u.s. sanctions are are having an effect. i think going forward you've got to really look at what the asian economies and along with russia what they can do in terms of maybe implementing a similar mechanism mechanism as london berlin and. paris have in regards to the instep in texas. policy or operation there oh your problem there is the iranians are very frustrated that. although it's been set up it isn't actually running it's not operational you know frustrations with iran is mounting and you just wonder whether the chinese and the russians another asian countries can implement something similar from their side. just only briefly interrupt you there. on a general level how important is iranian oil for asia. over very important as you mentioned in your report earlier iran you know trying to import a huge amount of oil from iran as does india as as does japan and with with the you know it's of a particular quality heavy crude which you know isn't really produced in many other countries around the world venezuela does produce

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 particular reaction. that disputes and all eyes now on a nuclear deal that was already in serious jeopardy more than ever the question now will it be possi

u.s. sanctions. this is led to shortages and long queues at the gas pumps in recent days there were reports of 24 hour queues for gasoline in america about the country's 2nd largest city but the impact of u.s. sanctions would only get worse many importers of venezuelan oil have been granted a grace period before they will be subject to the sanctions the grace period ends this month. the united states has temporarily eased the ban on selling technology to chinese tech giant weiwei washington is delaying the band by 90 days the u.s. claims the world's leading maker of mobile network equipment is a security risk and has called on european allies to exclude while weighs equipment from their next generation wireless 5 g. networks the company's founder has downplayed downplayed the restrictions saying walk away has supplied back ups if it loses access to u.s. components. and let's talk to our financial correspondent in new york jose luis de haro who is it markets responded positively to this delay but it d

u.s. sanctions.

u.s. sanctions. iran is a top contributor to the oil producing bloc of nations called opec its oil production has fallen from two and a half billion barrels a day in twenty seventeen to just under one and a half million barrels today iran's economy relies on oil and gas and roughly eighty percent of its exports are from the hydrocarbon sector the international monetary fund says inflation in iran could hit forty percent this year as u.s. sanctions have already had an impact on the economy i could get the iran oil down to zero immediately but it would cause a shock to the market i don't want to lift oil prices and if you notice or oil prices are going down very substantially despite the fact that already half of their capacity is gone so can the united states bring down iranian oil production to zero iran doesn't seem to think so feature me just trying to think you can drive iran's oil exports to zero by plane such games this is impossible around the oil exports would not be zero we will sell our oil

u.s. sanctions seem to target iran's leadership these latest measures strike ever closer to the country's eighty million people. even before the latest sanctions previous ones already impacted our daily lives and they've been effective if we say they had no effect we'd be deceiving ourselves. of the twenty five million tons of steel products iran produces over thirty percent are sent abroad as the new sanctions go into effect president rouhani will have a tough time convincing hardliners to stick to the nuclear deal. america has been warning its allies around the world against using chinese tax a firewall way and building a next generation of five g. mobile services the u.s. says while ways hardware is likely to be open to spying or sabotage by the chinese security services but the signs are that washington is fighting a losing battle more and more allies are ignoring the u.s. and refusing to exclude while a. canada has been in hot water since it detained mung one joe chief financial officer of china's huawei on a us arrest warrant in december all washington's allies are caught in the midd

u.s. sanctions. china turkey and iraq have also said they cannot abide by unilateral american policies and will continue dealing with iran if pushed iran could obstruct shipping lanes in the strait of hormuz pull out of the twenty fifty nuclear deal and restart your brain human richmond none are things iranian leaders say they actually want to do but there is little doubt the country is hurting a crippled economy soaring prices runaway inflation iranians worry it could mean taxes going up and subsidies on fuel electricity and consumer goods going down last year this conference how even more buzz and even bigger exhibits and there was a little more excitement in the air about doing business but that was before the united states pulled out of the nuclear deal and really imposed sanctions but one russian chief executive said u.s. sanctions or exactly why russia wants to do even more business with iran that's why they're here. so i guess you know we've you know it's for sure and. it will be educational o

u.s. sanctions first world these countries have declared that they do not recognize u.s. sanctions that has put.

u.s. sanctions are making fuel more scarce take a look. money doesn't count for much these days in venezuela hyperinflation is rampant and us sanctions are making things worse. gasoline has been heavily subsidized for years in the country and now costs practically nothing to contrast with other items is stark going to be an economy. candy bar costs more than gasoline a full tank of gas that's all it costs you a. boil is the venezuelan economy and normally accounts for almost all its exports but to be refined to make it into gasoline for the domestic market it needs chemicals from the us these are no longer available because of the u.s. sanctions. this is led to shortages and long queues at the gas pumps in recent days there were reports of 24 hour queues for gasoline in america but the country's 2nd largest city but the impact of u.s. sanctions would only get worse many importers of venezuelan oil have been granted a grace period before they will be subject to the sanctions the grace period ends this month. the united states has temporarily

u.s. has tightened sanctions on all countries that continue to buy iranian oil after the first of may that includes china iran's biggest customer beijing says there's no justification for the u.s. policy. firmly opposed to unilateral sanctions and the so-called jurisdictions imposed by the u.s. . roughly a quarter of iran's exported oil is sold to china about half a million barrels a day the two countries have grown closer in recent years president xi jinping mediterranean counterpart in beijing last june just one month after the u.s. imposed sanctions on iran iran is a key supporter of china's built in road infrastructure initiative designed to ease chinese global trade but analysts say china may have no option but to bow to u.s. demands but it is the way. the united states is serious and forcing china to pick a side the chinese government has to be very careful the timing is critical this week top negotiators from washington arrived in beijing for a new round of treetops both sides are working to finalize a deal to end escalating tit for tat tariffs which began last year experts say chin

u.s. sanctions are not temporary enough and likely to be to more hardship zero zero to her own. correspondents covering the story katrina you who's in beijing for us let's break was saying broadly in tehran we just watched a report saying iran has no this was coming its here what now. well that's exactly the question that leaders are trying to answer what now domestically what now internationally on the domestic front they are preparing their countrymen for things to get much more difficult the supreme leader speaking to teachers union just the other day said that the country should be in battle and should be battle ready because the enemy pointing to the united states is making moves that look like conflict oriented moves and so he told this group that everyone in the country needs to be ready for a war that may be coming we've heard similar similar talk from military leaders who say that they are ready for a conflict to come at any point now economically things are likely to get worse before there's any sort of blows between the united states and iran the country is dealing wi

u.s. sanctions without hurting itself and without bringing the situation to a head. so not much really bit if you look at before the sanctions iran was exporting about to a point five million dollars payday after imposing the sanctions by donald trump it reduced to one point one and based on optimistic estimates trend. in this case actually they can export something about five hundred barrels a day. and official says that zero exports which is u.s. aiming is an illusion and. has some rouhani and president says that iran has six various she said it's boy meets you as is not made of it by the really don't know how they are going to sell their oh it's van no country is going to buy there's water there or it's not going to be no country we know that turkey would like to and actually needs to continue importing oil from iran we know that china isn't particularly keen on complying with our sanctions will other countries perhaps follow suit. after the imposing the sanctions three countries that. has that very precise taiwan and italy sub to import oil from iran the only coun

u.s. sanctions in a strongly worded statement iran's foreign ministry condemned the latest u.s. sanctions this time targeting iran's metals industry iranian foreign ministry spokesman abbas mousavi said the u.s. moved once again violated america's international committee he threatened legal action and said the united states would be held responsible for damages resulting from these latest sanctions but experts say existing sanctions have already made things so bad that more sanctions are unlikely to make things much worse. i think what america is doing now is just repeating their position banking sanctions have already made many problems for a rainy and trade missile and other sanctions might make any difference i think it's a big agreement for his next election and as there has not been any result with north korea the u.s. is trying to increase pressure on iran the latest u.s. sanctions hit iran as europe rejected what it called iran's ultimatum of non-cooperation with the nuclear deal and in a sign of growing mistrust with european partners iranian m.p.'s from the national secu

u.s. sanctions they suspended the transplant program a year ago but full scale sanctions against were imposed in january this year from now on u.s. policy is certainly going to have a huge impact on people's lives so many. government officials say menace will is a victim of donald trump's foreign policy. so entrance trouble is very much because most companies do not want to risk angering the united states the world is a globalized economy and the company has links with the united states and what we're seeing is that there are many companies who simply do not want to deal with us because they don't want to be punished by the united states. children are particularly vulnerable in this crisis in venezuela giovanni was not able to survive but there are many others who are hoping they will have the chance to receive the treatment that will save their lives. looks like it's time for sport and really a great night for british football again yeah not such a great night for dutch football so but another stunning semifinal comeback has taken tottenham hotspur through to the champions league final for t

u.s. sanctions. china turkey and iraq have also said they cannot abide by unilateral american policies and will continue dealing with iran if pushed iran could obstruct shipping lanes in the strait of hormuz pull out of the twenty fifty nuclear deal and restart your brain human richmond none are things iranian leaders say they actually want to do but there is little doubt the country is hurting a crippled economy is soaring prices runaway inflation iranians worry it could mean taxes going up and subsidies on fuel electricity and consumer goods going down last year this conference had even more buzz and even bigger exhibits and there was a little more excitement in the air about doing business but that was before the united states pulled out of the nuclear deal and really impose sanctions one russian chief executive said u.s. sanctions or exactly why russia wants to do even more business with iran but that's why we're here. it's so close you know we've you know it's for sure. it will be additional opp

u.s. sanctions but the trump and ministration continued putting pressure on terror on last month the u.s. imposed strict sanctions on iran in all exports and put iran's revolutionary guard on a list of terrorist organizations and recently the american aircraft carrier group the u.s.s. abraham lincoln was deployed to the strait of hormuz seventeen million barrels of oil are taken through the sea routes in the gulf every day iran has threatened to close it multiple times. let's bring in our guests in tehran mohammad marandi professor of north american studies at the university of tehran on skype from reston virginia rhenish a republican strategist and consultant and in berlin. this thing followed brookings doha center a welcome to you all like to begin with you mohammad marandi in teheran this has been a very aggressive policy by this administration this u.s. administration to iran we are all is always expecting iran to react in your opinion is this a fair reaction the events of the day. i think it's a rather mild reaction but president rouhani has said that there will be further acts on beh

u.s. sanctions against iran are unacceptable and illegitimate and looking into. all of this has been lamentable behavior by the u.s. we have break u.s. statements from the u.s. to stop any iranian influence not just in syria but across the region it's unrealistic to terminate this imprints and it has no charts as a serious policy iran may be economically isolated but the message from russia is that iran is not alone. together the foreign ministers of both countries put european signatories to the iran deal on notice. because i had. been made a decision to implement that. not to stop its implementation not to work against it not like the americans will withdraw from it in a letter to a basters of the 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 i

u.s. sanctions on iranian oil have cost it cost iran about ten billion dollars but with this move that will now for. far exceed ten billion if this goes this goes forward as the u.s. is planning could be three four five six seven times that the big question now is what happens if countries simply disobey this unilateral order by the united states particularly china or india what if they say no we're we're just still going to take iranian oil what will the united states do then there's really no answer to that i can tell you that this was definitely a move within the u.s. government that was spearheaded by the national security council in the white house and particularly john bolton pushing this very strong and listen the u.s. government says they do not want this to affect their any and people they only want to directly affect the iranian government but i can tell you it probably is going to affect the people in the country as well as you just heard there from saying thank you for that gabe gabriel is on to live in washington d.c. in other news cycle and funny is lashing the eastern indian

u.s. sanctions first world these countries have declared that they do not recognize u.s. sanctions that has put their private companies may because of u.s. quotas and because of their heavy hand that the united states is exercising on these issues may find it just prudent for themselves in the short term and i don't think it's prudent for anybody in the medium and long term to be creased but that doesn't mean that the governments agree and the governments have announced that they do not recognize and you can watch the full interview with the iranian foreign minister zarif on talk to edges either at four thirty g.m.t. this saturday. in uganda bobby wine is back home after three nights in prison the pop star turned politician was granted bail after arrest for incitement winds accused of encouraging an attack on the president's motorcade the supporters say the charges are made up we spoke to him earlier in camp hala. we have gone to every legal avenue trying to get our freedom are we are free to show in the court we are going to parliament and all the rizzoli sions all the pr

u.s. has tightened sanctions on all countries that continue to buy iranian oil after the first of may that includes china iran's biggest customer beijing says there's no justification for the u.s. policy. imposed by the us. roughly a quarter of iran's exported oil is sold to china about half a million barrels a day the two countries have grown closer in recent years president xi jinping mediterranean counterpart in beijing last june just one month after the u.s. imposed sanctions on iran iran is a key supporter of china's built in road infrastructure initiative designed to ease chinese global trade but analysts say china may have no option but to bow to u.s. demands and. the united states is serious in forcing china to pick a side the chinese government has to be very careful the timing is critical this week top negotiators from washington arrived in beijing for a new round of trade talks both sides are working to finalize a deal to end escalating tit for tat tariffs which began last year experts say china may give up iranian oil which makes up about seven percent of china's total oil impo

has remained defiant and it's fear that sanctions could derail efforts to cool off the ongoing terror of war with the u.s. india comes second on the list of buyers of iranian oil washington has also hit its second top supplier venezuela with sanctions the country's important farming sector is already in distress and the high prices of oil could potentially cause the cost of food to surge turkey is another important by ankara says it cannot cut ties with a neighbor and has condemned the u.s. move other countries which up until now had been covered by the waiver such as south korea and japan have reluctant to reduce their imports ahead of the deadline and the target is a chinese political and economic commentator he joins me now from beijing good to have you with us on the program again mr chang and let's just begin with china sort of continue. will continue its long term projects and wants to continue its long term projects with iran including a lot regarding infrastructure projects in the sort of oil and gas industry and one wonders how they're going to be infected directly or in directly by what the u.s

u.s. sanctions list. isabel's parents took her to argentina where her mother became a donor and last november doctors carried out a transplant but then isabella experienced post-op complications required treatment isabel's father says she's now suffering numerous problems. already very severe currently she is showing a slight rejection because 1st she didn't continue with her treatment properly as she should have them the 2nd killing her body has to accept that little piece of liver that her mother donated to them you know right now body is rejecting it because she quoting to the experts it is something that happens in any case because the organism adapting to the body one possibility is that her body will be able to accept it on its own the other is that it will require medical treatment and very specific care the way the u.s. imposed sanctions on that as well in january which target the country's main oil company which also funds a number of charities that help sick children $7000000000.00 in assets wer

u.s. sanctions could u.s. pressure put it produce a new and better deal as washington claims or will it result in war that's the question we pose on this edition of quadriga and here are our guests who will answer it it's a pleasure to welcome tori tausig she's a political analyst for the brookings institution currently on a robert bosch militia in berlin and she says tensions between the u.s. and iran are escalating signals coming out of washington and tehran indicate things won't cool down any time soon. and we're very glad to have shined arche on on the program he is a political analyst and on iranian and shia affairs and he's editor in chief of iran under is a german language magazine specialized in. reporting on iran he says europe shouldn't see iran only as a threat rather it county when tehran as a partner and it's a pleasure to introduce rick novak he's a berlin based correspondent for the washington post who covers international politics and he says both sides know that a u.s. iranian war could become

al-jazeera paris industrial metals are the latest to join a long list of sanctions the u.s. has imposed on iran last month a demand that all countries stop buying uranium oil iran's biggest customers china india south korea and turkey now face sanctions themselves if they continue to source or oil from iran any dealings with iran's a central bank and other state owned financial institutions are considered a violation there are restrictions on firms selling commercial airplanes cars and parts for them to iran iranians can no longer buy u.s. dollars or trade in precious metals imports of iranian food and carpets are also banned well the u.s. government says any country company or individual who violates these sanctions could themselves face sanctions or criminal charges even in the united states has more now from tehran. in a strongly worded statement iran's foreign ministry condemned the latest u.s. sanctions this time targeting iran's metals industry iranian foreign ministry spokesman abbas mousavi said the u.s. moved in once again violated america's international commitments

u.s. sanctions but the trump and ministration continued putting pressure on her on last month the u.s. imposed strict sanctions on iran in all exports and put iran's revolutionary guard on a list of terrorist organizations and recently the american aircraft carrier group the u.s.s. abraham lincoln was deployed to the strait of hormuz seventeen million barrels of oil are taken through the sea routes in the gulf every day iran has threatened to close it multiple times. let's bring in our guests in tehran mohammad marandi professor of north american studies at the university of tehran on skype from reston virginia rhenish a republican strategist and consultant and in berlin. this thing follow brookings doha center a welcome to you all like to begin with you mohammad marandi in teheran this has been a very aggressive policy by this administration this u.s. administration to iran we are all is always expecting iran to react in your opinion is this a fair reaction the events of the day. i think it's a rather mild reaction but president rouhani has said that there will be further acts on behal

u.s. reimpose sanctions on iran. an is a key supporter of china's infrastructure designed to ease global trade but analysts say china may have no option but to bow to u.s. demands. serious andis forcing china to pick a side. the chinese government has to be very careful. the timing is critical. this week, tough negotiators -- top negotiators arrived for a new round of trade talks. both sides are working to finalize deals and escalating tit-for-tat tariffs that began last year. experts say china may give up iranian oil which makes up 7% of china's total oil imports to avoid jeopardizing discussions on trade. >> for china now, the most important relation is not with iran, it is with the u.s. there are other battles china need to fight in terms of, for example, transformative technology like 5g. china needs some cutting slack from the u.s. >> it should china stop buying iranian oil it could compensate tehran by boosting trade in other areas. it could serve as a vector or barter for it with other goods. china has even no

u.s. sanctions could u.s. pressure it produce a new and better deal as washington claims or will it result in war that's the question we pose on this edition of quadriga and here are our guests but we'll answer it it's a pleasure to welcome tori tausig she's a political analyst for the brookings institution currently on a robert bosch fellowship in berlin she says tensions between the u.s. and iran are escalating.

u.s. really imposed sanctions on iran iran is a key supporter of china's built in road infrastructure initiative designed to ease chinese global trade but analysts say china may have no option but to bow to u.s. demands and. the united states is serious and forcing china to pick a side the chinese government has to be very careful the timing is critical this week top negotiators from washington arrived in beijing for a new round of trade talks both sides are working to finalize a deal to end escalating tit for tat tariffs which began last year experts say china may give up iranian oil which makes up about seven percent of china's total oil imports to avoid jeopardising discussions on trade for china now and the most important relation is still it's not with iran it's within us and there are other battles china need to fight in terms of transformative technology like five three china is desperate some sort of cutting slack from the u.s. should china stop buying iranian oil it could compensate tehran by boosting trade in other areas if it continues it could do so via a back door. bhatia for it wit

u.s. sanctions but the trump and ministration continued putting pressure on terror on last month the u.s. impose strict sanctions on iran in all exports and put iran's revolutionary guard on a list of terrorist organizations and recently the american aircraft carrier group the u.s.s. abraham lincoln was deployed to the strait of hormuz seventeen million barrels of oil are taken through the sea routes in the gulf every day iran has threatened to close it multiple times. let's bring in our guests in tehran mohammad marandi professor of north american studies at the university of tehran on skype from reston virginia rhenish a republican strategist and consultant and in berlin. this thing fellow brookings doha center a welcome to you all like to begin with you mohammad marandi in teheran this has been a very aggressive policy by this administration this u.s. administration to iran we are all is always expecting iran to react in your opinion is this a fair reaction the events of the day. i think it's a rather mild reaction but president rouhani has said that there will be further acts on behalf

u.s. sanctions. this is led to shortages and long queues at the gas pumps in recent days there were reports of 24 hour queues for gasoline in america able the country's 2nd largest city but the impact of u.s. sanctions would only get worse many importers of venezuelan oil have been granted a grace period before they will be subject to the sanctions the grace period ends this month. and out a 70 a battle over the rights to a name between a company and aid to latin american countries online retail giant amazon has provisionally won the right to the dot amazon domain it's a blow to the coalition of governments fighting for the title on the basis that it refers to their geographic region the decision will be finalised after a 30 day public comment period it's. british celebrity chef jamie oliver has announced the collapse of his restaurant group over 1000 jobs are addressing all of us as he said about the expected closure of 25 sites he blames stiff competition and rising costs. he was the man who made b

u.s. sanctions against iran are unacceptable and illegitimate. all of this has been lamentable behavior by the u.s. we hear regular statements from the u.s. to stop any iranian influence not just in syria but across the region it's unrealistic to terminate this imprudence and it has no charts as a serious policy iran may be economically isolated but the message from russia is that iran is not alone. together the foreign ministers of both countries put european signatories to the iran deal on notice. because i hadn't he really made a decision to implement that. not to stop its implementation not to work against it not like the americans withdraw from it in a letter to him basters of the 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 countr

u.s. has tightened sanctions on all countries that continue to buy iranian oil after the first of may thatcludes china iran's biggest customer beijing says there's no justification for the u.s. policy. fund china firmly opposed to unilateral sanctions and the so-called long arm jurisdictions imposed by the u.s. . roughly a quarter of iran's exported oil is sold to china about half a million barrels a day. the two countries have grown closer in recent years president xi jinping mediterranean counterpart in beijing last june just one month after the us me imposed sanctions on iran iran is a key supporter of china's built in road infrastructure initiative designed to ease chinese global trade but analysts say china may have no option but to bow to u.s. demands but it is the way of going. to united states is serious and forcing china to pick a side the chinese government has to be very careful the timing is critical this week top negotiators from washington arrived in beijing for a new round of trade talks both sides are working to finalize a deal to end escalating tit for tat tariffs which be

u.s. sanctions they suspended the transplant program a year ago but full scale sanctions against were imposed in january this year from now on u.s. policy is certainly going to have a huge impact on people's lives so many. government officials say menace will is a victim of donald trump's foreign policy. so interest trouble is very much because most companies do not want to risk angering the united states the world is a globalized economy and the company has links with the united states and what we're seeing is that there are many companies who simply do not want to deal with us because they don't want to be punished by the united states. children are particularly vulnerable in this crisis in venezuela giovanni was not able to survive but there are many others who are hoping they will have the chance to receive the treatment that will save their lives. a senior argentinian politician is in a serious condition in hospital after a gun attack in which a provincial official was killed when a side as police released footage of the attack which took place just before seven in the morning at the onl

u.s. sanctions they suspended the transplant program a year ago but full scale sanctions. were imposed in january this year from now on u.s. policy is certainly going to have a huge impact on people's lives. the government officials say is a victim of donald trump's foreign policy. so anxious trouble us very much because most companies do not want to risk angering the united states the world is a globalized economy and the company has links with the united states and what we're seeing is that there are many companies who simply do not want to deal with us because they don't want to be punished by the united states. children are particularly vulnerable in this crisis in venezuela. and he was not able to survive but there are many others who are hoping they will have the chance to receive the treatment that will save their lives. as. police in northern ireland have arrested four people in connection with the death of a journalist twenty nine year old was killed during rioting in london very last month the new ira a dissident republican faction says one of its members accident

u.s. sanctions against iran are unacceptable and illegitimate. that's the intention of the u.s. to send its air carriers to the persian gulf to strengthen its military presence there hinting at the use of force all of this has been lamentable behavior by the u.s. we hear regular statements from the u.s. to stop and see any iranian influence not just in syria but across the region it's unrealistic to terminate this influence and it has no chance as a serious policy and. iran may be economically isolated but the message from russia is that iran is not alone. together the foreign ministers of both countries put european signatories to the iran deal on notice. because i had on his show these actions by the u.s. government which is a law breaking government therefore over the past year iran despite what the u.s. is doing we have stayed committed to our decision today we made a decision to implement that. not to stop its implementation not to work against it not like the americans will withdraw from it. in a letter to him basters of the u.k. france germany china and russia president r

u.s. sanctions they suspended the transplant program a year ago but full scale sanctions against were imposed in january this year from now on u.s. policy is certainly going to have a huge impact on people's lives so many. government officials say menace will is a victim of donald trump's foreign policy. so interest trouble is very much because most companies do not want to risk angering the united states the world is a globalized economy and the company has links with the united states and what we're seeing is that there are many companies who simply do not want to deal with us because they don't want to be punished by the united states. children are particularly vulnerable in this crisis in venezuela giovanni was not able to survive but there are many others who are hoping they will have the chance to receive the treatment that will save their lives. fiji's prime minister has said back at the australian politician who suggested that fijians move to higher ground to get away from rising seas and he john alexander made the remarks after franken by and said australia should stop burning so muc

u.s. sanctions are not temporary enough and likely to lead to more hardship zain.zero to one and live to gabriel is on due in washington d.c. for escape so what exactly does donald trump want to achieve with this move not to renew relief measures for countries who buy iranian oil including some of the us as are lies. yeah that's right they're big allies on that list i mean it's no secret that the trumpet ministration is no fan of the iranian government that's for sure the way the trump administration sees iran is that they see the country as being a destructive force in the region that meddles in the neighbor's affairs there and it also is unconvinced that iran is totally given up its nuclear ambitions so this is one major step that now the trump administration is putting into place to try to put pressure on the government there and there are of course hard line elements within the trump administration namely john bolton the national security advisor who's made no secret himself that he would like to see a change in government in iran so if this leads to that that

u.s. dispatches more warships to waters near iran as tension continues to rise. and peter has the clue to how roger federer's run in madrid was stopped by dominic. the united states has imposed sanctions on 2 shipping companies involved in trade with venezuela the u.s. treasury department's as the restrictions are in direct response to the arrest of a senior opposition politician the vice president of venezuela's opposition control national assembly and his umbrella has been put in a military prison and a court says he's suspected of supporting an alleged attempt by opposition leader why the last month was in brown as one of 12 politicians stripped of their parliamentary immunity after why doe's failed bid to topple president. in the last 2 days and 3 others have taken refuge in foreign embassies where should blanco isn't argentina's embassy in caracas. and a medical degree are in the italian embassy and another legislator said on social media that he's left for colombia and form a national assembly vice president freddy guevara also from party has been inside the chilean embassy since november 27th team when he was stripped of his immunity our correspondent trays a boat has more from

u.s. sanctions office still shortages in syria. hello again and welcome back we're here cross a rock we have seen some very gusty winds and i want to show you some images that have come out across parts of new jobs and because they have seen a sandstorm take away the images that came out across this area we're looking at visibility dropping across the region causing a lot of problems there but not just the visibility some of the winds were so strong that the cost of structural damage is across much of the city we do expect to still see windy conditions across the region particularly down here towards the south quite city could be seeing some winds as well down towards the gulf as well here in doha as we go towards the next couple of days we could be seeing some winds as well as we go towards thursday though temptress to remain quite high baghdad at thirty seven in kuwait city at thirty three and as i mentioned the winds will be a problem here across much of the gulf but we're also talking about the temperatures rising thirty seven