. president being serious or is he ramping up the pressure on tehran this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. the united states called off a military strike on iran at the last minute it's a move that might not sit well with regional allies saudi arabia the united arab emirates and israel one president donald trump to keep up its tough stance against tehran we'll go to our panel in a moment of 1st fintan mine and has more on the standoff in the gulf and trump strategy of maximum pressure. it was the air strike that never was according to president trump the u.s. was 10 minutes away from attacking iran but pulled back in the final moments. i said you know what they shot down a man and. drone plane whatever you want to call it and here we are sitting with $150.00 dead people and that would have taken place probably within a half an hour after i said go ahead and i didn't like it i didn't think it was i didn't think it was proportionate. to the planned strikes were responding to iran's downing of an american surveillance drone iran has also said it's exercising restraint

diplomats are trying to defuse tensions and britain's middle east minister will be in tehran on sunday in an attempt to find a solution john hendren has a latest now from washington d.c. . president donald trump appears to have changed his tone somewhat on iran the president says he can imagine the u.s. and iran being best of friends he even went on to say he'd like to make iran great again and he even thanked the persian nation for not shooting down a man's plane that was nearby with about $35.00 crew members according to iranian officials when it shot down an unmanned u.s. drone but the president also said he will go ahead with new sanctions against iran starting on monday and according to news reports the president approved last week a cyber strike against iran disabled computer systems that run the country's missile and rocket systems so the president appears to be operating on a number of different levels and meanwhile on saturday mike pompei of the president's secretary of state issued a statement with somewhat more bellicose rhetoric saying that iran shot down that drone over internat

gave sanctions relief to tehran in exchange for limiting its nuclear program and allowing inspectors in but that agreement began to fall apart after president ronald pulled out last year and reimposed sanctions the european union has been trying to keep the pact alive by urging countries to continue trading with iran despite strong u.s. objections president hassan rouhani has issued a deadline if other world powers don't protect it from u.s. sanctions then tehran will continue pulling back from the deal that deadline expires on july 7th. while our correspondent also jabari joins us live now from tehran also we've been hearing today it's mentioned initially how some honeys 60 day deadline july 7th but now we're hearing that they'll potentially breach the deal on the 27th of this month. yes that's correct according to the spokesperson we heard from just a short while ago he said that at the current level that iran is enriching its uranium they will exceed this 300 kilogram limits set by the nuclear deal of 2050 now this is one of the major points within the agreement the oth

the middle east. has been meeting iran's president has on rouhani and tehran is on a 2 day visit to the islamic republic which is aimed at easing tension between tehran and japan's ally the us rouhani says iran will never initiate war but will give a crushing response to any aggression yeah i was getting a jangling that we are not going to start any war in the region we will not be distorted of any water including any war with the us if anybody is going to start any war with us we will result of resolutely come up with our response. we did that. in the middle east there are tensions and there is a possibility of military conflicts by accident but it must be avoided by all means peace in the middle east affects the whole world nobody wants a conflict i urge iran to continue to cooperate with the i.a.e.a. and i hope it continues to comply with the agency's regulation as a saudi america he led coalition fighting in yemen is vowing to retaliate after a missile attack by who 3 rebels on a saudi airport at least 26 people of various nationalities were injured when the projectile described

targeting its top leadership including the supremes leader ayatollah ali how many tehran says it will go ahead with its plan to reduce its commitments to the 250 nuclear deal despite the increasing pressure the u.s. national security advisor john bolton he's warned that all options remain on the table if iran continues to conceive what he called its nuclear ambitions but iran says monday's sanctions have now permanently closed all avenues for diplomacy it calls him outrageous and idiotic and accuses washington of lie and then there's russia russia's accuse. the u.s. is being reckless moscow is warning of a dangerous scenario if tension between washington and tehran continues to mount and then there's france saying it's working with britain and germany to try to deescalate this crisis we'll go live to roslyn jordan in washington in just a while 1st so that still it is a measure of the our correspondent in tehran so this latest batch of of sanctions aimed aimed at the top leadership of iran perhaps meant more to send a tough message than for this specific effect. that's exactly right marti

intense debate in washington following the dunning of a u.s. drone donald trump accuses tehran of making a big mistake iran says the u.s. violated its sovereignty so what does this mean for the already tense legion this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. a tense standoff between the u.s. and iran following the downing of an american surveillance drone in the strait of hormuz iranian state t.v. has been showing what it says is drone wreckage retrieved at sea the american media says president trump ordered air strikes against military targets in iran but then later changed his mind once again he lashed out at his predecessor barack obama saying he made a desperate and terrible deal with iran donald trump said he'd stop the strike against iran earlier congressional leaders were briefed on the incident and called for a robust response but they also told the president to act with caution. the hi kanchan wires are up in the region for a lot of different reasons some by lateral region some multilateral some of. the high tension lines. and 3rd we must act in a way that does not t

minister shinzo has arrived in tehran hopes to mediate between iran and the united states to help ease tensions between the 2 countries he's the 1st japanese leader to visit iran since the islamic revolution of 1979. molly's prime minister has described seeing the bodies of children shot in the back as he visited a village where almost 100 people were killed in a massacre b.b.c. say says the attack was simply horrific. russian police said they've detained at least 200 people at a protest in moscow the group who demanded punishment for the officers involved in the alleged framing of journalist even given old was released from jail and choose day after drug related charges against him were dropped india's a disaster response teams are evacuating 250000 people from the western state of good drugs before the arrival of cyclon evey and is expected to make landfall thursday could be india's 2nd major storm of the season in may over 1000000 were evacuated ahead of a psych lone forney 34 people died mani's in half an hour stay with us. marriage to the family and divorce in morocco as in some o

officials blamed iran but shia militias for an attack on wednesday in which tehran denied donald trump was nominated army secretary mark esper to be the next secretary of defense early this week acting defense secretary pat shanahan withdrew his nomination after facing questions over his personal life yes but will take over on sunday if confirmed he would be the 3rd man to lead the pentagon in 6 months. venezuela's president says he will take recommendations made by the u.n. human rights chief seriously nicolas maduro made the pledge after meeting the un human rights chief michel bash away earlier she met with opposition leader one of. you can count on me dr michelle but surely as president of the republic head of state and head of government to take seriously your suggestions your recommendations and your proposals so that human rights system even deeper prevails the world food program has suspended some operations in yemen after failing to reach agreement with the rebels on distributing food supplies that decisions are expected to affect around 850000 people in the who he contr

nuclear ambitions zain bazarov a report from the iranian capital tehran. in his 1st public appearance since iran shot down a u.s. surveillance drone last week president hassan rouhani did not hold back he said the latest sanctions targeting iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei are the irrational actions of a confused government to chortle know what they are suffering from mental disability the white house is afflicted with mental retardation and doesn't know what to do. the supreme leader occupies such a protected position in public life that in iran insulting him is illegal the u.s. applying pariah status to someone so highly revered has angered leaders into iran. and a lobbyist he is not only the leader of iran he is the leader of iran and those who love the revolution and all muslims. all around the world iran's leader doesn't only belong terror on many people in lebanon syria iraq afghanistan pakistan kuwait and everywhere shia and non shia love him follow him and obey him and someone who has lost his mind does such a stupid and strange thing and for. iran is under such sw

thinking in tehran right now how does it run get out of this iran believes that everything happens after it is actually activity or act of war all of this measures are actually done by then mr nation is actually the act of war and i think trump trying to run to try to leave that to the status quo which iran now in so they want to push for a more. international community to act to mediate to push to pressure the united states to have a dialogue because this status school is actually collapsing the economy and will have serious ramifications on the stability of the region on much of just a final thought from you on the key regional players briefly we know that saudi arabia israel would love to see. iran got a bloody nose from the us but i mean how worried are gulf states and the broader international community about the terrifying consequences of a war between the us and i think the main focus is weakened iran broader than go into a war do you want to be can iran because this is a golden opportunity there is a republican president i don't i'm in the white house it's a golden time to invest

the nuclear deal but tehran is warning that want. it's a must for caroline to step down and to withdraw the evil law just out of prison the hong kong democracy activist tells al-jazeera he is now joining the fight against extradition changes also this hour at least 30 people were killed by suicide bombers in northeastern nigeria we'll have a live report and i'm going to go to sports where we have a 1st time major golf champion american gary woodland wins the u.s. open by 3 shots at pebble beach. thank you for joining as iran's president says time is running out for european leaders to save the 2050 nuclear deal that's after iran's atomic energy organization announced it would breach uranium stockpile limits set under the agreement within 10 days dosage of barry has a report from tehran. a theatrical build up for a final warning to the european signatories of the 2015 nuclear agreement the message delivered by the spokesman for iran's atomic energy agency that time is running out then i. will begin szell mortician my countdown has started in 10 days time on june 27th we will exc

attack is another attempt by tehran to destabilize the region these provocative actions mark a new evolution in the threat around poses to the region to our partners and to our own national security. the conflicts already caused the deaths of tens of thousands of people the u.n. spokesman says he's deeply concerned we urge all parties to prevent any further such further incidents which risk escalating the current situation pose a serious threat to the national and regional security and undermine the un led political process. but the saudis are already promising stern action with the who are reporting bombing in civilian areas and al jazeera. by let's bring in our guests for today's discussion joining us from the capital of yemen is nasser out of being a yemeni journalist and filmmaker from lancaster university simon mabel and who is a senior lecturer in international studies at the university and from london we're joined by a model dean who's a political analyst and author gentlemen good to have you with us let's start with you simon. incidents in the gulf of oman who myself been b

progress was made tehran wants europeans to protect it from u.s. sanctions and it set a deadline of july the 7th that when it will begin rainy and close to the levels needed to develop. the russian leader vladimir putin and u.s. president donald trump of sat down for talks for more than an hour at the g. 20 the white house say they discussed arms control iran syria venezuela and ukraine there was no mention of election interference. in yemen tens of thousands of protesters have gathered in the capital sanaa they were protesting against the u.s. economic plan for palestinians it was proposed in bahrain this week yemen is still in solidarity with palestinians to reject the financial proposal saying a political solution must come 1st. and 2 girls where there are of also been protests against what has been called the deal of the century our correspondent rob matheson is there and rob tell us tell us what girl has been like today because of course people in girls have been protesting against this economic proposal from jared for the last week or so. the tribes protests in about 5 different pl

also warned of an accidental conflict in the region during his 2 day visit to tehran. and u.s. diplomats have joined mediation efforts to push for a peaceful transition to civilian rule in. washington's newly appointed envoy met with opposition leaders said the military must be held accountable for last week's violent crackdown on demonstrators. mollies prime minister has declared 3 days of national mourning for victims of monday's attack on a village which killed dozens of members of the doggone ethnic group violence between duggan farmers and the magic for lani herders has claimed hundreds of lives in recent months more attacks have been reported in the multi region raising fears of increasing violence reports in the capital bamako. barely visible mali and soldiers helicopters from the un peacekeeping force hovering over days after sunday's deadly attack in security forces are finally on the ground protecting what appears to be an empty ghost town to die we are angry and disappointed or toileted need to deploy more soldiers to secure this area. shortly after this interview m

he's currently in europe for talks on the situation in the gulf tehran though is saying is on the verge of breaking a central component of that nuclear deal iran's foreign ministers responded on twitter to u.s. sanctions and president trump's claim that any war with iran would be short lived the harm it just adds or reset sanctions aren't an alternative to war they are war he went on to say that a short war with iran is an illusion let's cut through all of this rhetoric then and speak to our correspondent also jabari who is in the iranian capital tehran and today was a day or so that the iranians suggested that they were about to do something concrete and break the terms of the 2050 nuclear deal and enrich more you raney and then they're actually allowed did they do it. well martin we're still waiting to find out according to officials they are supposed to reach the limits of 300 kilograms of uranium enriched uranium at a level of 3.67 percent by the end of this week so we're expecting this to happen within the next day or so now all this while the iranian president hassan rouhani

of hormuz by any rein in surface to air missile but tehran is disputing where the incidents took place saying it violated iranian airspace in the south of the country and i know you're joining. we don't want to engage in any will but we're fully prepared food today's incident was a clear sign that we will protect old what is iran's borders are already careful we have experience we have such a clear and message the drone had violated 0 borders in syria government air strikes have killed at least 12 civilians in hama provinces this follows attacks on wednesday that killed at least 14 civilians the government has been bombarding rebel positions in the northwest which is the last territory under opposition control in turkey a former top general keane us talk with several others have been given multiple life sentences for the attempted coup in 2016 they are among 200 people hearing their fate in court for their roles in trying to overthrow the government the u.n. secretary general says he doesn't believe he has the power to set up a criminal investigation into the murder of journalist

nations rainy and president hassan rouhani said tehran will not be pressured into negotiations over its nuclear program. we're prepared we're prepared to engage in a conversation with no preconditions we're ready to sit down with them but the american effort to fundamentally. reverse the activity of this islamic republic this revolutionary force is going to continue and china says it will never yield to any u.s. pressure on trade its vice minister of commerce says washington can pressure beijing into an agreement and that china will not back down on its core principles finally a cruise ship in venice has collided with a tourist boat injuring at least 5 people when s.s. say the ship was coming in to dock when it crashed into the wharf and then the smaller boat the accident happened on a busy thoroughfare that needs to st mark's square those are the headlines al-jazeera world continues next day with. the. the. the. all. and. then they get on. think you know what i mean tonight but i will saw that one. young that if you all. think you meant to name the body cannot humble as it. was. tough

president trump warns of overwhelming retaliation to any attack by tehran after his iranian counterpart dismisses the latest u.s. sanctions as idiotic. growing anger in the u.s. over the treatment of migrant children after hundreds are found in appalling conditions in texas. and i'm still in doha with all of sport australia have qualified for the cricket world cup semifinals victory over england at lord's sings the minutes of the final 4 and piles the pressure on the hosts. it's been 2 and a half years in the making and it's being billed as the opportunity of the sentry for palestinians the us president's son in law jared kush there has presented the economic portion of america's plan for peace between the palestinians and the israelis at a conference in bahrain it relies on donor nations and investors to contribute $50000000000.00 to palestinian territories jordan egypt and lebanon although no one has actually pledged any money yet it aims to create a 1000000 new jobs slash unemployment rates and improve living standards for palestinians within the next 10 years and among 1

u.s. president donald trump announced new sanctions against tehran now the measures target iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei. he and other senior officials the iranian president hassan rouhani has hit back describing the sanctions as a religious and idiotic to a charter know it how bony is nice sure that they are suffering from mental disability the white house is afflicted by mental retardation and does not know what to do this means the certain failure and defeat of the united states i do not have any doubt about that from a political viewpoint no white person would do what they're doing these days i feel that there is severe frustration and a big confusion among the u.s. leaders and the white house well the u.s. national security advisor john bolton said the measures are aimed at stopping iran getting nuclear weapons president trump yesterday impose significant new sanctions on iran's supreme leader and other top leadership individuals and entities at the same time the president has held the door open to real negotiations to completely and verifiably eliminate iran's

all right or so too are live for us in tehran dorsett thank you so ahead on al-jazeera kazakhstan prepares to choose a new leader but many say the result will not bring a better future in the struggle to find life saving medicines and dead men as years of war and import restrictions take their toll. hello there we've got a very lively weather the battering parts of western europe at the moment this system here is giving us some very heavy downpours and some pretty strong winds as well as it gradually spirals its way north woods it's going to be here as we head through the day on saturday still a strong wind circulating around it and still some heavy downpours around as well for the west it is coming down weather wise now so force in madrid you get to around 30 degrees and a sunny day for us the east is still staying hot for now 30 in warsaw and in that heat we all think plenty of thunderstorms that is a wing chased out the way those are the cold air rushing in for sunday warsaw will have a cooler a more pleasant day at 26 but still those thunderstorms will be rattling away across

has been some progress but not enough tehran wants european leaders to protect it from u.s. sanctions. or believe that it was a. positive and constructive meeting. i can say one of the forgotten compared to the previous movies we have. but it is a still not you know. it is still not expectations. or it would certainly report back to rome that developments took place in this meeting the progress has been made in this briefing and the final decision obviously would be by trying to take the russian leader vladimir putin and the u.s. president donald trump or sat down for talk some more than an hour of the g. 20 mr putin invited mr trump to visit russia next year the white house says they told arms control iran syria venezuela and ukraine tens of thousands of reality in the yemeni capital against a so-called economic part of the deal of the century the u.s. led plan to end the israeli palestinian conflict palestinian leaders have rejected the proposal which is unveiled this week saying a political solution must come 1st. forecasters are warning that this year is on track to be among the h

sit down with tehran for such a barlow and joins us live now from there from tehran source of these these sanctions and what are they actually mean. well or shall they mean that this company known as the persian gulf petro chemical industries company and $39.00 of his subsidiaries are now under heavy u.s. sanctions anybody dealing with them will be fined by the u.s. government and also any money that they have in the united states is being frozen all their assets are being frozen the u.s. government is accusing this company of providing financial support to the economic arm of the revolutionary guard that's a company that's known as in these i'm a public they are tasked with rebuilding the infrastructure inside the country all the main roads in the bridges tunnels in iran are built by this company there are a large company and just in 2018 it is reported that the government ordered 10 projects of them were reportedly over $22000000000.00 so it's a further attempt by the u.s. government to put economic pressure on the different entities within the revolutionary guards so what is thei

american special envoy on iran brian hoke says tehran has rejected diplomacy to many times but heinz recalled its ambassador to iraq after demonstrators broke into its embassy in baghdad hundreds of iraqis stormed into the diplomatic compound over the u.s. sponsored the namur conference on the israeli palestinian conflict an economic plan a pair $50000000000.00 economic plan for palestinians was unveiled by white house adviser joe questioner in behind this week. why the full cost to say this year is on track to be among the hottest ever. warning if it continues the world would have seen the warmest 5 year period on record and it says heat waves are expected to become more intense and much longer much of europe is in the grip of a heat wave with temperatures above 40 degrees. a bridge has been blown up in the italian city of genoa almost a year after partially collapsed killing 43 people. those are the headlines now back to shadow world. thank you thank. you. the doctrine that has endured from bush to obama is that the world is a battlefield and that the united states has the right to

the american studies department at the university of tehran thank you so much for being with us when giving iran's version of what happened in the gulf of oman last week the defense minister said that another boat an american boat he suggested was already at the scene before the iranian navy came to the rescue of the same as from the tank what evidence says iran have that this was an american vote. well the iranians have a strong presence in the persian gulf as well as in the gulf of oman and the strait of hormuz as well and the attack took place very close to the iranian. into iranian waters so obviously the iranians have a great deal of information about what goes on and this is one of the interesting things about the whole affair that the attacks took place so close to the iranian to iranian waters which is itself suspicious but more importantly the the america the americans claimed that these were mines but the owner of the ship says that they were not mines they were projectiles that came from the air and then later on the americans claim that to you ronnie in military boats wor

track of pulling away from the agreement itself all right to be there in tehran saying thank you. time for a short break here not just iraq when we come back not slaves to the u.s. the palestinian leader isn't holding back in his rejection of the so-called deal of the century. and forced to flee their homes because of violence now tens of thousands of displaced people in central mali face a new crisis more of that stay with us. hello again welcome back to your international weather forecast what we do have a heat wave that is in the making for a start here in the western part of europe where temperatures by the middle into the end of the week we're going to be seeing 10 to 16 degrees above average so let's take a look at your monday map 1st of all we're going to sing paris one of the highest temperatures on the map here on monday at $33.00 degrees zurich at 30 berlin at $28.00 but the way really expands as we go towards tuesday high pressure is dominating keeping a lot of sun across much of the area temps wise we're going to see those time to start to go up for berlin at $32.00 degrees

maybe reaching into 49 to possibly 50 in some of the suburbs there up towards tehran it is going to be a dry day with a temperature of $39.00 degrees well here across the gulf are you miltie is going to be dropping as well and that's some good news for us though what we do expect to see a high on monday at 44 degrees and possibly going up to 45 as we go towards tuesday drier down here towards the south we did have some clouds along the coast of amman but for salon it is going to be a better day where the temperature of 31 degrees and then very quickly as we make our way down across parts of southern africa we did see a lot of active weather along the coastal areas now we do have systems that are making their way from the west towards the east as well and for cape town that means cloudy conditions view here on monday with a temperature of 16 degrees maybe going up to about 18 but for durban we are going to be seeing some rain in your forecast as well as some winds tempter there of 1000 degrees but a sunny day appeared to a straight hemisphere we do expect to see a temperature of 16. the w

isn't looking for war following the latest tensions with the u.s. . he has more from tehran. these are the 1st comments we've heard from supreme leader ayatollah khamenei since he was added to the u.s. sanctions list on monday he addressed american sanctions not specifically sanctions against him but about american sanctions he acknowledged that they have indeed over the years had a devastating effect on iran's economy he said iran has been oppressed but that does not mean iran is weak it is mighty and will achieve its goals in a seeming reference to the shoot down by iran's military of a u.s. drone last week on thursday he said iran has shown its power not just through recent events but in its resistance over the last 40 years and said iran remains mighty and dignified so very strong comments coming from him and with regards to the idea of talks he said that the united states only goal is to weaken iran in any way possible and any sort of call for a dialogue is a little more than deception. the u.s. secretary of state money pompei is meeting with india's prime minister and foreign

with the u.s. . is in tehran urging leaders to play what he calls a constructive role in regional security. a mortar shell attack by syrian government forces in the rebel held province of has injured 3 turkish soldiers that's according to the turkish defense ministry turkish commanders say one of their observation posts was deliberately targeted. albania's prime minister any rama is defying caused by protesters to step down president had to cancel local elections because of an opposition boycott opposition groups have been holding weekly protests against prime minister rama since february they accuse him and other socialist party politicians of committing with organized crime. has the latest from the albanian capital tehran. prime minister has delivered a resolution to the parliament which he wants the parliament to vote positively upon which calls the president to return to constitutional order he says the president may not all cancel an election and the president's action was unprecedented but this resolution accuses president matter of using his office to play party politics th

trump us trying to impose new sanctions on tehran and russia says it will take steps to counter those sanctions. people are gathering across the palestinian territories to speak out against washington so-called deal of the century this protest mathen in gaza is the 1st my series of events to coincide with this week's summit in buffering it's there that senior white house advisor john is expected to reveal details of the peace plan israel's prime minister says he'll give it a fact consideration a palestinian leader has a boycotting the meeting and. i don't think it will be any results from the manana workshop because it was built on wrong foundations what is built on falsehood is false the minimal workshop came to solve the problem but what problem you cannot make problem but there is a political problem it cannot make problem with who for example when they say they want to give the palestinians an amount of money for the palestinians they should have been into tina statehood so you need to 1st recognize the state then after that you can say this state needs this and that. but i get mo

stockpile will continue to increase . early last month president hassan rouhani announced tehran will stop exporting its excess uranium and heavy water for a 60 day period during which time it wants the remaining signatories of the deal to honor their obligations as they announce are not going to break the agreement there are going to go as far as possible to the threshold because when they break the agreement they will lose european support and for now this is not the iranian strategy to completely go for clear violation and break of the agreement a number of high ranking foreign officials have been visiting tehran in an effort to save this deal including a rare visit by japanese prime minister shinzo who told iran's supreme leader that he had brought a letter from president donald trump but ayatollah ali khamenei said trump did not deserve a response how many who has alternate authority in iran says the government will not negotiate any further iran maintains it has kept up its end of the deal 15 reports produced by the international atomic energy agency have concluded that teh

of words where the iran tehran has condemned new u.s. sanctions cold mentally retarded. reports from the main capital tehran. in his 1st public appearance since iran shot down a u.s. surveillance drone last week president hassan rouhani did not hold back he said the latest sanctions targeting iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei are the irrational actions of a confused government didn't know it they are suffering from mental disability the white house is afflicted with mental retardation and doesn't know what to do with the supreme leader occupies such a protected position in public life that in iran insulting him is illegal in the u.s. applying pariah status to someone so highly revered has angered leaders into iran but of all show me you don't bend a lobbyist nomi he is not only the leader of iran he is the leader of iran and those who love the revolution and all muslims shia and non sheo all around the world iran's leader doesn't only belong to iran many people in lebanon syria iraq afghanistan pakistan kuwait and everywhere shia and non shia love him follow him and obey h

though is expected to reach into the high forty's maybe $49.00 degrees there baghdad at $44.00 tehran at $38.00 where we are seeing a break in the temperatures up here across the northeastern part of turkey but those showers are going to be quite heavy at times we could even see some localized flooding across the area continuing as we go towards a sunday but you'll notice the winds are coming out of the north and that's really going to cool down the area as well so for you temperatures are coming down to about 20 to even a baku it tempers are coming down about 40 degrees to about 26 degrees there well here across the gulf our temperatures are not coming down we are talking mid forty's for majority of the area here in doha 45 degrees expected high here on saturday really not changing as we go toward sunday but riyadh we do expect to see a very hot day for you at 47 degrees there and then very quickly down here across much of southern africa we are seeing a storm system that is making its way towards cape down sadly really not looking too bad maybe some clouds coming in towards evening but

of easing with tehran saying it's on the verge of breaking the 2050 nuclear deal that follows increasing pressure from washington which has hit iran senior leaders with financial sanctions. and hong kong's pro-democracy campaigners are back on the streets this time they're targeting the justice minister's office protesters want the government to withdraw a bill that would allow suspects to be extradited to mainland china. now i'm listing international is accusing eritrea of conducting a campaign of intimidation against critics beyond its borders eritrean activists in several countries including the united kingdom sweet and kenya say they're being harassed malcolm webb has more on the story why ruby. bieber waldheim a not says she's never enjoyed the freedom she fought for she was 17 when she joined eritrea's rebellion and fought for independence from ethiopia she's seen here in one of the rebels' mountain hideout in the 1980 s. independence came in 1901 but she says freedom did not if they want to kill you they can kill you automatically. she owned a factory but she didn't joi

the news out of tehran so saying as john bolton the subtext what he's saying is let's talk about talks and yet the 2 sides are getting further apart not closer together. no that's exactly right leaders here in teheran will see any talk of dialogue coming from the united states is highly disingenuous and the latest sanctions by the united states really only make the situation worse now in terms of sanctions being placed on iran in practical terms there are already so many sweeping sanctions on iran as a country as a government by the united states that anything else is really nothing more than symbolic and even though these latest sanctions on the supreme leader are entirely symbolic it is that symbolism that iranians will find deeply insulting iran's supreme leader is a highly esteemed highly revered position here in the country anything considered an insult against its will only come in it is also illegal offense here in iran so no doubt this sort of pariah status being placed on him will do nothing more than escalate tensions between iran and the united states do you know zain

ruffle is reports now from the suburbs of the capital tehran where. government workers assessing up are voting center. of a high school in comes that this is a safe seat for the opposition but it isn't fielding a candidate because it's causing local elections nationwide. the democratic party accuses the government of corruption and wants a general election instead it's demanding the resignation of socialist prime minister. this is the culmination of months of opposition protests against alleged government corruption that have also seen the main opposition parties walk out of parliament president has canceled sunday's elections saying they will damage albania's image as it prepares to begin membership talks with the european union president canceled the polls but the government is proceeding regardless many albanians regard that as unconstitutional and legal challenges are expected to lower upon the only thing that can remove me from the office is people's fault and not the decision of the political party we are not in north korea we are no longer under communism i shall not recognize th

tehran they say that they support the political ambitions and aspirations of the iranian people brian hook was also asked on this conference call earlier on monday whether the u.s. has had any direct or a back channel of conversations with opposition groups notably the any k. and while he said that the u.s. does engage with the various parts of the iranian diaz he would not confirm or deny whether there have been any colloquy policy discussions with that group or with any other group for that matter about the way forward politically inside tehran roselyn joining with the latest on that joint statement saudi arabia the u.a.e. the u.k. and the u.s. thank you. something completely different now imagine a day when anyone would buy 6 software could create a convincing get awfully fake video of someone committing a crime of putting a world leader in a compromising situation well it is already here or brownouts has more how lin is a master of technological shapeshifting he just transformed me into a north korean leader kim jong un. with the click of one button we can turn you into any person

will leave tehran on friday we believe that he really wanted to be a key part in mediating the differences that exist between iran and the united states course the iranians say that they are under economic war imposed by the americans and the trumpet ministration is trying to put extreme pressure to get the iranians to the negotiating table but that is something the iranians say will never happen. so thanks for that dosage bar in rome. still ahead on al-jazeera russian opposition politician alexei navalny is among hundreds of protesters arrested during an antique corruption rally in moscow. hello here to welcome back to your international weather forecasts were here across europe over the last week we have seen plenty of stormy weather here across much of central europe we're talking about thunderstorms with hail as well as damaging winds across much of the area now the good news is as we go towards the rest of the week things are going to be looking much better and much calmer across much of this area a lot of the weather has now pushed up to the north but we are still dealing

attempt by tehran to destabilize the region. these provocative actions mark a new evolution in the threat around poses to the region to our partners and to our own national security the conflicts already cause the deaths of tens of thousands of people the u.n. spokesman says he's deeply concerned we urge all parties to prevent any further such further incidents which risk escalating the current situation pose a serious threat to the national and regional security and undermine the u.n. led political process. but the saudis are already promising stern action with the who are reporting bombing in civilian areas and al-jazeera. or let's bring in our guests for today's discussion joining us from the capital of yemen is nasser out of be a yemeni journalist and filmmaker from lancaster university simon mabel and who is a senior lecturer in international studies at the university and from london we're joined by a model dean who's a political analyst and author of gentlemen good to have you with us let's start with you simon. incidents in the gulf of oman who myself been behind what happened and

about the story the white house what's a picture in tehran will not look good iran's foreign minister find these remarks off via twitter he said the u.s. wages economic terrorism on iran has conducted action against his and now encroaches on alternative we do not seek war but will then let's lead defendant scalia's land and waters will take this new. aggression to the united nations and show that the u.s. is lying about international waters all right let's speak now to a close one of those who joins us on the phone line from tehran and also tell us more about this iranian pushback about one of the problems being say. well we've heard already from the revolutionary guard and their version of events it's quite specific and it does not meet any room to for anybody to believe that there was any error in the downing of this drone over what they say was their airspace the revolution guard say that the drone was brought down near the crew have a bike region which is a. county area near the strait of hormuz now they say that this drone took off from the south of the persian gulf and that it w

state solution. but tensions between tehran and washington continues to rise the white house is seeking support from gulf states to back its sanctions and its tough stance on iran and as our diplomatic editor james bays reports from the united nations for some there are echoes of a previous u.s. push for war. tensions are rising the u.s. is building up its forces in the gulf there are threatening voices coming from both sides on the face of it it feels similar to the buildup to the invasion of iraq in 2003. a war that devastated the country and destabilize the region one advisor who advocated strongly for war 16 years ago now has an even more powerful position john bolton is president trumps national security adviser but this time around as he builds a case against iran he finds even less international support than the u.s. had for its campaign against saddam hussein carne ross is a former british diplomat who resigned over the iraq war. it had far more diplomatic cover and it had support from the u.k. and other allies i mean the coalition in support of the invasion of 2003 you know may

agreement. the tension between tehran and washington continues to rise the white house is seeking support from gulf states to back it sanctions and tough stance on iran and as our diplomatic editor james baker reports from the united nations for some there are echoes of a previous u.s. push for war. tensions are rising the u.s. is building up its forces in the gulf there are threatening voices coming from both sides on the face of it it feels similar to the build up to the invasion of iraq in 2003 a war that devastated the country and destabilize the region one advisor who advocated strongly for war 16 years ago now has an even more powerful position john bolton is president trumps national security adviser but this time around as he builds a case against iran he finds even less international support than the u.s. had for its campaign against saddam hussein carne ross is a former british diplomat who resigned over the iraq war. it had far more diplomatic cover and it had support from the u.k. and other allies i mean the coalition in support of the invasion of 2003 you know may not

but tehran says the incident took place within iranian territory the revolutionary guard says that an intercepted the drone when it violated even as space in horror on prophets live to there is dorset jabari in tehran forest's door so what more iranian authorities saying about this incident well fully the revolution guard has just released some more detailed information about the timing of the incident they're saying that just after midnight this drone took off from a u.s. military base in the south of the persian gulf and headed towards the southwestern part of iran and said then if as it was getting around that area there was the said that this drone turned off all the devices that would be able to detect it from the iranian side and also around a few hours later it entered into it rainy an airspace in southwest of the country just over the hole was gone province area and that is when the iranians shot it down and exactly 4 o 5 am local time we've also been hearing from the head of iran's revolutionary guard he was speaking at a scheduled event in western iran let's hear what he

version of a map he says shows where the drone is intercepted after it violated iranian airspace tehran says it was shot down in southern iraq. now thousands of demonstrators in hong kong are occupying roads around police and government buildings they want the complete withdrawal of a controversial extradition build the government headquarters has been close with protesters outside calling on congress leader to resign and mass demonstrations have been held over the past 2 weeks against the bill which would allow criminal suspects to be sent to mainland china the trial brian has more now from those protests in hong kong. protesters out on the streets of hong kong again thousands of them taking over a cause. all of the main highways through the city mostly students they started gathering early friday morning at the legislative council complex and government buildings just within a kilometer of here and then made their way here to the police headquarters in the process occupying harcourt road it's one of the busiest or affairs through this part of hong kong these protesters are angry at th

coalition against iran tehran is dismissed the idea as nothing new and says it will not work protests have been taking place across the palestinian territories as anger grows at this week's economic conference in behind and the so-called deal of the sentry israel's prime minister says he'll give the middle east peace plan fair consideration but palestinian leaders are boycotting the meeting. if you can police have killed the army general accused of being behind the killing of 5 senior officials in an attempted rebellion in amman a regional saturday the country's military chief the attorney general and 3 others were killed flags have been lowered to half mast that all government buildings. more than 300 children have been moved from a remote the tension center in texas after reports of a not in adequate food water and sanitation lawyers who visited the station in the town of clint say older children were trying to take care of infants and toddlers some had been detained for sri weeks and many were sick with the flu. those are the top stories stay with us shad the world continues next a

japanese prime minister's visit to tehran while he was there replied to his efforts by attacking 2 tankers one of which was japanese i'm sad arabia's demanding more security for shipping routes after those explosions crewmembers of one of the vessels that was hit have now arrived in dubai iran has dismissed accusations that it was in bold it some of the british ambassador to the u.k. backed the allegations which were 1st voiced by the united states i'm involved as more now from the amount of capital. more investigation is taking place apparently the americans have sent a team to board one of the 2 tankers that have been hit to collect more evidence and that follows the video that was released by the americans purporting to show radians removing an unexploded mine from the home of one of the ships iran has denied being behind these attacks but also the foreign minister of the united arab emirates has said that his country submitted more evidence to the security council and that it was clear evidence that the incidents were state sponsored hidden automation by the name but we know th

from tehran. a theatrical build up for a final warning to the european signatories of the 2015 nuclear agreement the message delivered by the spokesman for iran's atomic energy agency that time is running out then i. will mortician my countdown has started in 10 days time on june 27 we will exceed the 300 kilogram limit of enrich uranium allowed under the nuclear deal off the dots we will continue to increase the speed of production drastically. oh. and there's a nuclear deal iran is allowed to have 300 kilograms of 3.67 percent enriched uranium at any given time inside the country. anything in excess of that amount must be sold internationally but since the united states withdrew from the deal a may of last year it has also introduced restrictions on purchasing any material from iran's nuclear program which means iran's stockpile will continue to increase . early last month president hassan rouhani announced tehran will stop exporting its excess uranium and heavy water for a 60 day period during which time it wants the remaining signatories of the deal to honor their obligatio

forum is imperative let's get a reaction out of tehran the us to dubai of course when it joins us now to tell us what else has been said. well there's a lot of concern here nic about today's events and of course the just not from the foreign minister but also we've been hearing from iran's president has some rouhani who is scheduled to depart iran for a conference in bishkek where he will be meeting with russian president vladimir putin on friday the iranian president made a statement before he departed he said that the region security is at stake and he was very concerned in the that he reiterated that iran is committed to making sure that this region stays stable let's hear what else he had to say. today the issue of security has a special importance azer in the states of region of the persian gulf the middle east and all around the world and we have been making if it's to protect the peace and security of the region and over the last few years practically we have proven that we care about the security of a neighbors and all other countries. the iranian president also stressed that

speak to dorsetshire bari in tehran and door to iran as we just said they're very clear that this release is not about politics they say it's purely a legal matter. yes that's what the official word is here from the judiciary but analysts are saying that nothing really here is without paul its own politics specifically at a time when iran is in at a crossroads really in terms of what it holds in its future in terms of the deal it has with the international powers about its disputed nuclear program this although he's not an american citizen he is a green card holder these i.t. experts who was in tehran for a conference he's been released as a sign of good will gesture many here believe because we are expecting the japanese prime minister to make his 1st official state visit to the iranian capital on wednesday where he will be talking to a new president as well as the foreign minister so we believe that this was done at a time when things are really critical in the islamic republic and many here believe that this was a sign of a good gesture to a certain extent bear in mind they did

more on the iranian perspective what you'll also jabari in tehran unilateral u.s. actions has caused this instability and renewed tension in this region that's according to iranian foreign minister javad zarif has been tweeting from the summit in where iranian president hassan rouhani has also said that the instability in security in the region is caused by the americans now in reference to the accusations the american government has made the rains have denied it they say it is outrageous that the americans would even suggest they rein in government is behind anything like this because the iranian revolutionary guard are all along with the navy is in charge of the security of the strait of hormuz and that this is a very vital area for the islamic republic now the iranians have said the events of thursday morning are alarming but also it looks even more alarming is the fact that the american government was so quick to point the finger at the iranians without any substantial evidence for the time being the main iranians maintain that they will not be pressured into any kind of negotiat

bishkek let's get the view from tehran now of course what dosage of bari joins us now no one else have iranian officials been say. well as you mentioned we've heard from the iranian foreign minister zarif who says these allegations are absolutely baseless there's no facts to any of them they haven't provided enough evidence to accuse us and what that's the alarming thing and we've also heard from the iranian delegation to the united nations that issued a statement saying the united states must stop what they call war mongering and they categorically deny the claims made by the u.s. government that iran had anything to do with thursday's incidents in the gulf along of course the iranian foreign ministry spokesperson up us mousavi also said that the security of the strait of hormuz is the responsibility of the iranian navy and the revolutionary guard it's a very very important strategic point for the islamic republic a 5th of the oil world's oil passes through there on a daily basis over $70000000.00 barrels of oil per day so the security of that area is very important to them and for an