toughest sanctions yet coming into force the country's president says tehran will bypass the measures and calls on the country to resist but what will the fallout be for narry iranians were in tehran also coming up. u.s. voters gear up to cast their ballots admit term elections the vote is being seen as a referendum on president donald trump chris surge in female and minority voters helped propel democrats to victory polls open in under twenty four hours. plus american singer camilla could be you so we've got the bird at the m.t.v. your music awards but this year's event is not only about entertainment but veteran singer jenna jackson taking to the stage to talk about some of the challenges she faced in the past. the rock is great to have you along everyone. iranians are bracing themselves today after the trump administration reimposed tough sanctions on their country the iranian. foreign minister zarif says the real position of u.s. sanctions on his country defies world opinion and is likely to backfire he accuse the u.s. of being a bully saying the sanctions targeted ordinary people

be able to do the same we'll get the latest from tehran also coming up the fate of a christian woman accused of blasphemy in pakistan hangs in the balance pakistan's information minister talks in an exclusive interview about the woman's future and u.s. voters gear up to cast their ballots in midterm elections the vote is being seen as a referendum on president with a strong showing democrats could mean his plans for the next two years polls in the u.s. scheduled to open in less than twenty four hours. good to have you with us iranians are bracing themselves for a possible economic hit today the troubled ministration re imposed sanctions on iran the country's foreign minister. says that the move to world opinion and is likely to backfire he accused the u.s. of being a bully saying the same target ordinary people are tonight the european union is standing by its opposition to washington's policy we begin our coverage with the economic sectors which will feel the impact first and most. iranian markets like this are where economic reality rubs up against real lives the mere threat of san

sanctions come into force the country's president says tehran will bypass the measures and calls on the country to resist but what will the fallout before ordinary iranians will get the latest from our correspondent in tehran. also coming up everything is still up for grabs and campaigning ahead of the u.s. midterm elections enters its final hours many days of the stakes have never been higher and in the bundesliga gladbach are back to their winning ways they'd be just the door to reno to come to second to the table we'll bring you the goals from sunday's match. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program iranian foreign minister java serif says that the reimposition of u.s. sanctions on his country defies world opinion and is likely to backfire he accused the us of being a bully saying that the sanctions targeted ordinary people the us reintroduce the measures today after pulling out of the iran nuclear deal in may the e.u. says that it regrets the reintroduction of the measures they'll affect all areas of the iranian economy including the oil and financial sectors. iranian markets like thi

toughest sanctions yet coming into force the country's president says tehran will bypass the measures and calls on the country to resist but well what will be the fallout for ordinary iranians were in tehran also coming up everything is still up for grabs as campaigning ahead of the u.s. midterm elections endurance is final hours many say the stakes have never been higher. than. you what americans think or communicable you know sweeps the board at the m.t.v. europe music awards but this year's event is not only about entertainment with veteran singer janet jackson talks taking to the stage to talk about her difficult past. one of those when. we were. little heart thank you so much for your company everyone iranians are bracing themselves today after the trumpet ministration to reimpose sanctions on their country the iranian foreign minister zarif says the reimposition of u.s. sanctions on his country the five world opinion and is likely to backfire he accused the u.s. of being a bully saying the sanctions targeted ordinary people the u.s. reintroduced the measures today after pulling

correspondent your browser with a view from tehran thank you. to the united states now where democrats and republicans are making their final appeals to voters as the midterm elections draw ever closer the poll on tuesday is widely seen as a referendum on the charm president say he has been crisscrossing the country to boost support for his party. president trump arise for the campaign's home strange and his official plea it's how he's managed to appear at two to three events per day he's been addressing his supporters in vast hangars his name though is not on the ballot he's hoping to win over undecided voters to the republicans by focusing on mass migration democrats are openly encouraging millions of illegal aliens to break our laws violate our sovereignty over run our borders and destroy our nation strong many ways we can. the president's message sounds simple enough but america's election analysts are having a tough time gauging the trump effect the congressional elections are complex the constituencies candidates and demographics differ gr

tehran is ready to defy that order. senior correspondent plfrederik pleitgen is live in tehran. hi, fred. >> reporter: hi, dave. absolutely. iranians coming out early to say they defy the united states. the countci country's president rouhani said it would be good to bust the unjust sanctions. it is interesting, one of the things about the sanctions is there are apparently eight countries who received waivers. if the waivers were not there, iranians would still try to sell the oilnational market. as you can imagine, a lot of anger on the ground here in tehran. yesterday, i was at protests against the united states where people were burning the american flag. israeli flag as well. people making clear they are not angry at the american people, but decision making in washington, d.c., and specifically at president trump. some of the folks i spoke to said they want to stand up to president trump and vowed defiant. at the same time, of course, folks here are extremely concerned about their economic situation. they do know things will get worse with the sanctions in place. the economy

correspondent your browser with the view from tehran thank you. and iran says that it is working with europe to set up a mechanism to bypass those sanctions let's bring in brussels correspondent teri schultz terry could this actually happen the european union maintains that it will happen just friday. federica mo green the foreign policy chief and the governments of france germany and the u.k. said that their results to both maintain the nuclear deal with iran and to maintain economic support for european companies doing business in iran is unwavering so the european union says it's setting up this so-called special purpose vehicle which would allow payments to go in and out of iran. bypassing u.s. sanctions that's how how it's a vision and the e.u. maintains that this is going to happen although it's not operational today at the same time the u.s. has yet another lever and that is to demand swift that's the belgium based financial messaging service which handles most of the world's interbank messaging the u.s. says swift tested cut off all the sa

toughest sanctions yet come into force the country's president says tehran will bypass the measures and calls on the country to resist but what will the fallout be for ordinary iranians were in tehran also coming up u.s. voters gear up to cast their ballots and midterm elections the vote is being seen as a referendum on president donald trump could a surge in female and minority voters help propel democrats to victory polls open in under twenty four hours plus a tapping into a new creative vibe in africa a contemporary art fair in nigeria showcases some of the best the continent has to offer we talk with one artist who's made it big. and in the bundesliga glovebox are back to their winning ways after a three no retreat against a door that sees them read frog buying music in the table or have action and analysis from all of the weekend's games. thank you so much for your company everyone iranians are bracing themselves today after the trumpet ministration re imposed sanctions on their country the iranian foreign minister zarif says the reimposition of. u.s. sanctions on his country the f

sanctions come into force they target the oil and the financial sectors but tehran says it will circumvent the measures europe has also repeated its opposition to that also coming out. as the competition heats up to find a successor to all of machall her c.d.u. is split over its future course the members are calling for a return to its conservative roots. and tapping into a new creative vibe in africa a contemporary art fair in nigeria showcasing some of the best the continent has to offer we'll talk with one artist who's made it big. and in the bundesliga claude bach are back to their winning ways they beat dozens or for three no to climb to second in the table let me bring you the goals from sunday's match. i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show iranian president hassan rouhani has vowed to bypass u.s. sanctions calling them illegal washington reinstated the measures as expected a few hours ago following its withdrawal from the iran nuclear deal in may now these restrictions target all key areas of the iranian economy including the oil financial and shipping sectors. at markets

james landale, bbc news, tehran. now on bbc news, sport today. hello. i'm marc edwards. this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: van djik delivers dutch delight in deutschland, a dramatic draw against germany sees the netherlands through to the uefa nations league finals. plans for a breakaway super league are fiction, we talk exclusively to the two most powerful officials in european football. new zealand produce one of the great comebacks to win the first test against pakistan. hello, and welcome to the show. the netherlands are through to next years uefa nations league finals in portugal after a dramatic finish to the match saw them draw 2—2 with germany in gelsinkerchen. virgil van djik was the dutch saviour, slamming home a 90th minute equaliser, the netherlands coming from 2—0 down to rescue a point which sees them, and not world champions france, into the inauguralfinals injune. they join england, switzerland and portugal in the last four. it was not our best performance. still, we have a point. and i remember in hollan

correspondent your browser with the view from tehran thank you. and iran says that it is working with europe to set up a mechanism to bypass those sanctions let's bring in brussels correspondent teri schultz terry could this actually happen the european union maintains that it will happen just friday. federica mo green the foreign policy chief and the governments of france germany and the u.k. said that their results to both maintain the nuclear deal with iran and to maintain economic support for european companies doing business in iran is unwavering so the european union says it's setting up this so-called special purpose vehicle which would allow payments to go in and out of iran. bypassing u.s. sanctions that's how how it's invasion and the e.u. maintains that this is going to happen although it's not operational today at the same time the u.s. has yet another lever and that is to demand swift that's the belgium based financial messaging service which handles most of the world's interbank messaging the u.s. says with test it cut off all the sa

has about took place relentless pressure on tehran. around eighty people have been kidnapped from a school in the city of them end up in the western english speaking part of cameroon report suggests most of those abducted are children a video purportedly showing the kidnapped children has been released by a group calling themselves on bob boy friends to the armed and well phone separatists who are fighting for the independence of cameras north west and south west regions. all right let's bring in our africa correspondent you increase in lagos he just returned from an extended trip to cameroon adrian what more do we know about the kidnapped girls and boys. well in the video you can clearly see how they're scared that they're very nervous and they're are asked by one of the abductors to introduce themselves tell the names and where they are from and they are all between ten and fourteen years old and they wear attending one of the very few church one schools in the region that is still all that was still operating because you have to rem

reports from the capital, tehran. james: when iranians want to have fun, they go up to the mountains. and then come down fast. i this is a resothe foothills north of tehran. in winter they ski, mer they walk. a place where children, camilies, and couples can the hustle of tehran and breathe some clean air. behind the fun it is a different story. he works as a chef here and has little hope for the future. >> the iranians, so hard for living. everyone think abo going out of iran. james: that is because the latest american sanctions e hitting the economy, makinit harder to send oil overseas,nd one doctor told us, tougher to find medicin we came across a man playing his sitar, a 23-year-old music student and graphic designer. >> so many businesses was trying to open, for example restaurants and cafÉs, but the material we were importing to iran was stopped, and that made so many businesses fail. james:hat view is not universal. he is 26, unemployed, and boy does he trust the government. >> there arearhips, but there are c

get iran to return to the negotiating table over its nuclear program are there any signs that that tehran is willing to offer any concessions well so far the iranian leadership has shown no indication that it's about to surrender to washington's present anytime soon and president rouhani has just said in a speech on state television that iran intends to probably buy pos the reimpose sanctions and just continue to sell oil anyway so the government rejected fresh negotiations from the start because if things that will not get anything in return but it's ordinary iranians that suffer the most because food prices have gone up by fifty percent that's according to iran central bank so the government has to hand out food to families with you know in. so ordinary iranians might feel that it might make them president rouhani and president talked so what's it looking like in washington stefan is there is that of the impression especially with what we're hearing now with the pressure from the street that tehran will return to the table and offer some new movement. august's that's what the u.s. is th

has vowed to place relentless pressure on tehran. and the leader of germany's junior coalition party says that she plans to give concrete details on the party's future within chancellor angela merkel's government by december the social democrats have seen their popularity plunge in recent months and have suffered heavy losses in regional elections. today is the final day of campaigning in the u.s. midterm elections democrats are hoping for a landslide of votes in their favor a so-called blue wave republicans on the other hand want to retain control of both houses of representatives and the senate so that they can pursue their policies unhindered many see these elections as a referendum on donald trump's presidency so after the election we may know what american voters think about. but what about people outside of the united states here are a few voices from around the world. in comparison to his predecessor's trump isn't a president looking to go to war. and he's working towards a foreign policy which is not as imperialistic as we us

and tehran's oldest charity hospital was founded and isil run by jews. tehran is a city with 13 synagogues.er someconfiscated by the government after the revolution. jewish leaders say when they sued to get them bacn's revolutionary court ruled in their favor. thtoday, all 13 are open, little or no security measures in pla. here's one of the most remarkable things about this synagogu in a region where almost all synagogues arerotected with tight security, metal detectors, even armed guards th synagogue's doors are always wide open. worshippers, or anyone elsfor that matter, can walk right in. manouchehr behravan used to live in new york city. one thing he values in iran he says is the absence of anti semitism. have you ever experienced any o violent acanti-semitism here in iran? >> no, i feel safe. i feel safer here probably more than united states because in united states a lot of people have access to guns. >> reporter: three years ago, the government of iranian president hassan rouhani recognized saturday as the jewish sabbath and a religious holiday.

embassy in tehran back during the islamic revolution in one nine hundred seventy nine and by that of course they showed their support for religious leader ayatollah ali khamenei. but that's the people who have always supported him and do that no matter what but there are also other people of course who do blame the iranian government for not better protecting them against the sanctions because it's the ordinary people that suffer most with food prices up fifty percent according to iran central bank and unemployment high so there's both support and criticism ok is the regime likely to back down to support enough to keep it in place washington says it's all about curbing around ballistic missiles its nuclear program and what it calls around support for terror well so father iranian regime doesn't show any. signs that it's going to back down and president rouhani said we've heard that he's willing to just bypass these sanctions and sell oil no matter what and you have to know that ballistic missile program is not really in the hands of the iranian government anyway that's in the hands o

embassy in tehran thirty nine years ago they also come as the population braces for crippling new u.s. sanctions set to come in force on monday iran celebrates the anniversary every year but anger towards the u.s. is reported to have increased since president trump decided to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal. more now on how iranians are preparing for the new sanctions america. is finishing this six story apartment building there's no project lined up next he's been building homes for ten years employing one hundred fifty people when times were good now there's just fifty new contracts have dried up because no one's confident enough to invest right now. sanctions are putting iran's economy under even more pressure they're causing enormous uncertain dini over night or money you can lose a third or a quarter of its value with that you can see how bad it is bad. building contractors are facing extinction imported goods will be nearly nonexistent once u.s. banking and oil sanctions take effect on monday they said i'm no president that we import many of our building materials such as el

sanctions hit major sectors of iran's economy thousands of the rain ians rally in the streets of tehran marking the fortieth anniversary of the u.s. embassy takeover we'll look at how the new sanctions are impacting people's lives in iran. and devastation in italy is storms and flooding kill more people rescue divers and emergency teams are still looking to save the lives of people holding on to hope. i'm rebecca races welcome to the show tens of thousands of iranians are taking part in anti-american demonstrations in cities across the country the rallies are being held to mock the you at the takeover of the u.s. embassy in tehran forty years ago they also come as the population braces for a crippling new sanctions set to be imposed by the trumpet ministration on monday iran marks the anniversary every here but anger towards the u.s. is reported to have increased since president trump decided to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal more now on the way a rainy and preparing for the new sanctions. america. is finishing this six story apartment building there's no project lined up next he's

james landale, bbc news, tehran. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week on the travel show, i'm in lebanon, finding out why beirut is hoping to regain its reputation as the entertainment capital of the middle east. we have amazing people who are doing work that is internationally recognised. also coming up: i'll be discovering how an ordinary man became the king of his own castle. did he build it himself? himself, stone by stone. it took him 73 years. plus, lucy hits the british countryside to check out the latest hiking gadgets. gopro, take a photo. with its mix of minarets and church spires, lebanon's capital beirut is a clash of culture and religion between the mediterranean and the middle east. and i have come at a special time for the city. this year marks 75 years since this nation finally gained its independence — the birth of modern lebanon. for four centuries, it was the ottomans who ruled here, right up until the end of world war i, when control was handed to the french. it wasn't until 1943 that the struggle for self—rule finally

sanctions hit major sectors of iran's economy thousands of iranians rally in the streets of tehran marking the fortieth anniversary of the u.s. embassy takeover we'll look at how the new sanctions are impacting people's lives they're also coming up. to the station in italy as the storms and flooding kill more people rescue divers and emergency teams are still looking to save the lives of the people holding out hope. kind of pakistani christian woman unanimously acquitted of blasphemy remains in prison while angry mobs call for her death critics are accusing the government of giving in to the demands of hardline extremists. i'm rebecca written as welcome to the show tens of thousands of iranians are taking part in anti-american demonstrations in cities across the country the rallies are being held to mark the takeover of the u.s. embassy in tehran thirty nine years ago they also commas the population braces for crippling new u.s. sanctions set to come in force on monday iran celebrates the anniversary every year but anger towards the u.s. is reported to have increased since president donald

meanwhile thousands of iranians staged a rally in tehran to mark the anniversary of the u.s. embassy takeover the crowd waved and to us ban isn't chanted down with the usa while the power struggle between the governments of us and iran escalates here's a look at want more sanctions might mean for people in iran america's professor and it's finishing this six story apartment building there's no project lined up next he's been building homes for ten years employing one hundred fifty people when times were good now there's just fifty new contracts have dried up because no one's confident enough to invest right now. but those whom i send it to sanctions are putting iran's economy under even more pressure they're causing enormous uncertain dean over night or money you can lose a third or a quarter of its value with that you can see how bad it is by this. building contractors are facing extinction imported goods will be nearly nonexistent once u.s. banking and oil sanctions take effect on monday. we import many of our building materials such as elevators which come entirely from ab

sanctions hit manges sectors of iran's economy thousands of iranians rallying in the streets of tehran marking the fortieth anniversary of the u.s. embassy takeover we'll look at how the new sanctions are impacting people's lives in the country. and devastation in italy as storms and flooding kill more people rescue divers and emergency teams still looking to save the lives of people holding on for hard. i'm rebecca races welcome to the show tens of thousands of iranians are taking part in anti-american demonstrations in cities across the country the rallies are being held to mark the takeover of the u.s. embassy in tehran thirty nine years ago they also commas the population braces for crippling new sanctions said to be imposed by trump the trumpet ministration administration on monday iran celebrates the anniversary every year but anger towards the u.s. is reported to have increased since president decided to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal more now on the way iranians are preparing for the new sanctions. america. is finishing this six story apartment building there's no project

must respect its right to trade with tehran israel though as welcomed decision. alison's of demonstrators across the globe are expected to take to the streets on monday for the million mom march the protest is led by hacktivist group anonymous and has been held every year since twenty thirty remember remember that this. coming to a different sort of. like the organizer of the million mosque march in washington d.c. told us about the main goals of the annual protest what we try to achieve year to year is to simply raise awareness we understand that things will not change overnight but we try to get. out there on the streets voicing their opinions about things that happened in the last year things that have been going on for many years and just try to spread awareness so more people know about it and we can try to get change that would be completely you know. still going on the view or you get out there with as voice your opinions leader would be heard we have seen in the million man march almost every year this event has taken place since two thousand and twelve w

embassy in tehran as you see on the front page of tehran times. the # down with u.s.a. is actually a slogan resurfaced but it was first shared during the 1979 revolution. the president now saying the country faces a "war situation." there have been military air drills and so forth. i'd like to show you a little cartoon as well from london based pan-arab paper showing all these tensions have the ingredients for really dangerous, possibly explosive situation here. you have sanctions on the left of the image around the ayatolla hoe mainy on the suicide belt is the anger of the iranian people. all of these crucial elements for what could be very, very explosive. genie: all of this comes one day before the mid-term elections in the united states. the momentum is building up ahead of that vote which is a truly high stakes vote this time around. it's been seen by many as a verdict on trump's presidency if you like, a referendum. >> that's right. many people are saying it is an informal referendum on people's -- it could be the culmination of anger toward donald trump. let's sh

tehran is ready to defy the order. senior international correspondent fred pleitgen is in tehran. hi, fred. >> reporter: hi, dave. the flurry of officials speaking out this morning talking about defying the united states and stand up to president trump. not the least of which is the country's president hassan rouhani who said iran would be quote glad to bust the new u.s. sanctions because they believe the sanctions are unjust and contrary to international law. we know, dave, there are waivers for eight countries. iranians are saying if the waivers would not be around, they would want to sell oil on international markets. the question is to what extent is the iranians able to do that. the trump administration says it will be tough. they don't want anyone to buy iranian oil anymore. as you imagine the anger on the streets of tehran. we were at the u.s. protest staged here yesterday in central tehran. they were burning american and israeli flags. they were saying they are not angry at the american people, but the trump administration. also signs against donald trump carried around as

to save the islamic revolution so they don't really are afraid of confrontation with washington and tehran says it's going to bypass these things and tells you to do that while they have a lot of practice doing that because during the past decades for a number of years there were sanctions in place and some people actually very very rich like bypassing the sanctions they used like foreign bank accounts in other countries or just relabeled goods they want for import and this time iran is not even alone in this task because also there you the chinese and russia say they want to find ways to still trade with iran aren't worth one of the reasons for here at the big table with us tonight there's always stories thank you. well the fate of a pakistani christian woman is back in the hands of the country's supreme court is the most hardliners have filed an appeal aimed at reversing her acquittal on blasphemy charges bibi's spent eight years on death row before a supreme court ruling found her innocence last week g.'s affectively been stopped from leaving pakistan pending the appeal speaking at a pr

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embassy in tehran shortly after the nine hundred seventy nine islamic revolution president donald trump announced he'd bring back sanctions lifted under the twenty fifteen nuclear deal with the truth from the agreement earlier this year iran's leaders have played down the u.s. move the commander of the revolutionary guard says head on will resist any sanctions well let's go to our correspondent zain bus driving now he's joining us live from the capital tehran you were at those protests earlier as a mocking you know that seminal moment in the country's history and coinciding with another important moment the very imposing of sanctions. absolutely the overrunning of the u.s. embassy in one nine hundred seventy nine few months after the revolution that brought this current government into power was was was a very big moment in history for this country and also for the world university students overtook the u.s. compound they took fifty two americans prisoner and sparked a four hundred forty four day hostage crisis and now that is the longest hostage crisis in recorded history so as you sai

we are negotiating with europeans but not the terms of tehran deal here one would not negotiate with the tram it is and it is not the decision by iran you know no international organization and no i mean all the all the member states in the un we know that trumps manner of negotiating is not the way to think about mutual interest and if you do if they want to come back to the negotiation table they should commit to it they should come back to a commitment basing their own deal thank you for speaking to us as slimy iranian columnist joining us from tehran thank you for your time thank you very. the sons of murdered saudi journalist jamal has shoji say their family is unable to grieve properly without knowing where his body is he was killed by what turkish officials say was a hit squad who waited for him at the saudi consulate in istanbul his son say their family has been deeply troubled by the ongoing lies since his murder more than a month ago or what we want. is to bring him to a buck here with him and you know with his with that as of his family in saudi arabia conservative yes i t

the trump administration says it wants a new, more comprehensive agreement with tehran. but, as the top commander of the revolutionary guards promised on sunday to resist the sanctions, there appears little likelihood of iran returning to the negotiating table any time soon. caroline rigby, bbc news. professor patricia degennaro is an international security analyst. i asked her how bad these sanctions will be for ordinary iranians. they are already starting to feel them. the currency has already dropped and people are not able to afford things. in fact, they're trading for meat and other kinds of goods on the market already so it is going to impact them quite drastically, much more than probably any of the regime will feel. president trump clearly wants to bring about some sort of change, change in the behaviour of the revolutionary guards or regime change. do you think that is likely though? i don't think that is likely at all. yeah, this country seems to like the policy of regime change but i think that is very problematic when it comes to this country and in any part

let's go back to tehran here. i want to stay with the issue of yemen here what is it going it looks like there is just no political will because we have the defense secretary in the united states matters he's again saying that there will be talks in december but it sounds like it's just the can gets keep getting kicked down the road i mean there is no political will in washington to to stop the saudis and their surrogates destroying yemen what does the united states get out of that what does the west in general get out of a destroyed yemen where it's basically moving towards a form of genocide go ahead. yes so instability in the war in the middle east is good for washington in the short term because i mean they sell billions of dollars of weapons to disability so the saudis being involved in war is actually good for business and i think that's something to donald trump made very clear in his recent statement essentially saying that this is part of the america first policy where you know the saudis can get away wit

today slapped what he calls the toughest sanctions yet against iran tehran is valid to resist but will ordinary iranians be able to do the same. also coming up u.s. voters gearing up to cast their ballots in midterm elections the vote is being seen as a referendum on president wrong with a strong showing democrats could start to his plans for the next two years the polls in the united states open in less than twenty four hours from now and the fate of a christian woman accused of blasphemy in pakistan hangs in the balance tonight pakistan's information minister talks to you in an exclusive interview about the woman's future. it's good to have you with us tonight iran is valen to resist u.s. sanctions designed to cripple its economy a sweeping penalties targeting the country's vital oil and financial sectors are now in force and washington is promising to pile religious pressure on tehran after pulling out of a nuclear deal. in may the u.s. wants to force iran to abandon its weapons programs iran's president hassan rouhani says that his country is in an economic war with the u.s. and th

james landale, bbc news, tehran. two weeks after most nations marked the centenary of the armistice that ended the first world war, ceremonies have been taking place in east africa. that's because news of the german surrender took two weeks to reach many colonial and african troops, fighting in remote rural areas. andrew harding reports from the war graves cemetery in the town of voi in southern kenya. last post. in a startlingly beautiful corner of kenya, a ceremony this afternoon to mark the end of a long forgotten war, a war so far removed from events in europe that it ended two weeks later. we pray for those who died during the war, believing injesus and abiding with him in the hope of rising again. we pray for those who died during the war, believing injesus and abiding with him in the hope of rising again. and yet, this was no minor skirmish. britain and its allies fought a gruelling campaign over a vast area, chasing a tiny german force that used guerilla tactics to make its enemies divert men and supplies fro

james landale, bbc news, in tehran. kasia: you probably know him as a global adventurer and television host, but now he is launching an initiative with th united nationss new role as chief ambassador for world scouting. the bbc's nada tawfik caught up with him at the u.n. in new york. >> the scouts are driven by the young people, that is what i love so much. this is young people in every corner of the world saying we wanto help. we want to do something good. sometimes people hear about the sustainable development goals of, what are you talking about, but really what we are saying is let's prote pace and protect our planet and helped peoplesper and try to reduce poverty. young people are going to be the people who drive those things. it is not going to be us, it is going to be young people. all we do as scout leaders istr ng to facilitate that and say let's do this together. nada: what are some of those ouprojects, and where do yhinkr in particulauth can make an impact? >> it is not just a few projects we're involved in.

james landale, bbc news, tehran. south—western railway says delays and cancellations are expected to continue until the end of the day, after engineering work last night overran and caused chaos on one of the busiest routes into london this morning. network rail and south—western railway have apologised for the disruption. northern rail passengers also suffered long delays due to too many leaves on the line, which rail operators say can damage the wheels. here's our transport correspondent tom burridge. not the way monday morning is supposed to start. acute get on the platform. i have been here nearly an hour. i have just platform. i have been here nearly an hour. i havejust decided platform. i have been here nearly an hour. i have just decided whether to abandon ship and get the bus, or go home, work from home. abandon ship and get the bus, or go home, work from homelj abandon ship and get the bus, or go home, work from home. i got here from southampton half an hour ago and there are no trains on the track. what

james landale, bbc news, tehran. plans to breakaway from the champions‘ league in favour of a new tournament featuring europe‘s top teams are ‘fiction‘ according to two of european football‘s most powerful officials. uefa‘s president and the chairman of the european club association have told the bbc they are working together to reform football. they‘ll be meeting officials at the european commission tomorrow as our sports correspondent richard conway reports. it‘s spectacular. it‘s gareth bale. the champions league, the pinnacle of club football but the future of the competition has been in doubt in recent weeks. leaked documents suggested real madrid, who won their 11th title in may, were part of a plot to create a new super league with the continent‘s topsides. with the continent‘s top sides. but any breakaway plan is now dead, according to two of the european game‘s biggest power brokers, speaking exclusively to me in a clear display of unity. the super league is, in a way, fiction now, or

but he is also here to assess the impact of american sanctions in tehran. these sanctions we re sanctions in tehran. these sanctions were reimposed two weeks ago. his message will be that for now britain is sticking with iran, supporting the deal is limiting iran‘s nuclear programme, but as long as iran sticks to the terms of that deal. the interesting question is how the americans will respond because the foreign secretary has come here, to the heart of the capital of the country that the us says is the world‘s biggest sponsor of terrorism. four men have been taken to hospital with stab wounds, after a fight in edmonton in north london. the condition of the men, who are all in their 20s, is not known. police say two vehicles that had been involved in a collision were found at the scene. our reporter, simon clemison, is at the scene. this is a busy area. people have been going to school, they have been going to work, and this morning they have been crossing a police cordoned to do so. they don‘t expect this level of police investigation here. yet anot

sentiment that has been seen on the streets of tehran we begin with he's in tehran . the overrunning of the u.s. embassy in one thousand nine hundred seventy nine few months after the revolution that brought this current government into power was was was a very big moment in history for this country and also for the world university students overtook the u.s. compound they took fifty two americans prisoner and sparked a four hundred forty four day hostage crisis and now that is the longest hostage crisis in recorded history but also a seminal moment in the relationship between the united states and america it led to decades of hostility between these two nations and this rally is an annual calendar event now this year and the crowds were bigger than usual and felt like they were angrier than usual and that is likely because the anniversary coincides with the deadline for the really imposition of sanctions by the united states that were lifted as part of the twenty fifteen nuclear deal really imposed by the american president donald trump now what that means is that it

finally came up with a plan a new payment mechanism allowing european companies to trade with tehran and avoid two u.s. penalties the participants welcomed practical proposals to monday in and develop payment channels not i believe the initiative to establish a special therapist vehicle to facilitate payments related to a dance exports including oil and imports companies violating sanctions could be cut from the powerful u.s. financial system it's a risk that most european multinationals don't want to take french companies to town and france and pursue citron have begun shutting their brain operations german car maker daimler is also pulling out along with british airways. it's not yet clear how the e.u.'s new payment mechanism would work it could be a barter system or it could be a new e.u. backed financial body set up to deal with transactions between europe and tehran either way some analysts say it may not be enough to make big multinationals like hotel reconsider doing business with iran companies like to order companies are afraid of your essential stock i don't think they're g

and tehran's oldest charity hospital was founded and is still run by jews. tehran is a city w.h 13 synagogu some were confiscated by the governmentfter the revolution. jewish leaders say when they sued to get th back, iran's revolutionary court ruled in their favor. today, all 13 are en, with little or no security measures in place. here's one of the most remarkable things about this synagogue. in a region where almost a synagogues are protected with cttight security, metal des, even armed guards this synagogue's doors are always wide ope worshippers, or anyone else for that matter, can walk right in.e manouc behravan used to live in new york city. one thing he values in iran he says is the absence of anti semitism. have you ever experienced any violen here in iran?semitism >> no, i feel safe. i feel safer here probably more than united states because in united states a lot of people have access to guns. an reporter: three years ago, the government of n president hassan rouhani recognized saturday as theab jewish sth and a religious holiday. parents have per

fair ron so mr avi has more from tehran. one of the reasons president donald trump gave to pull out of the twenty fifty nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions on iran was the country's growing military influence in the middle east. and their ballistic missiles program. so it was perhaps not a coincidence that iranian scheduled one of their largest military exercises of the year on the same day as u.s. sanctions kicked back in. multiple air defense units took part in war games spanning half a million square kilometers across the country. and as the missiles took flight on the ground the iranian president lobbed insults at the american president. pattern was by our neighbor girl scout that i don't think any other administration in the history of the united states has been as opposed to the law and international treaties i've not seen any administration in the white house as racist as these people and you cannot expect anything else from them in a speech to his recently shaken up economic team rouhani laid out a broad plan for the

embassy in tehran where the protests took place earlier today. that same message of defiance, of standing up to the united states, that's something that the hard-liners, the religious conservatives who were out there today wanted to display. the main speaker there is the ahead of iran's revolutionary guard corps, the elite unit that does stand up to the united states. so very much in line with that message of iran is going to stay strong, no matter how tough these sanctions are going to get. now, there are, of course, a lot of people in iran who feel differently about all of this, especially the more moderate people, and the business people as well. they already have been suffering a great deal under new u.s. sanctions since the u.s. pulled out of the nuclear agreement and they believe that they're going to suffer even more when that oil and gas sector gets hit, a lot of iran's state finances depend on money from oil and gas exports. at this point in time, a lot of people feel a lot of uncertainty a lot of people have taken a financial hit and pe

its list of missile program and abandon regional conflicts iranian president hassan rouhani says that tehran will defy american demands. a video purportedly showing some of around eighty schoolchildren kidnapped in the city of london in western english speaking part of cameroon has emerged has blurred the faces to protect their identity the captors say that they will only release the students if they are allowed to set up their own breakaway state. around twenty palestinians have been injured by israeli forces while trying to break the decades long maritime blockade of the gaza strip israeli military fired tear gas and live ammunition at protesters really forty fishing boats were forced to return to shore. the u.s. olympic committee has moved to shut down the country's governing body for gymnastics it follows botched reform efforts after a sex abuse scandal the team dr larry master is serving life in prison for molesting more than two hundred and fifty five jim this. while the ninety four year old former concentration camp guard has gone on trial in germany a man is charged with the involvem

its ballistic missile program and abandon regional conflicts iranian president hassan rouhani says tehran will defy american demands. the trial of notorious drug lord el chapo real name king whose mind is set to begin in new york under tight security he's accused of leading a criminal enterprise that sold vast quantities of cocaine and smuggled billions of dollars into mexico. french president i knew in my call has repeated his calls for a quote real in european army as he attends ceremonies commemorating the end of world war one mccaw said europe needs a joint military force to better defend itself against china russia and even the us . a former nazi concentration camp guard has gone on trial here in germany the man is facing hundreds of counts of accessory to murder for alleged crimes at the start tough camp in nazi occupied poland over sixty thousand people were killed at the camp and time is now running out to prosecute those responsible . it is likely to be one of the last cases of its kind ninety four year old johann after arriving in court today accused of being an accessory to mur

embassy in tehran. but. i demonstrators set fire to american and israeli flags the takeover of the us embassy in one nine hundred seventy nine led to a hostage crisis lasting more than a year in course to rest in relations that continues to this day rallies honoring the event to health every year into iran but i would assess say this was the largest in recent memory. when announcing the sanctions against iran donald trump posted this tweet inspired by the tagline tagline from game of thrones the restrictions take effect on the morning of november the fifth in the u.s. they follow washington's withdrawal from the twenty fifteen nuclear deal the measures target oil banking and shipping the u.s. secretary of state says the main target is the rain in government be functions or areas of a run for economy it is aimed at depriving the regime of the revenues that it uses to spread death and destruction around the world. people on the streets of tehran say it's ordinary civilians who will end up bearing the brunt of

president that he is actually doing exactly what the regime in tehran wants him to do and that is to pull away from europe do you think they've said hey don't fall into the trap i think they wanted to make make clear that this has been the diplomatic achievement of the european union and you simply can can can run down the building that we have created it's also stupid because it was the one structure that helped us to to have inspections in iran take a closer look so i think the the expectation in washington is that either. the. government will falter and will will actually bow to the sanctions which is unlikely iranians and nationalistic they might hate their government but they hate external. influence even more and secondly the idea that there will be a democratic up. a ballistic that i'm ready democratic change of power and this will not have happen either the opposition doesn't have strong leading figures there are so many thousands connected to the leading governing structures in iran that will take over power so that is the question now it's more complex a bit because they ha

ballistic missile program and abandon regional conflicts ronnie and president hassan rouhani says that tehran will defy american demands and in peru a truck crashed head on into a passenger bus on monday local media reports say that at least eighteen people are dead among them twelve women and children the bus has been traveling along a highway near lake titicaca. the trial of the notorious mexican drug lord joaquin guzman also known as el chapo has opened in new york prosecutors allege that he smuggled tons of drugs into the united states including cocaine and heroin and oversaw a campaign of killing and kidnapping if convicted he faces life in prison the first day of jury selection was held on monday. he's been notorious for decades as the head of a multibillion dollar drug cartel accused of a ruthless campaign of murders and kidnappings now mexican drug lord joaquin guzman known as el chapo faces seventeen criminal charges in a u.s. federal court in brooklyn under unprecedented security measures which include deployment of a special gas detection device chapo has been held in solitary conf

embassy in tehran demonstrators set fire to american flags along with israeli flags the sea the u.s. embassy in one hundred seventy nine lashed lasted more than a year and caused in a rift in relations that continues to this day the reimposed u.s. sanctions come into effect a few hours from now they follow washington's withdraw from the twenty fifteen nuclear deal the measures include oil embargo the u.s. secretary of state says the main target is the iranian government before issues here core areas of iran for economy it is a bit depriving the regime of the revolution that it uses to spread death and destruction around the world people on the streets of tehran say it's all civilians who will end up bearing the brunt of the sanctions. tamim the sanctions imposed by the u.s. which they say will target our government will definitely affect people's lives putting much more pressure on us even though the sanctions haven't manifested themselves in the market yet they are already on people's minds and closing them and not. less family are going on all sanctions we have experienced similar

president that he is actually doing exactly what the regime in tehran wants him to do and that is to pull away from europe do you think they've said hey don't fall into the trap i think they wanted to make make clear that this has been the diplomatic achievement of the european union and you simply can can can run down the building that we have created it's also stupid because it was the one structure that helped us to to have inspections in iran take a closer look so i think the the expectation in washington is that either. the. government will falter and will will actually bow to the sanctions which is unlikely iranians and nationalistic they might hate their government but they hate external. influence even more and secondly the idea that there will be a democratic up. to hit a democratic change of power and this will not have happen either the opposition doesn't have strong leading figures there are so many thousands connected to the leading governing structures in iran that will take over power so that is the question now it's more complex a bit because they have. an ailing sick