the supreme leader himself said that he issued a fatwa years ago banning nuclear weapons so it's not something iran has ever wanted but unfortunately the japanese prime m

prime minister shinzo abe became the first japanese leader to visit iran in overfour decades on wednesdayn president hassan rouhani spoke bluntly about relations betwen iran and japan's close ally the us. mr abe called for the us and iran to have "more patience" with each other, warning of the real possibility of military conflict and that continued threats could lead to an "accidental" conflict. translation: it is essential that iran plays a construct role in building peace and stability in the middle east so that the region will not destabilise any further and that not destabilise any further and that no accidental clash will occur in the midst of a recent rise in tension. mrabe mr abe has met with his counterpart several times, in fact is meant about x times —— fixed times, so iran andjapan about x times —— fixed times, so iran and japan have reasonably good relations, there is history of the abe family, his father was the prime minister of japan abe family, his father was the prime minister ofjapan in abe family, his father was the prime minister of japan in the 1980s abe family, his

prime minister shinzo abe became the first japanese leader to visit iran in overfour decades on wednesdays that he and the iranian president hassan rouhani spoke bluntly about relations between iran and japan's close ally the us. mr abe called for the us and iran to have "more patience" with each other, warning of the real possibility of military conflict and that continued threats could lead to an "accidental" conflict. translation: it is essential that iran plays a role in constructing peace in the middle east, so the region will not destabilise any further and no accidental clash will occur in the midst of recent rising tensions. let's get some of the day's other news president trump has said he's considering sending 1,000 additional us troops to poland amid continuing concerns about the potential military threat from russia. at a meeting in the white house with the polish president andzrej duda, he said any soldiers would be transferred from the more than 50,000—strong us contingent stationed in germany. two more conservative candidates have launched their bids to replace theresa may

has attempted to reach out to the supreme leader just last week japanese prime minister shinzo abe was in tehran he met with the supreme leader where he said he had a message from donald trump and the supreme leader said that there was no response given he didn't deserve a response the radian leadership is not interested in having any more dialogue with the american administration based on what they say is their untrustworthy behavior in the past and that's of course referring to the u.s. withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear agreement of last year and they're saying all the instability that's escalated in this region is as a result of the u.s. policies and the pressure that they're putting on iran something they say that very unjust and they're calling it the sanctions that have been imposed on iran they're referring to that as economic terrorism inside the country and that is something on all fronts the military and the establishment here they're saying that they will remain guard their country and their its borders then that's a red line for them and all this rhetoric is not something th

we've also heard from the iranian supreme leader who met with the japanese prime minister shinzo abi early this morning in his presidential compound in tehran the japanese prime minister was here with a message with a letter from u.s. president donald trump for the supreme leader and the iranian supreme leader said that he doesn't even want to respond to it it is not worth responding to he does not consider donald trump someone worthy of a response he doesn't want to hear it the supreme leader said that it is not in the interest of the iranian nation to engage yet again with the united states we've seen that these discussions have let nowhere that the americans have repeatedly gone back on their war and after their withdrawal of from the nuclear deal last year and there continue. economic pressure on iran shows that they're really not interested in dialogue they just want to put more pressure on iran to force them to come to the negotiating table and iran's highest authority the supreme leader ayatollah khomeini said that that is something that will never happen again. those who are

consider him worthy of even exchanging messages. >> rich: the president tweeted while i appreciate shinzo abe to meet with iran to meet with ayatollah ali khamenei, it is too soon to think about making a deal. they are not ready and neither are we. officials say the pentagon dispatched to the incident and rescue 21 sailors. reports from the reach and say all rescued. defense secretary patrick shanahan said the united states does not see conflict for the pentagon to defend its forces and safeguard local commerce. secretary pompeo said the united states raising this issue united nation security council this afternoon, bret. >> bret: rich edson, thank you. president trump defending himself today over major pushback he is receiving regarding his remarks in an interview on foreign opposition research and whether he would or wouldn't live the fbi if it happens again. lawmakers from both parties are rebuking the president's comments while some republicans are reporting what they call a major double standard. cheap intelligence catherine herridge with the latest in washington. >> if i thought som

asian markets passes because further significances japanese prime minister shinzo oddly continues his visits with iranian leaders and tehran on the heels of the time the most crucial region oil price of oil which started to spike joining us now to further discuss the moves in the market is our producer site just walk i'm sorry what's going on today with the oil busy markets are these dramatic events well danielle the attacks under 2 tankers and off oman is certainly the main driver today given the refocus on tensions in the gulf as a result of this standoff between the u.s. and iran but this is actually a fairly modest reaction in the context of the oil market as we see it at the moment and that's because the macro environment is more about concerns of falling demand that it is actually about potential supply oil had been falling recently yes that actually fell to a 5 month low with concerns on u.s. trade war concerns about slowing growth in various countries around the world and we still see all of those factors play today as those of macro factors haven't gone away so this move coul

prices they've certainly gotten president trumps attention however as we saw with prime minister shinzoof his attempts to begin a mediation effort right now those efforts are not bearing fruit. right in that case.

shinzo abe said he was in iran to calm the situation, who supreme leader refused to communicate with president trump. >> i'm not giving him any message because i don't consider him worthy of exchanging messages. >> the president tweeted while i very much appreciate prime minister shinzo abe going to iran to meet, i feel it is too soon to think about making a deal, they are not ready are and are we. officials say the pentagon dispatched the uss bainbridge and rescued 21 sailors, reports from the region say all sailors were rescued. patrick shanahan says while the united states does not seek conflict, the department of defense will safeguard commerce. >> shannon: what will the 2020 democratic contenders do about iran's recent aggression, many of them say they hope to rejoin the iran nuclear deal that president trump walked away fro from. feel the clarity of non-drowsy claritin and relief from symptoms caused by over 200 indoor and outdoor allergens. like those from buddy. because stuffed animals are clearly no substitute for real ones. feel the clarity. and live claritin clear. liberty

other and deal with what piled up between their 2 countries by the way the japanese prime minister shinzo abi will be welcoming some of his guests because medieval summarise. so what are these sort of say golden by lots of this year the american president. and the chinese leader everyone wants to know what's going to happen with the trade wars next especially after what happened to chinese tech giant wall with another highlight well that's easy to guess donald trump together with the russian president vladimir putin by the way i was told that we are approaching a hotel where one of them is staying at the regal raul hotel. yes indeed this is the home of lot of marble and also go. head doesn't look that cost to me let's see if we can try and get in a few hours before the president arrives. well obviously the special type of id was required to get in there. face to face was also meant to be one of the highlights but let me remind you what happened just before mr trump got on his plane i have a very good conversation with what i said is none of your business obviously everything could change

from there the president went into trilateral meeting with shinzo abe and the prime minister of japanthen a bilateral meeting. from there he went into a bilateral meeting with angela merkel. but between them, the president had a little bit of time and in his old room there was a television set and what was on the television set but the democratic debate. so when the president was meeting with angela merkel at the beginning of their bilateral, they had what's called a cool spray, the media comes in and hear some comments from the leaders. if the couldn't help but remark on the democratic debate saying he noticed that when they were asked a question, 100% of the democratic candidates put up their hands and said they would provide government-run health care for all illegal migrants. the president saying what would they provide for the american people? so the president has got one eye on what's going on there in the event states. multitasking. >> obviously a lot of attention placed on this as well. the big meeting this afternoon is going to be with vladimir putin. the president will also

japanese shinzo abe has to avoid conflict at all costs. he pledged to do his most. it is the first by a sitting ,remier in the 40 year history it comes as the u.s. shows little signs of reducing sanctions. senator bernie sanders has lashed out at jamie dimon after he criticized socialism. the jp morgan executive says state-controlled companies lead to deterioration and would be a huge mistake for the u.s.. the presidential hopeful hit back and said he did not hear any dimon criticizing socialism, that federal government bailed out wall street. global news, 24 hours a day on air and at tic-toc on twitter, powered by 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. debra mao in hong kong, thank you. the deadline, president trump asked when china will return to talks. a fed cut. hear more from thomas jordan today. this is bloomberg. ♪ nejra: this is "bloomberg daybreak: europe." i am nejra cehic in london. a logistic real estate developer has pulled its hong kong ipo. 1.2 $4 seeking to raise billion in this hong kong ipo, and that shareholde

on track, and we just heard president trump talking about them being on track and we've just heard shinzo abe, the japanese prime minister the host here wrapping up. and his sort of overarching message here was one of finding commonality rather than differences, of working together rather than sort of provoking friction. that was his narrative. so broadly speaking, you know, i think people are going to say, okay, this is kind of what we were expecting. we weren't expecting a break through. we were hoping for this. this will sort of come and ease global markets, concerns that the trade war could ratchet up. but i think everyone here is going to walk away with the question as what are the details, what is it they're going to work on that they've indicated -- the chinese have indicated they're going to work on certain areas now for discussion. but what are the specifics and how long is president trump going to hold off on his threat to raise tariffs? last time there was an agreement back in the g-20 in argentina to hold off for three months and it lasted for five months. china never agreed t

sabotage diplomacy including by abe shinzo and cover-up, economic terrorism against iran. pompeo saying that iran is lashing out and disrupting global oil markets because they want the u.s. to dial back its hardline stance that pompeo says has been working very effectively. the president also saying that the strait of hormuz, he says it is going to stay open and he made that very clear to iran as well. neil. neil: thank you very much, hillary. this coming from arab league chief saying that iranian reverse course right now, one big problem in middle east and it is iran, also saying developments in the gulf deepening confrontations and urges outright restrain. oil prices are up but not that much on this, we are keeping track of it, whether that has any other effect on this. i think it's being mitigated by the prospect of trade tensions with china continuing, in fact, china then -- first edward lawrence at the white house with what all of this portrays for trade talks. >> public officials in hong kong are call to go start delay for for reevaluation of fast track of new amendm

laser japan shinzo they host a dinner for the leaders including trump and she they are due to meet on saturday to see if they can resolve their. trade conflict. ave raised his glass to successful some of the leaders enjoyed some traditional japanese theatre a breakthrough on fixing the global trade issue would be truly dramatic. let's get a quick check on financial markets shares of tech company apple have been under pressure after long time design chief johnny i've announced that he's leaving the british born designer has been behind the look and feel of some of the tech giants most iconic products not only the popular colorful i met computers from the 1990 s. but also the i pod i phone and i pad apple says i have is setting up his own company for more of the story let's bring in yen scored our man on wall street how will this departure impact a company whose entire marketing strategy is based on the unique design of its products. yeah was crucial to bring back apple in the ninety's from near bankruptcy and well that's your hinting the devices if you look for example of smart phones

hitting and disabling the airport tower with what they say was a cruise missile japanese prime minister shinzo r.v. has arrived in teheran is the 1st japanese leader to visit iran since the islamic revolution of 1979 and the visit is seen as an attempt to ease u.s. iran's intentions. hong kong police used tear gas and pepper spray on demonstrators in a bid to clear the area the testers are opposed to a proposed extradition law that could see suspects said to mainland china to stand trial. and hours earlier a large crowd of protesters were able to delay a debate on the proposed law by blocking politicians from entering the legislature or building they say they represent the voice of hong kong's youth. ah yes a. good way. what was happening from. a. russian. all goals police commissioner has blamed protest as for the violence into media i want to condemn the irresponsible and violent behavior of the protesters and i want to urge other residents not to go near their protest area if we do not use appropriate force to protect ourselves then the protesters can use metal bars to attack us if the prot