it was going to be zarif between trump and hardliners. you have to see the history of zarif. i have known java zarif since he was interning at the iranian mission. when you are old, you remember things a lot more. [laughter] there is no mystery. him.ays liked i always thought he was very personable. he is certainly very bright. but he fumbled twice. one of the things he fumbled was in the bonn negotiations after the u.s. invasion of afghanistan. he basically gave the house key to the americans and got rid of the legitimate government, and in.wed hamid karzai to come this was the victory of javad zarif. i think because he speaks english fluently, he impresses the revolutionary guards and others that have never learned a foreign language, at least not to be able to really be fluent. i think that was a one-time. i think what happened after the iran diplomacy, i personally was opposed to what they did in the bonn conference. they give away afghanistan in that meeting, and i think that contributed greatly to the victory of ahmadinejad. for the first time, foreign policy become an

but, zarif fumbled twice. one of the things he fumbled was in the bonn negotiations after he basically gave the house key to the americans and got rid of the legitimate government, and allowed hamid karzai to come in. this was the victory of javad zarif. i think because he speaks english fluently, he impresses the revolutionary guards and others that have never learned a foreign language, at least not to be able to really be fluent. i think what happened after the iran diplomacy, i personally was opposed to what they did in the bonn conference. they give away afghanistan in that meeting, and i think that contributed greatly to the victory of ahmadinejad. for the first time, foreign policy become an issue in the elections. what they called a concessionary foreign policy. the other thing that impacted someone very close to me the other day, was very closely reading the j.c.p.o.a. and he said, didn't iranians have proper lawyers to look at this agreement? he said, it is full of loopholes, and that is what has bee

imposed sanctions on zarif in them on the core of the u.s. action on foreign minister zarif is against all diplomatic procedures and is an unprecedented event in the history of diplomacy and that one government keep claiming to be ready for negotiations and then to put sanctions on a foreign minister of that country how well isn't it ridiculous he was invited by a senator to have a meeting at the white house then they imposed sanctions on him foreign minister zarif is responsible for foreign policy and any diplomatic path should pass through him or let's go back to i said big in tehran and i said so the iranians have been giving more details there about the diplomatic failures and the sanctions imposed on the foreign minister. well this is a confirmation we've been waiting for from a government spokesman earlier robbie this this meeting took place was sent to ron paul he was then mr zarif is then invited to the white house but what's also noteworthy is that whilst mr zarif was visiting new york the united nations there were certain restrictio

says maximum pressure campaign against iran has claimed a new target foreign minister zarif american educate comfortable in front of the cameras and the 100 go see it at the 2050 nuclear deal with world powers. but the trumpet ministration says the wreath is no honest broker and has imposed sanctions on him we consider javid zarif the foreign minister an illegitimate spokesman for iran are and iran itself is a government you consider illegitimate do not well exactly it is a state sponsor of terrorism it is the world's central banker of terrorism biggest finance or biggest arm are the sanctions come at a time of great tension between tampon and washington whether in the waterways of the gulf or in proxy conflicts around the middle east any assets zarif might have in the us are frozen these approvals to visit un headquarters in new york are no longer guaranteed and the fact that ministration says it's no longer obligated to talk to zarif since the us quit the iran nuclear deal last year on this point one expert says the u.s. is recognizing the real source of power in town brought on th

why do you think zarif should up then? he was invited. to embarrass the president in the sense of the us for sanctions on the foreign minister and it's a way for zarif to show that the rest of the world accepts him even though the united states has put sanctions on him so he had to show up. he would show up just to make the president the bad but it didn't really happen that way. the uk in the eu strongly support the iran nuclear deal as a way of keeping the nuclear deal as a way of keeping the nuclear weapon aspirations and checks, but do you think that by macron inviting zarif, that he might have damaged relations between france and the us? , i think the president said it best, he said other countries are... they can do it they want to do. they could talk toa it they want to do. they could talk to a robot us will hold verbal sanctions. macron tried very hard to keep it alive by trying to get two to budge on ballistic missiles, but he couldn't budge because the supreme he couldn't budge because the supreme leader wouldn't budge. i love th

is no honest broker and has imposed sanctions on him we consider javid zarif the foreign minister an illegitimate spokesman for iran are and iran itself is a government you consider illegitimate do not well exactly it is a state sponsor of terrorism it is the world's central banker of terrorism biggest finance or biggest arm are the sanctions come at a time of great tension between tampon and washington whether in the waterways of the gulf or in proxy conflicts around the middle east any assets zarif might have in the us are frozen these approvals to visit un headquarters in new york are no longer guaranteed and the trumpet ministration says it's no longer obligated to talk to zarif since the us quit the iran nuclear deal last year on this point one expert says the u.s. is recognizing the real source of power in town or on the managed power is not mr rouhani the president is not was as ari the foreign minister it is the supreme leader ayatollah ali home and he was in charge of the armed forces the judiciary due course after august. agencies ministries and so on its worth. not not to

of quote childish behavior after put sanctions on the foreign minister zarif the u.s. says he's promoting what it calls the reckless agenda of iran's supreme leader. let's get more on our top story for you here on the news are let's talk to our senior correspondent my colleague who has covered the region extensively so where we are today is the u.a.e. he carries through on this drawdown creates a power vacuum must have known it was going to create a power vacuum and everything else begins to fracture even more than it was fracturing before it is it is definitely a huge crisis now for the saudi led campaign in yemen a senior yemeni commander was killed today in the attack where the healthiest are getting of the military installation is chose of the whole thiis commanders to gather more intelligence about the gathering about who's who invest gathering and launch and attack it shows also some of the one number a vulnerability is that these are the coalition continue to face in yemen and will continue to face in the near future which is how to stop the houthi is from gaini

zarif that's according to the u.s. treasury department's office of foreign assets control it's reporting that on its website we do know that our correspondent rolls jordan has been in a press briefing about what those sanctions might be interesting this because it comes what about a week since the wreath was in new york at the u.n. security council meeting and he complained about the type travel restrictions that had been placed upon him and on a rainy and diplomats and their families living in washington claiming the curbs amounted to mistreatment. washington indeed at that time had indeed threatened to prevent saree from entering the u.s. all together but finally lot of visits that restricted zarif movements largely to the u.n. headquarters the iranian embassy and the residence of the u.n. . i'm being told now that our correspondent roslyn jordan has come out of that briefing and you can tell us a little bit more about the sanctions that the u.s. has imposed on zarif what what would you know. well felicity what we ca

imposed sanctions on zarif in. the u.s. action on foreign minister zarif is against all diplomatic procedures and is an unprecedented event in the history of diplomacy that one government keep claiming to be ready for negotiations and then to put sanctions on a foreign minister of that country how well isn't it ridiculous he was invited by a 3rd to happen meeting at the white house then they imposed sanctions on him foreign minister zarif is responsible for foreign policy and any diplomatic path should pass through them. and pakistan has expressed serious concerns over india's decision to send thousands of additional troops to indian administered kashmir india says the move is to stop attacks by fighters it believes pakistan supports new delhi has ordered hindus attending an annual pilgrimage and tourists leave the area but proves separatist politicians are accusing the indian government of preparing to broaden its control well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after talked to our does it state

seen as a stunt or a diplomatic coup depends on what happens next zarif and his delegation left the ritz off to just a few hours what new proposals if any did they make and how will the g 7 leaders respond on the last day of the summit james pays 0 pierrots well u.k. prime minister boris johnson has held his 1st bilateral meeting with the u.s. president the g 7 or songs and said he caught gong hole about a post break that trade deal and johnson cautioned the americans were tough negotiators saying he would rush the talks chom promised a big trade deal for britain after at least the european union which he said had been a drag on britain's ability to cut a good deal. this is a different person. and this person is going to be a green prime minister and might be worth going by. it very big you know. they want. they want. they were. around during. the americans are very ambitious to get this done as fast as possible and they were really want to results you know within a year i suppose in mind by next june or july what king to go as fast as we can bob we want this to be a really big stor

know coming president macro's invitation to zarif was certainly a bold move whether it ends up being seen as a stunt or a diplomatic coup depends on what happens next zarif and his delegation left the ritz off to just a few hours what new proposals if any did they make and how will the g 7 leaders respond on the last day of this summit james pays out 0 pierrots. well u.k. prime minister boris johnson has held his 1st bilateral meeting with the u.s. president at the g. 7 or so also says he and donald trump are quote gung ho about a post brit's a trade deal johnson cautioned the americans with. saying they wouldn't rush talks . trade deal for britain after it means the hear when she said had been a drag on britain's ability to cut a good deal. this is a different person and this person is going to be a great prime minister and might be worth going by and. it's very easy to get to know you. they want to work there were. you were. around during. the. the americans are very ambitious to get this done as fast as possible and they were really want to results you know within a year i suppose

you know foreign minister zarif very well. your wife travelled through iran, and had you adventures in the country yourself. i just wonder whether you have consistently overestimated the influence and the power of people like your friend mr zarif? and indeed, in the course of writing that book, my attitude towards the hardliners, in view of the needs of the system, actually toughened up, and that is illustrated by the conclusions. rouhani and zarif are presented as if they were a similar government to any other elected government. but when you look at the iranian constitution, you will see that they are literally, as is the parliament, subordinate to the supreme leader and the so—called guardian council, a preacher. so i don't accept that. i'm far from dewey—eyed about it. my concern is the — i think the way president trump is going about it will have the opposite effect of what he is proposing. what we now have is an iranian government, and we can talk about rouhani and zarif being the frontmen for this particular polic

hard liners are already coming down hard on zarif. front page of an iranian paper tomorrow says zarif should not have gone to the g7. it was a big mistake. >> a big mistake for them as well. we'll see what the president's reaction to all of this once he starts tweeting, perhaps on the way back on air force one. >>> back here, we're tramming the tropics. there's a tropical storm called dorien that is moving toward the u.s. and could reach hurricane strength in the coming days. puerto rico would be in its path. forecasters have advising people in north and south carolina to monitor this storm. it's forecast to be a category one storm by wednesday morning. still ahead, we'll switch gears a little bit because the big news overnight from sports world. the star quarterback retiring at the age of 29. why andrew luck is leaving the field and the strong reaction from fans. the strong reaction from fans. volunteerism. fundraising. giving back. subaru and our retailers have given over one hundred and sixty-five million dollars to charity. we cal

watching out there 0 time to recap our headlines now iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif has made an unexpected visit to the g. 7 summit in france holding talks with his french counterpart to try and save the iran nuclear deal but a meeting with the u.s. delegation is not on the agenda. g 7 leaders have agreed to help countries affected by fires in the amazon as fast as possible tens of thousands of brazilian soldiers begun heading into the rainforest to help fight the blazes of president says things are returning to normal. thousands of rohingya refugees are marking what they call genocide remembrance day it's 2 years since more than 700000 people were forced to leave their homes in the mine and live in bangladesh. let's get more now on our top story the g 7 leaders have been urged to do more to achieve gender equality in a report presented by the head of un women and 2 nobel peace prize winners the g. 7 gender equality advisory council urged the members to adopt and promote feminist laws the report says legislative reform is the best way for g 7 leaders to make the biggest

and in an unexpected twist iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif arrived from tehran for talks 2 days after meeting in paris emmanuel markov has been trying to mediate in the iran crisis since the us pulled out of the 2015 iran nuclear deal last year and we imposed sanctions it wasn't long before the apparent g 7 unity on iran was broken mr cavendish. to iran a message to iran that president promises he's going to come over on behalf of our g 7 countries no i am just as. i have trump has also sent mixed messages about the u.s. is trade war with china a dispute that shaking the world economy and worrying g 7 leaders trump told reporters that he had 2nd thoughts about u.s. tariffs on beijing the white house later said the what he meant was that he had regretted not hiking those tariffs higher positions were clearer in trump's 1st meeting with the british prime minister trump threw his support behind briggs it and boris johnson and promised an attractive trade deal if the u.k. leaves the e.u. you need to know if this is the right man for the job michael will undoubtedly hope the u

seen as a stunt or a diplomatic coup depends on what happens next zarif and his delegation left the ritz after just a few hours what new proposals if any did they make and how will the g 7 leaders respond on the last day of their summit james pays out jazeera pierrots. the new you k. prime minister boris johnson has held his 1st bilateral meeting with donald trump at the g. 7 mr johnson said he and mr trump were quote. so gung ho about a post broke the trade deal with johnson cautioned the americans would be tough negotiators though saying he wouldn't rush the talks mr trump promised a big trade deal for britain after it leaves the european union. this is a different person. and this person is going to be a greek prime minister in my opinion morris only by a. very. good very free figure. they want to have what they want. they were. around during. the election for. the americans a very ambitious to get this done you know as fast as possible and they were really want to results you know within a year i suppose in mind by next june or july where to go as fast as we can but we want this

and french president macron informed all the g7 leaders that zarif was on the way. many white house officials were frustrated and saw the move by the french president as disrespectful. president trump is in a mode of trying to make everyone think that everything's just fine. so when he talks in public he says that he was very much okay with the visit. at the same time, there is no doubt that this came as a surprise to many inside the u.s. government, if not the president himself, and they saw it as an attempt to interject iran into these discussions and to force the president's hand in a way that at least many white house officials didn't appreciate. bottom line here is that no progress was made. and so in that sense it seems like the -- whatever french president macron was trying to accomplish by bringing zarif was not accomplished. >> and speaking of surprises, in the midst of all of these topics that were covered, suddenly we hear from president trump that israel and the palestinians want to make a deal. where did that come from? >> well, he said two things. he s

to lift sanctions if it hopes to negotiate zarif says the u.s. sanctioned him because he declined an invitation for talks and a cease fire in syria's rebel controlled provinces collapsed the government's resumed its offensive with airstrikes reported in southern parts of the province syria's government has accused rebel forces of violation the terms of the truce and is blaming turkey for not enforcing its up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera the stream is next. sure has one of the world's highest are based in iraq but many a take up the farmers against for military style white let's go to radical surgery one o one a steve instigates as the chinese battle to get in shape on al-jazeera. at least 31 people are dead this weekend after 2 mass shootings in the united states both attacks were carried out by american citizens today also on the strain why isn't the u.s. taking more to stop white supremacist violence i'm femi oke and you know the drill they send us your thoughts via twitter a lifeline huge. just as ago president donald trump address

they had armed foreign minister mohammad job and zarif is accused of promotion what the americans call the reckless agenda of iran's supreme leader was that he has said the us acted because it considers him a huge threat the minister said sanctions on his us s. it started to affect him because he doesn't have any now iran's president hassan rouhani is accusing the u.s. of childish behavior especially after iran proposed unconditional talks recently and another development germany has rejected a u.s. request to join a british and french mission to help secure the strait of hormuz the german government says it wants to avoid escalating tensions in the gulf rosalind jordan reports from washington. the u.s. is maximum pressure campaign against iran has claimed a new target foreign minister zarif american educated comfortable in front of the cameras and the one who negotiated the 2050 nuclear deal with world powers. but the trumpet ministration says the wreath is no honest broker and has imposed sanctions on him we consider javid zarif the foreign minister an illegitimate spokesman for iran

pulled out of last year after zarif left b.r. its he went to twitter saying this iran's active diplomacy in pursuit of constructive engagement continues matter manual macro on the sidelines of g. 7 after extensive talks road ahead is difficult but worth trying. well let's get more on that now from james bays our diplomatic editor. the 1st that reporters found out about the arrival of the iranian foreign minister's plane at beirut's airport was on flight tracking websites it's now clear other g 7 leaders also got little or no advance warning of the bold invitation by president macro macro had met to have a job at serif before the chiefs haven't started on friday in paris apparently according to the iranians the final invite to brit sitcom on saturday after g 7 leaders had come to an informal dinner at beirut's lighthouse at that dinner iran was discussed but al-jazeera understands the arrival of mr zarif was not disclosed to the other leaders by president mackerel it i think it was an advance that mr serious was coming but it was

there was approval from the highest level here inside iran before zarif acted on it and you think that this person is not powerful enough to have any kind of discussion with really just the opposite he is the probably most powerful person outside of their violence delist when it comes to sensitive issues because he has direct access to those who make those kinds of decisions in toronto. when our star mission is a national security and foreign policy analyst and joins me via skype from new york thanks for being with us on the program for the functioning of zarif let's the whole what does this mean do you think for the future of the iran nuclear deal and also for issues such as security in the strait of hormuz that those are the 2 key topics that have really been occupying international leaders. separate topics but definitely connected on the one hand the nuclear negotiations and the nuclear deal was somewhat debt after the united states unilaterally pulled out of the iran deal last year and the other hand it trumpet ministration as been trying to reach out sort of hand out this god know

zarif will be here. will there be meetings then between u.s. officials, secretary pompeo, senator paul and maybe the president himself. >> the president of the united states also looking ahead. next year, the u.s. would be hosting the g7. the president would love it to be g8. this is what he had to say about the idea of bringing russia back into the fold. >> i think it's a work in progress. we have a number of people that would like to see russia back. i think it would be advantageous to many things in the world. i think it would be a positive. many people agree with me, and it's something we're discussing. >> so president trump is really on an island by himself on this. especially among the other g7 members. with a comment like that, you know, preceding all of these discussions with other leaders, do you feel that he is likely feeling very comfortable in this setting, especially after expressing himself on that? >> to be honest, i don't think so. he's quite isolated this to issue. i think many americans give him credit for trying to confront c

is targeting zarif the troponin stray shin or at least the faction that is behind this decision is not interested in the pla mysie they want to prevent it at all cost this is an effective measure towards at least making it much much more difficult for us and iran to talk and if the u.s. and iran cannot talk that increases the likelihood of a military confrontation which is the explicit desire of john bolton the national security adviser even as the u.s. was rolling out its sanctions and else meant as a reef was reacting on twitter thanking the trump ministration for considering him a threat to its agenda. roslyn jordan al-jazeera washington and or to jabari has the reaction from the iranian capital tehran this certainly will be just another example the iranians will point to the fact that the united states doesn't really understand how the islamic republic system works the idea that they think by sanctioning the foreign minister they will get to a more powerful person in the system to talk to is really absurd because the foreign minister is somebody who is a very very close to the high

zarif told us there is nothing more to talk about, but the trump administration says there is plenty to talk about including iran's threats toward >> it accuses iran leading the world in terms of state sponsor of terror, assisting he is bow hezbollah, hah maz, al quaeda, fuelling iraq, fomenting civil wars in syria. what do you say to all that? >> first of all, the nuclear deed we have was negotiated in the context of our regional disputes number two, who's the source of instability in the region? who supported saddam hussein what they invaded iran who supported the taliban when they took over in afghanistan in the '90s the an torr: the tensions growing after the united states unilaterally withdrew from an obama era deal that restricted iran's ability to develop a nuclear weapon in a rare interview, i spoke to the powerful head of iran's security council who says in hindsight he regrets the deal. >> translator: there are people in my country who that feeling at the moment. >> are you one of them >> translator: i'm just following the viewpoints of my own nation, the people of iran yes

is targeting zarif the troponin stray shin or at least the faction that is behind this decision is not interested in the pla mysie they want to prevent it at all cost this is an effective measure towards at least making it much much more difficult for the u.s. and iran to talk and if the u.s. and iran cannot talk that increases the likelihood of a military confrontation which is the explicit desire of john bolton the national security adviser even as the u.s. was rolling out its sanctions announcement as a reef was reacting on twitter thanking the trump ministration for considering him a threat to its agenda rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington for more on this let's go around cost pantano a he's joining us live from the capital and had a face to face saying that he couldn't be less bothered about these sanctions outside of. yes this this new set of sanctions has been some surprise here to her on the fact that the u.s. has imposed sanctions on the individual tossed with negotiations now. foreign minister did take to twitter this morning and he said we know that calling for dialogue and

imposed sanctions on zarif in adam on the core of the u.s. action on foreign minister zarif is against all diplomatic procedures and is an unprecedented event in the history of diplomacy that one government keep claiming to be ready for negotiations and then to put sanctions on a foreign minister of that country how well isn't it ridiculous he was invited by a standard happening at the white house then they imposed sanctions on him foreign minister zarif is responsible for foreign policy and any diplomatic path should pass through them so dan's military joined the opposition coalition have signed a deal on the constitutional declaration the african union's envoy to sudan says the document outlines the division of power until elections can be held in 3 years . protesters are running for another day in hong kong activists are angry at a proposed extradition law on the police response to the protests on saturday night and he's fired tear gas at demonstrators thousands of in the running for the 9th weekend in a row. pakistan has expressed serious

at the invitation of the french foreign minister our foreign minister dr mohamad job and zarif arrived in beer it's where the g. 7 summit was held to continue discussions on recent initiatives between the presidents of iran and france but he adds there'll be no meetings or negotiations with the u.s. delegation on this trip i can also tell you that that information has been backed up in the last few moments by the spokesperson for the iranian mission to the united nations i can also tell you that president trump has been asked about this at the start of a meeting between g 7 leaders and african leaders and interestingly president trump what he's been quite forthcoming on so many matters in this g. servant simply said no comment no official word from the french president or his team organizing this particular g 7 it's worth telling you that the word of this 1st emerged among the journalists here just over an hour ago and that's from flight tracking software the various flight tracking websites showed that a an iranian plane with the tail number e.p. g d had landed in beer it's with the c

ministration says the wreath is no honest broker and has imposed sanctions on him we consider javid zarif the foreign minister an illegitimate spokesman for iran are and iran itself is a government you consider illegitimate do not well exactly it is a state sponsor of terrorism it is the world's central banker of charism biggest finance or biggest arm are the sanctions come at a time of great tension between tampon and washington whether in the waterways of the gulf or in proxy conflicts around the middle east any assets zarif might have in the u.s. are frozen these approvals to visit un headquarters in new york are no longer guaranteed and the top administration says it's no longer obligated to talk to zarif since the u.s. quit the iran nuclear deal last year on this point one expert says the u.s. is recognizing the real source of power in town or on the manager power is not mr rouhani the president is not was as are you the foreign minister it is the supreme leader ayatollah ali home and he was in charge of the armed forces that judiciary a course of after august intelligence agencies m

zarif is the latest victim of the u.s. maximum pressure campaign on iran it's freezing his assets in the u.s. and these approvals to visit united nations headquarters in new york will no longer be guaranteed. in a tweet he said the u.s. reason for designating me is that i am iran's primary spokesperson around the world it has no effect on me or my family as i have no property or interests outside of iran thank you for considering me such a huge threat to your agenda the western educated diplomats is one of the architects of the 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers but now he's fighting to keep the deal alive following the united states withdrawal from it last year ago u.s. national security adviser john bolton says the foreign minister is no honest broker we consider job and zarif the foreign minister an illegitimate spokesman for ron are and iran itself is a government you consider illegitimate do not well exactly it is a state sponsor of terrorism it is the world's central banker of terrorism biggest finance or bigge

action on foreign minister zarif is against all diplomatic procedures and is an unprecedented event in the history of diplomacy and that one government keeps claiming to be ready for negotiations and then to put sanctions on a foreign minister of that country how well isn't it ridiculous he was invited by a senator to have a meeting at the white house then they impose sanctions on him foreign minister zarif is responsible for foreign policy and the diplomatic path should pass through him sudan's military and the opposition have just signed a deal on the constitutional declaration the agreement was reached through mediation 4 months after long time president omar al bashir was ousted the african union's envoy to sudan says the document outlines the division of power until elections can be held in 3 years time. this is a scene live in hong kong where police have reportedly fired tear gas at protests as demonstrators are on the streets for another day activists around going over a proposed extradition law and the police response to the president thousands have been rallying for the 9th we

zarif? either iran will say we will not send anybody. or, even if this was not the best move by the u.s., the next person you will have some authority on behalf of goodness knows whom, will be able to negotiate. but to even pretend for one second that ayatollah khomeini, , whoupreme leader of iran in iran theological propaganda is the descendent of prophet muhammad and also the successor of his reign and his religious rule, is not going to sit at the negotiating table. nor is he going to accept or take audience with any american officials for that matter. for any negotiators for that matter. you're going to have some appointed event so like rouhani -- official like ronnie, or 70 previous -- like rouhani or somebody in charge of the national security council. what does it accomplish? let's be clear here. tensions have been on the rise. and as much as i do not want to sit here for a minute and defend some of the horrible policies both international and domestic policies of president trump, even a broken clock is right twice a day. republic

one of my first stops, the ministry speaking with javad zarif not long after he rejected an invitation to meet with president trump. >> do you think it was a result of your refusal? >> it was presented to me as such you will will be designated in two weeks, but you have an invitation to come to the oval office >> it was that quick >> that's one hell of a way of inviting someone for negotiations >> why reject it why not go visit the president, sit down, have a cup of tea, and talk it over >> we have talked it over. we talked with the previous administration at length we were talking to the current administration at the deputy foreign minister administer level >> the white house telling nbc news assertions that the administration conveyed a threat of sanctions unless zarif travelled to washington to meet with the president are patently false. zarif told us there is nothing more to talk about, but the trump administration says there is plenty to talk about including iran's threats toward israel >> it accuses iran leading the world in terms of state sponsor of terror, assisting hezbollah,

action on foreign minister zarif is against all diplomatic procedures and is an unprecedented event in the history of diplomacy that one government keeps claiming to be ready for negotiations and then to put sanctions on a foreign minister of that country well isn't that ridiculous he was invited by a senator to have a meeting at the white house then they impose sanctions on him foreign minister zarif is responsible for foreign policy and the diplomatic path should pass through him the iranian say that the u.s. government has waged economic terrorism on iran and until they seize this behavior they will be no discussions how between the 2 countries. now the turkish present the one says he's sending troops into an area controlled by kurdish y p g fighters in northern syria the y.p. chain have been an important u.s. ally in the battle against eisel but turkey sees it as a terrorist group. are. due to me here the opposition leader warned us against entering afrin and we did then we entered jobless and then city and now we will enter the east you're free to use yes we have talked to russia

is targeting zarif the troponin stray shin or at least the faction that is behind this decision is not interested in the pla mysie they want to prevent it at all cost this is an effective measure towards at least making it much much more difficult for us and iran to talk and if the u.s. and iran cannot talk that increases the likelihood of a military confrontation which is the explicit desire of john bolton the national security adviser even as the u.s. was rolling out its sanctions announcement zarif was reacting on twitter thanking the trumpet ministration for considering him a threat to its agenda for also in jordan al-jazeera washington let's get more on this a correspondent joining us live from the iranian capital and deserve a face close saying he couldn't be less bothered about this story. yes we've heard from the foreign minister again this morning he tweeted the following saying that we know that calling for dialogue and peace is an existential threat to the bt and since reason for deserting me as my words would get us persons need to know if they see license to engage with me

zarif is here for talks>> we know that zarif is there for a bilateral with france. it should be noted that the iranian foreign ministry spokesperson said specifically in this trip there will be no meeting or negotiations with the american delegation. we're going to have to see if that holds true. thank you, bill, for that. now to hallie jackson who is following the president for us in france. is it true? is there any indication that the white house knew about this? i know that you asked about this. how big a surprise is it? >> right. nbc news has learned from our reporting on the ground that this blind sided some white house officials who said it was a total surprise. not only that zarif was invited to the g 7, but that he showed up in the middle of a conversation essentially that some reporter were having with top officials. this is certainly not sitting well with some administration officials described by our sources, some of them as furious about this latest development. as bill neely was saying, the french do want to open this window. they see that window, but t

7 in france mohammed to evade serif held talks with french president among your macro afterwards mr zarif said the road ahead would be difficult but it's worth trying. he has boller leader says the groups in a new phase of his conflict with israel after 2 israeli drones crashed in lebanon's capital in a televised speech he called it a very dangerous development. tens of thousands of brazilian soldiers have begun heading into the rain forest on military planes become dumping water in were done your state. the u.s. state of oklahoma is awaiting a court ruling in its case against a major u.s. company johnson and johnson the multinational pharmaceutical company is being sued by the state over its role in the u.s. opioids crisis and it has more from norman oklahoma. over the last 2 decades officials in this state say that more than 6000 people have died of opioid overdoses those statistics nationally make for even more startling reading in 2017 alone the center for disease control say that that figure was almost 50000 which makes was when happening in this courthouse over the last few months e

know current president macro's invitation to zarif was certainly a bold move whether it ends up being seen as a stunt or a diplomatic coup depends on what happens next zarif and his delegation left the ritz after just a few hours what new proposals if any did they make and how will the g 7 leaders respond on the last day of their summit james pays out jazeera pierrots. well ukase prime minister boris johnson has held his 1st bilateral meeting with the u.s. president at the g 7 or a stone says says he and don't jump or call gung ho about a say coast brix it trade deal but johnson cautioned the americans were tough to go shoot as saying he wouldn't rush the talks chum promised a big trade deal for britain now certainly the european union which he said had been a drag on britain's ability to cut a good deal. this is a different person and the person that's going to be a greek prime minister might be worth going by and. thank. you very. much. they want to thank you there were. they were. very anxious for. the americans a very ambitious to get this done as fast as possible and they were re

action on foreign minister zarif is against all diplomatic procedures and is an unprecedented event in the history of diplomacy that one government keeps claiming to be ready for negotiations and then to put sanctions on foreign minister of that country well isn't that ridiculous he was invited by a senator to have a meeting at the white house then they imposed sanctions on him foreign minister zarif is responsible for foreign policy and the diplomatic path should pass through him the ukrainian say that the u.s. government has waged economic terrorism on iran and until they seize this behavior they will be no discussions how between the 2 countries. well turkish president or the one says he's sending troops into an area controlled by kurdish y p g fighters in northern syria the y.p. g. has been an important u.s. ally in the battle against eisel turkey sees it as a terrorist group. due to me the opposition leader warned us against entering afrin and we did then we entered. and then city and now we will enter the east you're free. yes we have talked to russia and the united states becaus

trump said no comment when asked if he planned to meet with zarif. the president and his aides sent mixed signals over the trade war with china, and it began with this exchange. >> any thoughts on escalating the trade war with china. >> for sure. why not. might as well. >> do you have second thoughts about -- >> i have second thoughts about everything. >> so here's how the president's chief economic adviser larry kudlow tried to explain that way. >> if i can reinterpret that. he spoke to us, he didn't exactly hear the question. what he was intending to say is he always has second thoughts and he actually had second thoughts about possibly a higher tariff response to china. >> when it comes to north korea's recent missile tests, trump and shinzo abe appeared to be on two pages. this is what president trump had to say. >> are you concerned at all about north korea conducting more tests? >> i'm not happy about it, but, again he's not in violation of an agreement. >> and then there's the issue of the economy and concerns that the president's trade war co

the ritz lighthouse at that dinner iran was discussed but al-jazeera understands the arrival of mr zarif was no. disclosed to the other leaders by president mackerel i thought it over to us i think it was unclear one advance that mr serious was coming but it was somewhat dependent under results of the talks last night last night we didn't develop or a map of choreographed specific next steps but we went through different options juri his visit to be rich the only pictures of the foreign ministers meetings were posted by zarif himself on his twitter account he met with macro and foreign minister joy evil adriel and representatives of the u.k. and germany the key question now is what president trump makes of all of this he pulled out of the 2015 iran nuclear deal and has imposed tough sanctions as part of a maximum pressure strategy do you ever foresee here your foreign ministers you. know president macro's invitation to the reef was certainly a bold move whether it ends up being seen as a stunt or a diplomatic coup depends on what happens next zarif and his delegation left the ritz after

and in an unexpected twist iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif arrived from tehran for talks 2 days after meeting in paris. emmanuel markov has been trying to mediate in the iran crisis since the us pulled out of the 2015 iran nuclear deal last year and we imposed sanctions it wasn't long before the apparent g 7 unity on iran was broken mr clinton did. to iran a message to iran that president mccraw insists he's going to deliver on behalf of all of the g 7 countries no i haven't discussed. the presence of the iranian foreign minister at this summit sony adds a new dynamic but it's unclear how much notice of any u.s. president was given about his arrival but when he was almost about it by reporters donald trump simply said that he had no comment to make trump was also it also with some g 7 leaders over trade with concerns the u.s. terrorist war with china is responsible for the slowing world economy positions were clear in trump's 1st meeting with the british prime minister trump threw his support behind briggs's and boris johnson and promised an attractive trade deal if the u

says that todd job and zarif needs to be held accountable for his behavior for that of those who work at the foreign ministry in tehran so it then begs the question roslyn who does the u.s. deal with now if it's still interested in in talks with iran if it's not javelins any. well officials will tell the reporters on wednesday afternoon that since the u.s. pulled out of the iran nuclear deal little more than a year ago it has not considered job and zarif the into law or on issues involving iran's nuclear ambitions they say that they are more interested in dealing with officials who actually have political power who actually have the ability to affect policy and to basically make decisions that could be amenable not just to the government in tehran but more important important to officials here in washington so is it a question of whether or not they could possibly get the whole himself at a negotiating session across from the u.s. president it's highly unlikely but they were quite dismissive of the fact that there's a perception that job and zarif does have the ability to negotiate on

zarif responded that he hapeno personal py or interests here. north korean state media claimed that the country's leader kim jong un personally superviseds and eatly satisfied with another set of rocket launches yesterday, the third round of tests in about a week. state media said it was of a quote newly developed "large- l caliber multipnch guided rocket system." south korean officials confirmed that at least two short-range d projectiles were launchefriday morning, travelling about 137 miles, making them capable of reaching south korea'sal of seoul. yesterday president trump twted that tests of short range missiles "...are not a violation of our sigred singapore ent, nor was there discussion of short range missiles when shook hands." 19 democrats running for their party's nomination for president appeared in las vegas today, all seeking the backing of 1.6 million public employee union members at an annual forum. the american federation of state, county and municipal employees union is known as a-f- s-c-m-e. both democrats and republicans consi

know that the united states has just announced it is imposing sanctions on iran's foreign minister zarif that is going to up the tension considerably but that's just coming across right now let me stick with you germany is saying no to a u.s. led naval mission what about a european naval mission which the u.s. or the u.k. rather cold for last week. well of them and that is one of the big questions of course at least from the u.k. side things aren't looking so sure of that anymore either but there is this fear here in germany as well that were gemini to become part of at least that u.s. led mission and that it could become collateral damage and the same could apply to an e.u. naval mission as well and so that's something that germany's discussing at the moment but nothing has been moved off the table so far germany is in very close talks with the u.k. and with france right now as we saw there on a great crime karrenbauer the new defense minister was already meeting with french and and u.k. officials today to discuss exactly how a joint effort can be achieved and to move things forward and

sanctions on the country's top diplomat as childish washington says foreign minister mohammad zarif is promoting what it calls the reckless agenda of iran's supreme leader also bari has more from tehran. we've heard from the foreign minister again this morning he tweeted the following saying that we know that calling for dialogue and peace is an existential threat to the bt and since reason for deserting me is my words would u.s. persons need to know if they see license to engage with me by reading my. writings or listening to the interviews this is the foreign ministers reaction saying that really he has absolutely no interest in what the united states is saying that their reason behind his resignation the sanctions on him is really something that he said is irrelevant to him he has absolutely no assets in the united states even though he was iran's permanent member to the united nations from 2002 to 2007 eighth's. has been diagnosed in the city of goma and the democratic republic of congo a one year old girl tested positive on wednesday the same day that her father died from the viru