what would you be advising the leadership of tehran today? how would they respond to a situation where there are american forces in those countries, nuclear forces, et cetera, et cetera. nuclear weapon states in pakistan and israel within striking distance. what would we be advising? because that is the relevant question when it comes to nato's response to nonproliferation. because as with our relationship with russia, deterrence is not in our capabilities. it is what in the minds of the russians or as it was, the soviets. and if we can influence what is in the mind of the iranians, that is the real goal when it comes to nonproliferation. if we surround them with more hardware, that will only encourage them to seek sol lace in other forms of hardware that we don't already have. if we try to engage them in conversation that could have them seeing that it's in their interest to engage in nonproliferation, then we have a hope. so my question really is do you see the linkage between the classic linkage between disarment and nonproliferation, and

mojtaba sanati, nhk world, tehran. >>> we are now joined by mojtaba sanati. sanctions are being placed by western nations but iran doesn't seem to be completely closed off. >> u.s. and european-made goods like electrical appliances that are essential, can be easily found in iranian stores. iran is eager to build a new key distribution channel through turkey. iran also continues to secure revenue from crude oil exports to china and india and other nations keeping a distance from the west. furthermore, iran aims to strengthen ties with neighboring iraq. in april iraqi prime minister nuri al-maliki visited iran. he was given a warm welcome by president mahmoud ahmadinejad who expressed an eagerness to boost economic ties. iran's former foe is governed by xia muslims, like iran. late last year the remaining u.s. troops pulled out of iraq. >> is there any chance that iran and the west will make a deal over tehran's nuclear program? >> talks over the nuclear issue will take place between iran and the u.s., europe, russia and china in baghdad on may 23rd. the wester

tehran's top nuclear officials defends the discovery in iran. which two warning levels system the situation came about due to a technical glitch more details of. tanks and heavy machine guns have been used to pound the western syrian town of un observers say more than ninety people have been killed by government. forces syrian officials say the attack was aimed at stopping terrorists targeting police in the region this week u.n. reporter the regime and the rebels of gross human rights violations free syrian army is refusing to abide by the peace plan lest the un security council should civilian safety france has called for an urgent meeting of the friends of syria group which aims to remove president i said he said to be from the opposition. commentator says the atrocities on the opposition's part have now been acknowledged means any quick regime change plan is now unlikely significant so the new u.n. report is that for the first time. knowledge that there is on the side of the so-called opposition the rebel groups and the jihadists and so forth

top nuclear inspector the promise he wants from tehran. >>> big crowd shows up for lady gaga but thereare no fans in that crowd. the nation that wants her to stay away. ababababababababababab >>> we come back. coast 59, 60s and 70s through the bay shore 70s and 80s inland 80s over the east bay valleys today 60s in the northwest also northeast with 70s around dc-8ties elsewhere 108 phoenix good news, -- all major airports except for philadelphia which has flight arrival delays on time no organized areas of severe weather low clouds could cause delays at sfo i doubt it at oakland and san . abc7news.com flight -- flight tracker. >>> this morning, several people are dead after a suicide bomber blew himself up during a military parade rehearsal in yemen's capital. the official says the bomb was a soldier participating in the drill near the presidential palace practiced for the celebration of yemen's national day tomorrow. dozens of ambulances took the wounded to hospitals. no one has claimed responsibility so far. >>> head of united nations nuclear agency in tehran this morning. the u.n. gr

pledged that tehran will not give up its right -- iran's has pledged that tehran will not give up its right to pursue nuclear energy. >> the death toll has gone to nine in syria. suni muslim support the syrian position -- sunni muslim support the syrian opposition. a man says he is leaving his position with the syrian national council amid infighting. >> there were reports of renewed shelling by government forces. >> these images are set to show a soldier in the rebel stronghold. president assad's troops are trying to destroy the tower. the rebels have appealed to u.n. observers for help. the monitors have been unable to stop the violence so far. the syrian government appears to be showing little regard for the u.n.-backed cease-fire. more clashes had been reported. the army -- the rebel army refuses to surrender. the leader is trying to boost morale. he says the most important thing is discipline. another man, who says he is a disaster, voes to protect -- vows to protect the lives of civilians. he says the government is oppressing the syrian people. many took to the streets in protes

well, the first time that roosevelt, churchill, and stalin meet is in 1943 in tehran. they've communicated with each other with telegrams and the like, but never face to face. they probably have already developed some predisposed notions of what the other guy is, what he looks like, what he likes to do, that sort of thing, but the first face-to-face meeting of the, quote, big three, stalin, roosevelt, churchill, is in 1943 in tehran. they are going to be talking about several items. foremost on their list is the progress of the war and by 1943 the war's going well. if you'll remember from last time, by 1943 we have already driven the german forces out of north africa in an invasion of sicily and an invasion of italy now. the russian red army is pushing the nazis out of their country. we are also in the preparation station of d day, operation overlord. it's a pretty friendly meeting. it's a cordial meeting. they're getting to know each other. they're exchanging pleasantries, telling jokes. it's sort of a very cordial atmosphere. roosevelt even commented this guy, stalin

the chances of war increase if there are indications that tehran is serious about negotiations on the p five plus one can engage iran then i think chances of war decrease i think i would say i am cautiously optimistic right now that we can buy ourselves a little more time i optimistic that this will be the end of the nuclear crisis not necessarily it will be the end of our problems with the iranian regime not necessarily as long as i regime is in power and terror on i wouldn't be surprised if there is crisis after crisis and while there's never much optimism when we talk about this subject very thank you very much gentlemen thanks my guest today in washington london and in paris and thanks to our viewers for watching us here on c.n.n. and remember. there hasn't been a thing yet on t.v. . it is to get the maximum political act. the source material is what helps keep journalism. we want to present. something else.

pressure and intimidation they can get what they want from iran i mean this is not make leaders in tehran may give in to some extent but that is that red line that they cannot pass muster how many wins only if it was not about some of those red lines of my eyes isn't going to be able to if i go to london here what are those red lines there i mean it seems like more and more pressure is being put on iran but fewer and fewer incentives without a fair assessment. i think we just heard recently a new batch of sanctions passed in the senate which are unilateral and they one of the link to the security council and that's something which obviously i just wasn't going to encourage terror on to give up necessarily anything but also on the other hand i think there is a fundamental difference with paris and the paris agreement. showing referred to in the sense that at that time iran had suspended enrichment and had applied to voluntarily the additional protocol and now in contrast iran is producing ninety percent five percent enriched uranium. centrifuges increasing centrifuges even today just recen

here in tehran, stalin tells roosevelt, you guys go ahead with the d-day. we defeat hitler and with three months, within three months of hitler's defeat, the soviet union will declare war on japan. and help you, the americans, defeat this nation. so it's a very friendly kind of cordial meeting. the next time they get together, it's a little bit different. in february of 1945, the big three meet for a second time. it's known as the yalta conference. this is on the black sea. this time, things have changed because if you'll remember everywhere last class period, by the early part of 1945, the red army is driving deep into germany by now. they've already pushed the nazis out of their country all the way through poland and into germany and they are knocking on the door of berlin. the western allies, the americans, the british, well, we got slowed down a little bit along that way. what was that? >> battle of the bulge. >> battle bulge. that's going to slow us down in our race to get to berlin. they get there first. we talked about that last time. so what i'm get

visit in india her visit actually happens to coincide with a trade a coalition from tehran that is trying to encourage india to continue buying iranian oil obviously that's not what washington wants they recently imposed an oil embargo along with the e.u. on iran over its controversial nuclear program the west believes obviously that iran is developing nuclear weapons and iran has maintained that it has a peaceful nuclear program india along with several other countries like china japan and south korea aren't following on the fiction they actually have been through those four countries account or sixty percent of iran oil customers so a lot of people are saying that things aren't going to work unless washington can get these asian countries on board here with me to talk more about hillary clinton's visit and the issue on iran with washington if professor k.p. me if you can first of all explain to me why you think this has become such a contentious issue between washington and delhi and we even had president obama saying that countries that continue to engage with iran and by iranian oil c

which is isolating tehran, putting pressure on tehran, and preventing tehran from becoming a hedge an mon in the region and toppling helping the opposition topple as sad as the president of the united states has said needs to be done. it has been since last august president obama called for the -- for assad to go. we're now almost a year wit president of the united states has called on a foreign leader to step down and he's still standing there. it makes the united states look pretty weak, and you've got to just you know, question how the -- it sort of offends the sensibilities of most americans to watch us just staring at this horrific situation on the ground in syria and the united states looking impotent, sort of bouncing around, one day we say ta kofi annan, get him to work through the process. other days we say we've got to the persuade putin to implement the yemen model, which everyone agrees is not going anywhere. it's an old idea that's been taken off the shelf again. it just -- it's extremely frustrating when so many people feel and the policy community and elsewhere that at

up on r t a nuclear negotiations find out about the latest diplomatic efforts aimed at persuading tehran to end its nuclear research talks now set to head to moscow next month. and embarrassment for the u.s. military after it was twice exposed and to islam attitudes including to the training of soldiers. nearly seven hundred arrests have been made overnight in canada during the latest protest in quebec against a huge planned rise in student tuition fees the rallies have been ongoing for more than one hundred days in the thames to quell canada's most sustained student demonstrations ever don't is adopting new emergency laws restricting protests the controversial measures have only fuels public discontent activist and ugandan marshall thinks the situation in quebec is a part of the problem. now it's a social movement it's being referred to as the maple spring and on the one hand you have the government becoming more repressive passing bill seventy eight last week which removes severely restricts our constitutionally guaranteed rights to freedom of assembly and freedom of expression so you

high level enrich the uranium found at a site in iran but due to a technical error according to tehran's envoy to the un's nuclear watchdog experts say the particles discovered by international spector's an underground facility are still far from what's needed to create a nuclear device in the same tehran's version is possible whether the revelation that plays into the hands of those convinced that iran is seeking nuclear weapons this week's two day summit in baghdad failed to put the nuclear issue to bed tehran rejected a new package proposed by the u.n. security council members and germany saying it makes too many demands are offering in turn wildness see the country risk solutions both sides are far from reaching a compromise. you know i look at iran and the west as sort of like mars vs venus they want completely different things even if the west was inclined to ease the sanctions that are proposed for july they can't simply turn off the spigot and that's exactly what iran wants in the west i think what the west and israel are looking for is something which iran is simply not going to

i'm joined from baghdad by the bbc's tehran correspondent, james reynolds. what signals have we had so far >> we haven't had much so far, because the delegation only arrived a short time ago at the guest house behind me here inor zone, now known as the international zone. we expect them to sit down pretty shortly and have a two or three-hour opening session. it's at that point that we'll find out whether or not the delegations are going to get into detail. we've been at several rounds of talks before, and most recent round, they said, well, we'll address the details the next round. this is now the next round here in baghdad. we're about to find out if they're going to talk specifics. >> we shouldn't underestimate the whole question and the global tensions around iran. just what is at stake here? >> huge amount. essentially being slightly hyper bolick. the future of the middle east, the way countries in the middle east will choose to arm themselves, the way they choose to relate to iran, the way iran will choose to relate to its neighbors and the middle east.

in exchange for incentives but she refuses to do they intend declined course to ease sanctions on tehran despite agreeing to the only spector's into military site suspected of carrying out nuclear weapons related research has been since it's now tehran's job to compromise with the u.s. and europe keep up the pressure political consultant daniel loudness says the gap is too wide to clear through talks you know i look at iran and the west as sort of like mars vs venus they want completely different things even if the west was inclined to ease the sanctions that are proposed for july they can't simply turn off the spigot and that's exactly what iran wants iran's not going to get what it wants probably the west isn't going to get what it wants either there are some optimists out there about this process i don't happen to be one of them in the west i think what the west and israel are looking for is something which iran is simply not going to give them they're looking for a complete cessation of enrichment they're looking for a reversal of the process that has gone on for more than a decade n

iran's nuclear program in focus and under pressure again with a new round of negotiations between tehran and the west. the leaders gather in brussels to diet and discuss salvation for the eurozone with many believing it's time austerity came off the menu. in business we hear from the man who coined the term the brakes and he says forget about europe the imagine markets all the. time a couple of the details and that's at. five pm in moscow i'm at a good to have you with us here on r t our top story two days of voting under way for egyptians as they decide on a president to replace hosni mubarak who was ousted from power last year but it's already been marred by bloodshed with one policeman shot dead outside a polling station in cairo as for the vote itself some who took to tahrir square to bring change say none of the candidates represent the resolution as artie's paulus leader reports. they stayed down the police and the military and they won but now they're staring into an answer in future and it's far from clear egypt's revolutionaries are holding the trump card i'm sure of the martyrs

an underground facility are still far from what's needed to create a nuclear device analysts say tehran's version is plausible but the revolution plays into the hands of those convinced that iran is seeking nuclear weapons and weeks today's summit in baghdad failed to put the nuclear issue to bed tehran rejected new package proposed by u.n. security council members in germany saying it makes too many demands will offer him too little in return daniel wagner c.e.o. of country risk solutions thinks both sides are far from a compromise. you know i look at iran and the west as sort of like mars vs venus they want completely different things even if the west was inclined to ease the sanctions that are proposed for july they can't simply turn off the spigot and that's exactly what iran wants in the west i think what the west and israel are looking for is something which iran is simply not going to give them they're looking for a complete cessation of enrichment they're looking for a reversal of the process that has gone on for more than a decade now i just don't see how this is going to happen

sanctions are now harming relations between ankara and tehran let's talk about this a bit further now i'm joined by political analyst chris bambery from london our good to see you thank you for coming on r.t. today trade between iran and turkey has increased sharply over the past month or peaking in march how much of a problem are u.s. and the e.u. sanctions on iran for ankara. i well they were putting pressure on ankara to stop buying iranian oil but the americans and the europeans have less sway or anchor they would have had twenty years ago at the top until the end of the cold war tokyo was a very close ally of america in the front line of the cold war with the former soviet soviet union and generally take on the war behind american needs since those days we've seen two things happening first at the end of the cold war we've also seen europe do european union reject i think a century reeses growth groans and changes that we said inside turkey the turkish military are no longer the dominant force the world inside turkey politics and the turkish economy is expanding its becoming a re

states syria washington's treatment of tehran. nuclear program as well as the american. proposed in europe. reporting right there are staying with russia tries to nail down the legal guarantees from the u.s. on a system of this all ahead of next week's nato summit. terror committee says it has filed a major plot targeting the upcoming winter olympics in sochi russian. security forces seized an entire arsenal of weapons in the country. militant leaders details are. a joint operation was in and russian special forces found numerous caches of weapons in our cars including guns ammunition explosives and portable anti aircraft missiles russia's national antiterrorism committee told the interfax news agency that they believe those weapons were destined for a terrorist attack on the winter olympics in sochi in two thousand and fourteen and the added that the infamous islam ist militant leader darfur maroth is behind the plans don't kumar of his being connected to numerous gone in bomb attacks in russia's north caucasus in previous years but he's so far managed to evade security

talks resume on iran's nuclear ambitions of tehran refusing to bound a foreign pressure swap which may or incentives for more listen israel indicated a readiness to attack iran if diplomacy fails to curb its nuclear program. and outrages many s.s. uniforms given the history lessons to children in latvia bringing real nazi records into the next three countries again on the five the way to trace its role in world war two. we can now how washington could be undermining its only economy but pursuing its two political agenda well special interview is up next. we're sitting down with quite prestowitz founder and president of the economic strategy institute in washington he led many u.s. trade and investment negotiations with japan china latin america and europe in the reagan administration and served as vice chairman of president clinton's commission on trade and investment in the asia pacific region one of your recent articles is called trading jobs for military bases where you're basically saying that the u.s. secor five this its economic interests in the name of geopolitics. a very very g

then we have indirect evidence which points back to the end of to the seven. >>> the virus which tehran centrifuges was widely believed but never officially confirmed to be the work of the u.s. and israel. enflame uses some of the same side of technology. >>> it's all likelihood that basically two different teams wanted responsible for the stock set fires and one team is possible for flame have access to some technologies that were unknown to the rest of the world. >>> if the u.s. was involved flame within the work of the national security agency his mission is eased off used up on communications the venom was computers infected flame could have provided the u.s. insider knowledge of the workings of the running in government and its nuclear programs. did least researchers say it is possible flame can conduct sabotage as well as espionage. in other words first its skills data that might set out. >>> oakland police say nearly 100 of the bay area's most dangerous criminals off the streets. the arrests were part of a massive joint undercover sting with the fed's called operation gideon toge

leaders in tehran insist it's for domestic purposes and not an attempt to make weapons. >>> people in japan are expecting their prime minister to flip the switch. yoshihiko noda says two idle reactors at a nuclear plant in the western part of the country should be restarted. all of japan's 50 commercial reactors were off line, most for safety checks more than a year after the accident at fukushima daiichi. noda says the units at the ohi plant need to start pumping out electricity to deal with the summer demand. but he is still waiting for people who live around the facility to sign off on the plan. osaka is the leading shareholder in kansai electric power company. the manager of ohi, the city's mayor said thursday for first time he agrees with restarting the reactors. >> translator: i'm effectively accepting the reactors restart so that we can make it through the summer. even though the safety assessments are based on tentative safety standards. >> people in the town of ohi and fukui prefecture say they want the government to fire up the reactors because their jobs are at stake. >> tr

military claims it could destroy tehran's on sources say less than a month this comes as the u.s. continues to build up its military presence in the region. japan is set to shut down its final operating nuclear reactor the last of the country's fifty such facilities the government move comes after the public opposition to move to an untruthful in last year's fisherman disaster after the catastrophic consequences. and back with interest on the fifteen minutes time for the sport now and entertain the studio with the latest. hello there thanks for joining me and here's a taste of what is coming out. and told to seventy is that in russia's top like comes to an end after one of the fifty two clues of yet still. going for gold rush is going to be taking the seats on the reinforcements on the eve of world championships in scandinavia. i'm sure that you should i rush your boss to the star on the way caroline kalb lights up a move to the brooklyn nets. let's start with the news that tom toms cub been relegated from the russian prime a league after a one on the feat currently. getting the g

amono went to tehran to work out a deal with iran on how that would be done. i think the iranians played it as cooperation which they then have come here to say means the west should lift sanctions on them. this meeting really is about the intentions of the iranian program and it really isn't about what they may or may have done in the past. >> woodruff: is it your sense that the six powers of the united states and these other countries are together in their approach at these talks? >> well, they are. they all agree on this proposal that was put forth and they all agreed on what benefits iran might get in the short term if it agreed to move ahead step by step. there is a difference that begins to emerge in how to keep pressure on iran. the russians have regularly said that sanctions are too painful and are the wrong way to go and the russians have refused in the security council at the u.n. to increase sanctions but the u.s. and the european union are about to increase sanctions themselves quite considerably in the beginning of july with a ban on oil exports f

. -- over tehran's nuclear program. tehran reiterated its right to enrich nuclear uranium and says it is developing nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. the u.s. and eu recently stepped-up sanctions on iran. they suspect it is working towards developing nuclear weapons. police in germany have carried out raids on properties run by the bikers' gang hell's angels. >> the targets were brothels, pubs, nightclubs, and private homes. >> the crime under investigation include cumin trafficking as well as drug and weapons dealing. and the elite police unit reading one of dozens of properties across northern germany. bars, brothels, and apartments were searched by more than 1000 officers. the raids are part of an ongoing investigation into a band local hell's angels group. >> the goal of these raids is to collect evidence related to all kinds of crimes, including assault and potentially even weapons dealing. >> at least six hells angels members were arrested. the raids followed months of evidence-gathering of possible illegal ar

officials emphasizing what matters are not tehran's promises, but its actions.he iranian continue that it's for protection use. >> bret: steve harrigan in baghdad. thank you. >>> the number of americans identifying themselves as pro-choice has fallen to a record low. the latest gallup poll says just 41% now fall in that category. that is one point below the previous low back in 2009. the survey state that half of those surveyed consider themselves pro-life. one point shy of the record high. that brings us tonight's next to vote question. how much will social issues factor in to this election? sr1 to 36288 if you think it will be a top priority. sr2, factor in a lot. sr3, a little. srsr4, for not at all. results a little later in the show. text up, for romney responds to president obama's attacks. c'mon dad! i'm here to unleash my inner cowboy. instead i g heartburn. [ horse neighs ] hold up partner. prilos isn't for fast relief. try alka-seltzer. it kills heartburn fast. yeehaw! with the touch of a button ? droid does. does it post it instantly to facebook with

nhk world, tehran. >> all right. >>> it has been a beautiful day here in tokyo. that may not continue. robert speta has the weather for here and elsewhere. robert? >> wet and windy conditions on tap for your rest of your monday and then going into tuesday across most of japan here as an area of low pressure does push out of eastern china and already into western portions of japan and also the southern portions of the korean peninsula. you have been seeing some wet weather throughout your day and going into tuesday, this whole frontal system is expected to push off towards the northeast, so wet weather expected across most of the japanese islands throughout the day on tuesday. this will be sure to have your umbrellas ready, but good news on wednesday, high pressure will start to bridge back in from the west, bringing some fair weather starting by wednesday morning, down there towards the western portions of the japanese islands. now, farther out here towards the west in the southeastern portions of china, you've been see something copious amount of rain due to the

and iranian officials are meeting in person to discuss tehran's nuclear ambitions. the international talks follow a potential breakthrough in negotiations, although white house officials warn the regime may simply be trying to buy more time, as many people suspect. the director general of the international atomic energy agency says iran has agreed to allow westen experience access to nuber facilities inside the country. that includes a military complex where they believe iran has tested explosives that could trigger a nuclear blast. the obama administration called the move a step in the right direction but warned tehran's promises must be followed by concrete actions. so far there are no plans by the west to cancel an impending oil embargo against iran from going into effect this summer. today's talks which are separate from those involving the iaea, will focus on pressing iran to ship its nuclear fuel outside the country and to suspend the enrichment of uranium that could be used for weapons. meetings are taking place in baghdad and include diplomats from russia, c

in tehran for the first time since his appointment the visit by yukiya amano aims to settle the terms in which suspected iranian nuclear sites would be pro by the organization's inspectors iran only allows partial inspections of its facilities leading to western suspicion it could be trying to build an atomic bomb tehran has always denied those claims. with the london summer games fast approaching all eyes now on how the british capital is gearing up for putting a new show for putting on a show to the world but authorities over better reports there's a growing concerns over chaos for commuters as bus strikes an aging infrastructure leave the city's transport system struggling to cope with a huge influx of visitors. welcome to britain where you'll be greeted by queues longer than many flights to get here the maximum wait for passport checks at london's heathrow airport should be forty five minutes but these passengers were stuck for up to two and a half hours last month as britain's busiest airport seized up why because it rained says the government not exactly the sign of a city ready

talks resume on iran's nuclear ambitions to tehran refusing to bow down to foreign pressure and swap enriching uranium for incentives from abroad. nazis in the nursery outrages men in s.s. uniforms the of history lessons to children in latvia with a country again on the far right to trace its role in world war two. and russian markets bounced back as skaven sierra laws and we have all the details in a business update in about twenty minutes. focusing live from moscow around the clock this is our t.v. it's the second day of egypt's historic presidential election to decide who placed the ousted hosni mubarak a number of former regime officials and islamists are the main contenders though it's still not clear what powers the new leader will have and whether the ruling military might try to retain control. has been following the vote. election fever has gripped egypt with a record number of voter turnout expected in these the first properly contested presidential elections in the post mubarak period i'm standing at one of the schools which has been transformed into a voting station and a

break down their arms nuclear program in focus and under pressure again with new negotiations between tehran and the west and iran says it wants a pacific timetable western nations are pushing for disclosure. next insight from inside washington on the u.s. tough stance on iran and its impact in resolving the country's nuclear issue stay with us. we're sitting down with congressman dennis kucinich who co-sponsored the bill that was introduced in congress to end america's no contact policy with iran and engage in direct talks congressman kucinich thank you very much for you to be with you as i understand the bill that you co-sponsored this kind of a response to the big sanctions bill that was actually passed by the house of representatives and part of which was to make it illegal for any american diplomat to make any contacts within a rainy and official. that bill we seized wide support among congressman so you're up against the majority of your colleagues who favor the ban is that was that some kind of a symbolic move on your part or do you really think it would be able to sway congressional