u.k. france germany china and russia romney said iran was still committed to the deal despite stay u.s. withdrawal last year. tens of thousands of people are fleeing syria's last rebel held province amid a whitening government offensive backed spine russian air par the u.n. is calling for an urgent deescalation in northwestern syria where airstrikes have killed at least twenty civilians the rebels are promising to fight back saying a quarter has more from beirut it's a worsening humanitarian situation in northwest syria there are reports of up to one hundred fifty thousand people on the move heading north towards the border with turkey escaping what has been described as the fiercest bombardment in months. only brought what we can we have nothing. syrian and russian planes are continuing to target villages across southern it live and northern hama it's been more than a week now dozens of civilians have been killed the united nations is calling for an urgent deescalation and a recommitment to the cease fire especially after schools and health facilities were targeted the u.n. is closely

u.k. france germany china and russia ranee said iran will still committed to the deal despite the u.s. withdrawal last year. to make iran withdraw the day after so they could refer the case to the un security council in order to redouble pressure on iran however iran did not fall for this trap it did not play in the united states court our friends including european countries asked us to give them some time and we said yes because we wanted our people to know that we are patient and work in a calculated way we know how important the deal is and scuttling the deal will be costly and dr mental to the region the world an explosion close to a major in the eastern pakistani city of lahore has killed at least eight people five of the victims are police officers to has this update from islamabad. albany people are great. but recorded in ramadan. by forty five. or forty five. they were ready prepared or no creation. polls are now open for south africa's parliamentary and provincial elections the ruling african national congress is facing its toughest electoral test since it rose to power twent

u.k. france germany china and russia ronnie's said iran was still committed to the deal despite the us withdrawal last year the united states wanted to pull out of the j.c. p.-o. way to make iran withdraw the day after so they could refer the case to the un security council in order to redouble pressure on iran however iran did not fall for this trap it did not play in the united states court our friends including european countries asked us to give them some time and we said yes because we wanted our people to know that we are patient and work in a calculated way we know how important the deal is and scuttling the deal will be costly and detrimental to the region and the world well same drive is life for us in the iranian capital zain just what exactly did rouhani say. well let's go back just a few days to put into context exactly what what he said what that meant now a few days ago we saw an expiration to oil waivers against the united states of giving iran to sell its oil at the same time the united states issued nuclear sanctions and for the first time attacked the framework of the twenty fif

u.k. france germany china and russia rouhani said those countries had sixty days to implement their promises to protect iran's oil and banking sectors from u.s. sanctions he said iran was still committed to the deal but analysts say it's a signal iran's patience is running out the iranians are saying that we cannot continue like this we've been waiting for a year since the americans have exited the agreement and we have been waiting to see what the europeans will do and now that we see there doing nothing nothing we have to take some steps iran's announcement comes as washington continues to exert what it calls its maximum pressure campaign against effort on with the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei or making an unannounced visit to iraq where thousands of american troops are still based american warships have also been deployed to the region in response to what the u.s. says is the threat posed by iran and the message sent to review. this week for things like this that. i think for the defense is very specific. attacks that are. imminent that is they were thank you very. much about the p

u.k. france germany china and russia granny said iran was still committed to the deal despite the u.s. withdrawal last year. but let's stay with this we're joined from tehran by mohammad marandi he's a professor at tehran university thank you so much for speaking to us here on al-jazeera. we've been hearing these developments in iran withdrawing from some commitments under this nuclear deal does this kill the iranian nuclear deal is it dead. i don't think the iranians consider it to be dead although for practical purposes it has been dead for quite a while even under obama the united states refrained from really implementing the deal but under trump. the americans become very extremist and ultimately they have ripped up the agreement of the europeans despite promises and nice words but they have been effectively abiding by the dictates of trump so the iranians are saying that we cannot continue like this we've been waiting for a year since the americans have exited the dream and. we have been waiting to see what the europeans will do and now that we see they're doing nothing nothing we

u.k. france germany china and russia president rouhani said those countries have sixty days to implement their promises to protect iran's oil and banking sectors from u.s. sanctions he said steps iran is taking remain in line with the wording of the nuclear deal iran remains committed to it and to maintaining peace in the region but experts into herat say the country is also preparing for things to get worse before they get better. iran's announcement comes as american forces have been deployed to the region in response to what the u.s. says is a threat posed by iran. the leaders of both the united states and iran have said they want to avoid a conflict but both sides continue to send strong signals they are ready for one and there's tensions heighten between tehran and washington the latest announcement from president hassan rouhani puts even more pressure on european countries and remaining signatories to the nuclear deal to do something to salvage an agreement that's been in jeopardy since u.s. president donald trump took office. the u.s. house judiciary committee has voted to hold attorney

u.k. france germany china and russia president rouhani said those countries have sixty days to implement their promises to protect iran's oil and banking sectors from u.s. sanctions he said steps iran is taking remain in line with the wording of the nuclear deal iran remains committed to it and to maintaining peace in the region but experts into herat say the country is also preparing for things to get worse before they get better. iran's announcement comes as american forces have been deployed to the region in response to what the u.s. says is a threat posed by iran. the leaders of both the united states and iran have said they want to avoid a conflict but both sides continue to send strong signals they are ready for one. and as tensions heighten between tehran and washington the latest announcement from president hassan rouhani puts even more pressure on european countries and remaining signatories to the nuclear deal to do something to salvage an agreement that's been in jeopardy since u.s. president donald trump took office saying. ron. like the sanctions on iranian oil that were recently

u.k. france germany china and russia president rouhani said those countries have sixty days to implement their promises to protect iran's oil and banking sectors from u.s. sanctions he said steps iran is taking remain in line with the wording of the nuclear deal iran remains committed to it and to maintaining peace in the region but experts into herat say the country is also preparing for things to get worse before they get better. iran's announcement comes as american forces have been deployed to the region in response to what the u.s. says is a threat posed by iran. the leaders of both the united states and iran have said they want to avoid a conflict but both sides continue to send strong signals they are ready for one. and as tensions heighten between tehran and washington the latest announcement from president hassan rouhani puts even more pressure on european countries and remaining signatories to the nuclear deal to do something to salvage an agreement that's been in jeopardy since u.s. president donald trump took office saying to iran. and the chairman all the u.s. house foreign affair

u.k. france germany china and russia it will step up your rein in production unless they meet their commitments within sixty days britain says the decision is an unwelcome step while france says more sanctions could be reimposed. has more from terror. exactly one year after the united states pulled out of the twenty fifth two nuclear deal iran says it will suspend cooperation with some of the commitments under the agreement president hassan rouhani that world powers know his country will not abide by stockpile limits on enriched uranium and heavy water but he said it was a reciprocal move after the united states introduced new sanctions earlier this week designed to target the framework of the nuclear deal itself iranian experts say that the latest u.s. sanctions effectively forced iran to take some sort of action hammy him out of the main mall that john bid on. and people around the world should know that today is not the end of the nuclear deal today it's a new step for the j c.p.o. way and it's within the framework of the j. c.p.o. way the deal has given us this right if the other party viol

u.k. france germany china and russia president rouhani said those countries have sixty days to implement their promises to protect iran's oil and banking sectors from u.s. sanctions he said steps iran is taking remain in line with the wording of the nuclear deal iran remains committed to it and to maintaining peace in the region but experts into herat say the country is also preparing for things to get worse before they get better iran's announcement comes as american forces have been deployed to the region in response to what the u.s. says is a threat posed by iran. the leaders of both the united states and iran have said they want to avoid a conflict but both sides continue to send strong signals they are ready for one and as tensions heighten between to herat in washington the latest announcement from president hassan rouhani puts even more pressure on european countries and remaining signatories to the nuclear deal to do something to salvage an agreement that's been in jeopardy since u.s. president donald trump took office saying. and i white house correspondent can be held that has more o

u.k. france germany china and russia president rouhani said those countries have sixty days to implement their promises to protect iran's oil and banking sectors from u.s. sanctions he said steps iran is taking remain in line with the wording of the nuclear deal iran remains committed to it and to maintaining peace in the region but experts into herat say the country is also preparing for things to get worse before they get better. iran's announcement comes as american forces have been deployed to the region in response to what the u.s. says is a threat posed by iran. the leaders of both the united states and iran have said they want to avoid a conflict but both sides continue to send strong signals they are ready for one and as tensions heighten between tehran and washington the latest announcement from president hassan rouhani puts even more pressure on european countries and remaining signatories to the nuclear deal to do something to salvage an agreement that's been in jeopardy since u.s. president donald trump took office saying. like the sanctions on iranian oil that were recently toughe

u.k. france germany china and russia president rouhani said those countries have sixty days to implement their promises to protect iran's oil and banking sectors from u.s. sanctions he said steps iran is taking remain in line with the wording of the nuclear deal iran remains committed to it and to maintaining peace in the region but experts into herat say the country is also preparing for things to get worse before they get better iran's announcement comes as american forces have been deployed to the region in response to what the u.s. says is a threat posed by iran. the leaders of both the united states and iran have said they want to avoid a conflict but both sides continue to send strong signals they are ready for one and as tensions heighten between iran and washington the latest announcement from president hassan rouhani puts even more pressure on european countries and remaining signatories to the nuclear deal to do something to salvage an agreement that's been in jeopardy since u.s. president donald trump took office saying. well france meanwhile says it's concerned by tehran's actions

u.k. france germany china and russia president rouhani said those countries had sixty days to implement their promises to protect iran's oil and banking sectors from u.s. sanctions. he said these moves are still in line with the wording of the deal itself and iran remains committed to it and to peace in the region but analysts say it's a signal iran's patience is running out the iranians are saying that we cannot continue like this we've been waiting for a year since the americans have exited the agreement and we have been waiting to see what the europeans will do and now that we see there doing nothing nothing we have to take some steps iran's announcement comes as washington continues to exert what it calls its maximum pressure campaign against iran with u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o making an unannounced visit to iraq where thousands of american troops are still based. u.s. warships have also been deployed to the region in response to what the americans say is a threat posed by iran. he said. i think for an. imminent. attack. or an. action. that just. at different times throughout

u.k. france germany china and russia they are bastards of those five countries and to ron will be invited into the foreign ministry to be briefed by the deputy foreign minister and the foreign minister of iran mohammed job it is a relief will be right to get technical note to the e.u.'s foreign policy chief frederica mogul remey the one country that won't be briefed by iran of course is the united states it's put more military resources into the persian gulf tensions are unlikely to decrease any time soon. tens of thousands of people are fleeing syria's last rebel held province scimitar whitening government offensive acts find russian air power the u.n. is calling for urgent deescalation in northwestern syria where airstrikes have killed at least twenty civilians rebels are promising to fight back in a car has more from beirut. it's a worsening humanitarian situation in northwest syria there are reports of up to one hundred fifty thousand people on the move heading north towards the border with turkey escaping what has been described as the fiercest bombardment in months. death and we onl

u.k. france germany china and russia it will step up your reign in production unless they meet their commitments within sixty days britain says the decision is an unwelcome step while francaise more sanctions could be reimposed. has more from terror. exactly one year after the united states pulled out of the twenty fifth two nuclear deal iran says it will suspend cooperation with some of the commitments under the agreement president hassan rouhani that world powers know his country will not abide by stockpile limits on enriched uranium and heavy water but he said it was a reciprocal move after the united states introduced new sanctions earlier this week designed to target the framework of the nuclear deal itself iranian experts say that the latest u.s. sanctions effectively forced iran to take some sort of action hammy him out of the main mall that john bid on. and people around the world should know that today is not the end of the nuclear deal today it's a new step for the c.p.o. way and it's within the framework of the j c.p.o. way the deal has given us this right that if the other party viol

u.k. france germany china and russia rouhani said those countries had sixty days to implement their promises to protect iran's oil and banking sectors from u.s. sanctions he said iran was still committed to the deal but analysts say it's a signal iran's patience is running out for the iranians are saying that we cannot continue like this we've been waiting for a year since the americans have exited the agreement and we have been waiting to see what the europeans will do and now that we see they're doing nothing nothing we have to take some steps iran's announcement comes as washington continues to exert what it calls its maximum pressure campaign against ever on with u.s. secretary of state mike pompei or making an unannounced visit to iraq where thousands of american troops are still based american warships. have also been deployed to the region in response to what the u.s. says is the threat posed by iran. he said. it's nice. i think for me to sit. next to. him and that is they were texting. the same. thing about taking action. that is disconcerting all eyes now on a nuclear deal that was

u.k. france germany china and russia president rouhani said those countries have sixty days to implement their promises to protect iran's oil and banking sectors from u.s. sanctions he said steps iran is taking remain in line with the wording of the nuclear deal iran remains committed to it and to maintaining peace in the region but experts into herat say the country is also preparing for things to get worse before they get better. iran's announcement comes as american forces have been deployed to the region in response to what the u.s. says is a threat posed by iran. the leaders of both the united states and iran have said they want to avoid a conflict but both sides continue to send strong signals they are ready for one and as tensions heighten between tehran and washington the latest announcement from president hassan rouhani puts even more pressure on european countries and remaining signatories to the nuclear deal to do something to salvage an agreement that's been in jeopardy since u.s. president donald trump took office saying. well france says it's concerned by tehran's actions and has

promises to protect raurnians from sanctions he said he sent letters to the leaders of the u.k., france, germany, china, and russia telling them they had 60 days to fulfill their commitments to the nuclear accord despite the unilateral withdrawal of the u.s. last year it's great to have you with us on the show. i just want to ask you, what is the significance of this announcement out of iran in the last 24 hours? >> it is very significant because it is effectively giving europe an ultimate mate im it is saying you either side with, you or you side with the united states, and, of course, this puts europe in particular in a very difficult position because europe will not want to go against u.s. imposed sanctions, but at the same time european countries have been trying their best to keep the nuclear deal alive i personally think that this announcement by iran signals the beginning of an end for the deal as you say, from the very beginning, they've been trying to i understand foo ways to operate within the country, but at the end of the day, commercially iran is much less important to europe than the unit

u.k. france germany china and russia they are bastards of those five countries and to ron will be invited into the foreign ministry to be briefed by the deputy foreign minister and the foreign minister of iran mohammed job it is a relief will be right to get technical note to the e.u.'s foreign policy chief federica mo greenie the one country that won't be briefed by iran of course is the united states it's put more military resources into the persian gulf tensions are unlikely to decrease any time soon well the european union has voiced its criticism of the u.s. decision not to allow some countries to continue buying iranian oil running current sales have already fallen half since the us pulled out of the nuclear deal about reports now from paris since donald trump pulled the u.s. out of the iran deal one year ago european leaders have been battling to save it this week britain germany france and the e.u. foreign ministers criticize washington's decision to end sanctions waivers for some iranian oil exports to countries including china and india in a joint statement they said the lifting

u.k. germany france china and russia lifted international sanctions which had been crippling the iranian economy but u.s. president donald trump says a deal fails to deter iran from developing ballistic missiles a year ago the united states pulled out of the deal and has reintroduced all nuclear related sanctions against iran along with other punitive measures now the german defense minister or is it off on the line says it is essential to maintain dialogue with iran and for europe to speak as one she made those comments during a panel discussion here at georgia but as studios in berlin they must understand we have to do all we can to keep talking to iran to make sure this agreement is maintained on all sides even after the united states has opted out and we have to assess these latest statements by iran together that's a first step in which europe can exercise its strength and make its joint voice her especially. so i look at for some analysis i'm joined now by cornelius on her behalf from the german council on foreign relations a welcome going to list on germany was one of the driving forces i

airbus is now headquartered in the netherlands with major production sites in france germany spain the u.k. as well as china and the u.s. the company employs some 130000 people and has built 12000 commercial jets so far in fact it's best selling its 320 is in service so much one of them is landing somewhere in the world every 2 and a half seconds. one dominant theme runs through the history of the company its competition with american plane builder boeing the rivalry between the 2 aircraft makers has propelled both to major innovations but at times has also cost them dearly for airbus the a 380 a direct competitor to boeing's dreamliner became the company's biggest corporate failure the 25000000000 euro program was scrapped last year after airlines lost interest in the supersize jet and its anniversary year airboats seems more focused on its future than its history among the challenges the company faces are a changing innovation market environmental concerns new technologies and brags it's . just a few challenges they're facing air bus when it comes to climate protection big vehicles traveling long distance

pressure on iran to put more attention in america's relations with other countries like china like germany france the u.k. and russia u.s. president donald trump has use he's executive privilege to keep the democrats from getting the full uncensored report by special counsel robert muller into the russia interference in the twenty sixteen election the house judiciary committee is about to vote on whether it will hold attorney general william barr in contempt over his refusal to release a report release an edited version of his investigation into rushing to ference last month he's refusal to submit the full report has led to accusations that he's lied to congress or each my colleagues whether or not you care to see the full o. report we should all want to see the complete report stand up for the institution we are proud to serve no person certainly not the top law enforcement officer in the country should be permitted to flout the will of congress to defy is a valid subpoena no person the attorney general not the president should be permitted to be above the law. i speak to patty cohan on capitol hill for

u.k. germany, france, russia, and china to help it circumvent u.s.ght katy mcfarland former or national security to president trump katy served in the nixon ford reagan white house -- administrations great to have you here. >> great to be with you. >> let me start with iran and this -- it seems on fits face a preposterous response to withdraw from the agreement that the united states is withdrawn from already -- and if they begin they're in violation of a host of sanctions. >> it is going to take them a while ping the important thing to remember to look at when you look at afl this iranianss are hurting. their economy is hurting because of the sanctions. they are absolutely getting squeeze and trying to say when initially the obama nuclear deal was done, he said they're so silly but just what they have them where they want them and when it was really feeling the pinch is when the obama administration had just sort of let up on them and let pressure off. >> no one has ever claimed that foreign policy made any sense i shouldn't say no one. but no one i

germany in the u.k. and france and russia and china it requires all of those powers to do something about us sanctions against iran will hey. this is the important question here i mean in fact we can see that political statements and grievances towards washington's decision to unilaterally leave withdraw from the agreement these statements have been voiced but the the action has so far been limited so the expectation from tehran will be that within the next sixty days some form of concrete action in terms of oil sales of iran and the transfer of of oil income to iran will be made possible so that iran sees some benefit in complying to the nuclear agreement ok so this is what iran wants but like i said this is going to require. a century europe and russia to say to america back off or to make this this pilot mechanism more effective america doesn't seem to want to back off and if if europe could have made that payment mechanism more effective now it would already be so what's going to happen. that's a good point i mean many are saying what should happen within the next sixty days that couldn't have been happen

iran wants the u.k., germany, france, russia and china to help it circumvent those u.s. sanctions. well, joining us tonight, k.t. mcfarlane, former deputy national security adviser to president trump. k.t. has also served in the nixon, ford and reagan white house administrations. great to have you here. >> great to be with you. lou: let me start with iran and this sort of -- it seems on its face a sort of preposterous response that they are going to withdraw from the agreement that the united states has withdrawn from already and if they begin uranium enrichment, they're going to be in violation of a host of sanctions. >> yeah. and it's going to take them a while. i think the important thing to remember to look at when you look at all this, the iranians are hurting. their economy is hurting -- lou: because of the sanctions. >> they are absolutely getting squeezed. and trump had said when initially the obama nuclear deal was done, he said, boy, they're so silly. ing just when iran was really feeling the pinch is when the obama administration just sort of let up on 'em and then let t

the iranian president has g givn the remaining five signatories of the deal, china, france, germany, russia, u.k 60 days to fululfill their bargainin and protect the islamic republic from sanctions. the kremlin hast announced a "unreasonable pressure placed on iran." listen to what the iranian president had to say. >> in the nuclear deal, we agreed to keep uranium enrichment levels at 3.67. we will stop this commitment and not keep up with any specified levels anymore. presidentnian speaking. we are following developments in tehran. the president announcing measures in respoponse to t the. breaeach of the nuclear deal. crcrical to point o out, iran ws forced to take these measures by restrictions, put in place by the u.s. and re-imposition of u.s. sanctionsns. in other words, iran had no choice but to take measures. let me explain. agreednuclear deaeal, iran to ship and sell enriched uranium exceeding 300 kilograms to russia. agreed toto ship any heavy exceeded 130d that tons to oman. the presidident announced it wil no longer do that, sell enriched uranium to russia or ship heavy water to oman.

revolution so it is a symbolic test for tat between both countries right ok well china russia the u.k. and france and germany remain committed to the date of a letter from the german foreign minister heiko bus. our position is and remains we want to preserve the agreement in particular to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. but we don't agree with the step taken by iran today. our message is and remains clear that we along with our partners unconditionally stand by the nuclear agreement want to order operation so european as far as a stand by the agreement but they have to do something about do u.s. sanctions can they will there is there the political will to do something about this. well sort for coming from the iranian perspective iran else or if this perspective there hasn't been the will and there hasn't been the possibility they will be your forte and the they keep saying that instead it's the trade mechanism that was supposed to enable them to bypass the sanctions has not been able to do anything either after the u.s. withdraws on the deal so i don't think i could say that this is kind of a l

a signal also to the suppliers in china so the legal framework needs to be there i mean some countries have moved ahead with laws like france and the u.k. but germany germany not so far and we have a. national action plan on business and human rights from 2016 but this is on the bottom terry basis so the government is supporting companies to address the resistance of supply chains but they are not obliged to do so and what we are no minding is a national law are on human rights to do and maybe we'll get this one in next year in 2020 be cars this national xterm plan says that there should be a new discussion on binding regulation them because when these companies on obliged to do this or to do it i mean it costs a heap of money to check all of those supply chains of all those different countries and and different sectors yes it is a great challenge. there are still nations for example for car companies. that addressing the wrists. supply chains of the resources 6 would cost about $200.00 euro for each car so. it is. it's not you. know it's not a huge cost compared to the. cost of the car and the cost of these kids yeah missing out on their childhood