reaching out to teheran donald trump says he's ready to meet iran's president any time and with no preconditions so what's behind this off and how will trump and gauge iran when he's trying to build a regional alliance against this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. u.s. president donald trump has extended an olive branch to iran just a week after he threatened the country now says he's ready to meet iranian president hassan rouhani any time and without preconditions but his secretary of state quickly backtracked from statement adding a few caveats to any potential meeting my palm pail wants to see what he calls a change in behavior from iran before in a negotiations can go ahead iran was also quick to set its own conditions saying the u.s. must rejoin the two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal before any talks can happen so we have a lot to get to with our guests but first this report from alan fischer at the white house. the u.s. president's surprise offer came during a news conference at the white house with italy's prime minister no preconditions no they want to meet only any

the work signing sanctions back into place so we've got the same bus ravi who is our reporter in teheran and we're going to speak to him in just a moment first though we are off to washington and our white house correspondent kimberly halkett take us through the details of this one kimberly. i just got off a conference call the porter's conference call with the trumpet ministration with a detailed these sanctions essentially it's a snap back of the sanctions that were lifted as a result of that twenty fifteen agreement between iran the united states and other world powers to limit iran's nuclear program so snapping back into place or a number of sectors that are being targeted in iran by the united states limits the purchase of commercial aircraft automobiles limiting the trade of gold graphite steel and aluminum even at preventing the export of persian carpets food that sort of thing but it gets even more severe in ninety days that's when the united states says through sort of a second wave of sanctions through executive order the united states plans to target iran's oil industry its fi

for more on this i'm joined now by eric randolph a journalist in teheran eric so as we just heard in that report the economy in iran is not doing well what does this mean for the average iranian. well a lot of these problems have been around for a long time these were hoping that the nuclear deal in twenty fifteen would bring in lots of foreign investment about the way to start the economy in really powerhouse of. heart and now that it's falling apart at stuff from the not going to . the way that solves any problems for iranians jobless rates rising prices all sorts of problems with their currency the moment the real issues that people have just lost faith in the government. issues and that's why we're seeing a big run on the currency. speaking of the currency the iranian ryall has dropped in value dramatically over the past month so now the government has announced they're easing foreign exchange rules what do you make of this you know they tried to fix the rate back in april and it was a disaster all that did was open up the black market speculators and people bought political conn

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has announced a new foreign policy initiative aimed at changing the behavior of the regime in teheran the white house is creating a task force to coordinate and run its policy on iraq. the funeral for former indian prime minister atal bihari vajpayee will be held later on friday his body is now making its way through the streets of delhi one of his most controversial decisions was to conduct nuclear tests just weeks after he became prime minister in one thousand nine hundred eight has also led india during a brief war with pakistan. tributes are pouring in for us singer retha franklin she died of pancreatic cancer at the age of seventy six franklin's known as the queen of soul she's won eighteen grammy music awards career and she's also been a prominent campaigner for civil rights. newspapers across the u.s. have cleared their front pages on thursday morning instead they've been printing editorials fighting back against donald trump's attacks against the media she has a tendency of reports from washington d.c. . here at the newseum in washington d.c. the front pages of some of the ove

reaching out to teheran donald trump says he's ready to meet iran's president any time and with no preconditionsso what's behind this sudden off and how will trump and gauge iran when he's trying to build a regional alliance against this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. u.s. president donald trump has extended an olive branch to iran just a week after he threatened the country now says he's ready to meet iranian president hassan rouhani any time and without preconditions but his secretary of state quickly backtracked from statement adding a few caveats to any potential meeting my palm pale wants.

nuclear deal with world powers a new report from the international atomic energy agency says that teheran is sticking to limits on stockpiling and enriching uranium the agency says it's had access to all sites it's the second reporting to iran's atomic activity since the u.s. withdrew from the agreement in may. a weather update next year i was here at the end waves of unstoppable water out of part of a dam collapse is. more than sixty thousand people evacuated from their homes will tell you that a tense stand off in germany as the far right rallies against immigration. by the skyline of ancient harbor or off the coast of the italian riviera. hello there heavy rain continues to pound the southern parts of china spain way for a good few days now and you can see the area of cloud is still with us that is now giving us a problem with flooding for some places including hong kong and including the fujian province which is where we've got these pitches from you can see the flooding there is about five waist deep in places and it's causing quite a few problems now as we head through the next few

has announced a new foreign policy initiative aimed at changing the behavior of the regime in teheran the white house is creating a task force to coordinate and run its policy on iran more now from al-jazeera is also in jordan. a lot of the things that were alluded to during thursday's press briefing are things that already the ministration and the obama administration before it could and have been duly issuing sanctions against persons who are violating international law sanctions regimes issuing executive orders curtailing on persons and companies behavior in the united states with their counterparts in had ever on so it's not really clear what this whole of government effort to will unify policy on iran is actually completely fine for us saying a wreath of franklin paying their respects to her death from pancreatic cancer. the queen of soul was seventy six years old she won eighteen grammy music awards during her career franklin was also a prominent campaigner for civil rights. the funeral for former indian prime minister atal bihari vajpayee pipe will be held later on friday died

sanctions against his country he's been speaking in a televised speech to parliament in teheran these are live pictures from there about the country's economic issues iran has asked the international court of justice to suspend the u.s. sanctions imposed three weeks ago. the new cabinets being sworn in in a strain that follows the ousting of malcolm turnbull as prime minister last week is a place by scott morrison is expected to resign from parliament on friday coming up next it's counting the cost by phone. and nine hundred seventy eight. disappeared after boarding a plane to libya. for over thirty his disappearance remain stranded in mystery. but after colonel gadhafi his downfall in two thousand and eleven new evidence came to light. al-jazeera world investigates the case of the vanished. hello i'm has i'm seeking this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week crippled by its currency crisis venezuela's economy is in freefall out did it get to this. also we talk tesla and ask when the fledgling carmaker might start deliveri

reunited with her four year old daughter gabriella she was arrested back in april twenty sixth seen in teheranhile preparing to fly back to britain with her daughter she's accused of plotting to overthrow iran's government britain's foreign secretary says he wants to see her permanent release frankly every day that she is in prison is a reminder to the whole world of a gross injustice so we call on the iranian authorities to capsulize on the good will from today's announcement by going the whole way and releasing rank how to cope back to our family come back to you k. which is where home is and this totally justice israeli army has launched a criminal investigation into the killing of two palestinian teenagers during the protest at the gaza israel border fence the army says the investigation is needed because there is suspicion the military violated rules for opening fire more from child strafford. sits with his grieving family. whose eighteen year old son was shot dead by an israeli soldier during a protest near the gaza border fence on march thirtieth. these ready army has launched an intern

teheran says the move violates a 1965 treaty. is examining options to help turkey avoid meltdown. but financial aid is not one of them. the issue will be discussed when they meet next month. turkey already has dismissed any talk of the bailout. global news 24 hours a day on air and on twitter powered more more than 2,700 journalists and analysts in more than 127 cousins -- countries. vonnie: we're talking praise. we're talking with the mexican economy minister. that's coming right you have. stay tuned. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> welcome back. the u.s. and mexico pursuing a new trade deal but now the pressure is on canada to join the deal soon or risk being left out. we are joined by mexico's economy secretary and chief nafta negotiator. it's good to see you again, minister. thank you for enjoying us today. >> good morning. >> you are in canada not yet. would you be willing to sign a bilateral agreement with the united states if canada does not join? >> let me be very clear. my president had a very nice conversation with prime minist

sanctions against iran the foreign minister of another sanctioned country sat down with leaders in teheran north korea's foreign minister really young ho met iranian leaders in an effort to improve ties the timing of this visit is likely no coincidence iran wants america to know it has friends everywhere in a televised interview on monday night iran's president admonished america praised his european allies and asked his people for a little more time to fix the country's economy and that if you stay out of the unit to have emerged out of that and we need more solidarity we should be more united i'm telling my dear people god willing with your help we will get through this problem he mentioned china and russia several times a signal that iran intends to continue its pivot toward strategic economic partners to cope with yet more american economic pressure. and with the latest comments by the european foreign policy chief perhaps there is a reason for iranians to be optimistic. we in the european union. they didn't our blocking said it you're very much up to date. with this this is a legislat

ali arouzi, nbc news, teheran. >>> trump administration is not adequately considering the costs of a border wall. that is according to the nonpartisan congressional watchdog agency. the government accountability office says that costs can vary considerably based on geography, land costs and other factors. the group says that without more information there's increased risk that the wall will cost more than projected. already the administration estimates it will cost $18 billion. >>> more women coming forward in the case against a join come gist accused of sexual misconduct. attorney gloria allred is pushing a second lawsuit against the doctor and on behalf of dozens of women and some allegations are the doctor taking photographs of his patient's genitals with recollectal exams and inappropriate squeezing of breast exams. >> i've hibernated this experience in the back of my mind for decades. this happened almost 30 years ago. public awareness of his decades of abuse is confirmation of not only my experience but the hundreds of other victims of his sadistic abuse. >> usc says that the d

cnn senior correspondent nick paiton walsh is in teheran where he sat down for that exclusive interviewmore was said? >> he is very much the man who put the name to the deal and ye years of his own life to try to persuade john kerry and his own government to sign on to the complicated deal, and very much in the interview, he tried to stick to it. the european allies of the united states are against trump coming out of the deal unilaterally and we saw the first wave of the sanctions coming in, and more coming up in november. this is what he had to say about the u.s.'s attitudes toward sanctions. >> i believe that there is a disease in the united states, and that is the addiction to sanctions. even during the obama administration, the united states put more emphasis on keeping the sanctions that it had not lifted rather than implementing its obligations on the sanctions that it had lifted. >> reporter: if you felt that the u.s. was addicted to sanction, why did you go ahead with the deal? >> that is maybe one of the m mistake, but the problem was that we felt that the united states had le

into place and there's no doubt and there shouldn't be any doubt in anybody's mind, particularly in teheranput all the sanctions back in as they were before and more to put really the maximum pressure that we can on the government of iran. unprecedented pressure. we're prepared to carry through on that. we have been in the last three m months since the president announced the intention to get out of the deal near constant constant communication to join us. we have a fundamental disagreement on the efficacy of the deal and don't want iran to have nuclear weapons and we're in complete agreement we want iran to stop its ballistic missile program, and stop its beling rent military activity in the middle east. none of which iran has yet been prepared to do. let's say another thing with respect to the statement of the three european governments. their major businesses are already making the decision about what they're going to do in response to the reimposition of american sanctions and in overwhelming proportions they're deciding to do business in the united states than in iran and european busi

nuclear deal and that's what he did today at a meeting with rob macare the british ambassador to teheran from the united kingdom and he said that there was a few points that had to be reiterated that iran has no intention of disrupting any sort of shipping lanes and the oil shipping lanes in the persian gulf as he said he also said that iran has no intention of refraining from the sale and export of its own oil and so that was a very clear message being sent to the european union that it's time for you guys to step in and help us out now rob macare is a former oil executive himself and for his part he said that he is glad to be into iran at such an important time and that he would do whatever he could in his power as ambassador to help iran at this time with very clear signal to iran that the fight is not over that we support the nuclear agreement as long as you stand by it and a clear message to the united states and the trumpet ministration that you do not have a global support for unilateral sanctions against iran and that europe will continue to deal with iran as it sees fit. after s

photos of her being reunited with her daughter gabriela she was arrested in april twenty sixth seen in teheranle preparing to fly back to britain with gabriella she was accused of plotting to overthrow iran's government britain's foreign secretary says he wants to see her permanent release. frankly every day that she is in prison is a reminder to the whole world of a gross injustice so we call on the iranian authorities to capsulize on the good will from today's announcement by going the whole way and releasing nason and allowing her to go back to her family come back to the u.k. which is where home is and then this totally appalling justice british airways and air france of announce they're suspending flights to iran's capital tehran for next month and a statement british airways says the route is currently not commercially viable the u.s. reimposed sanctions of course this month after pulling out of the twenty fifty nuclear deal and it's threatening to punish any company doing business there to iran's ambassador to the u.k. says the decision is regrettable and that demand on the route does r

he urged european countries to the trump d administration decision and take more measures against teheranay still believes the brexit deal with the european not. is more likelier than her spokesman says the deal is in the best interests of both parties. the remarks came after the trade ecretary told the sunday times this was a 60% chance of a no deal income. for a lack of flexibility in the talks. hundreds of tourists are as they at the airport wait for flights off the island. a tsunami warning issued shortly sunday's magnitude 7.0 caused locals to leave the island and it was withdrawn a short time later. killed at least 98 people. a day on s 24 hours air and on twitter powered by ore than 2,700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. bloomberg. >> let's get a recap of today's market action. all u.s. stocks with the s&p gaining a third of 1% back to its highest level january. the nasdaq, the big winner, up of 1%. >> we're less than 1% away from that all-time high pulling out of this correction. >> exactly, out of this range. movers, the iggest same stocks, facebook, amazon, a

sanctions against iran the foreign minister of another sanctioned country sat down with leaders in teheran north korea's foreign minister really young ho met iranian leaders in an effort to improve ties the timing of this visit is likely no coincidence iran wants america to know it has friends everywhere in a televised interview on monday night iran's president admonished america praised his european allies and asked his people for a little more time to fix the country's economy. about that image that is going to have huge that we need more solidarity we should be more united i'm telling my dear people god willing with your help we will get through this problem american economic pressure has been destructive for iran but officials and civilians alike say mismanagement by its own leaders made iran's economy more vulnerable it's about time you start first of all sanctions will be imposed the harder the station will be for the people no one is satisfied. i'm so worried about my life future country and as a young girl i'm worried about my job there are no job opportunities and i'm afraid of lo