secretary of state mike pompei and chancellor and the knuckles stressed they have the same values but they agree on little else they're wrong is the main cause of friction also coming up the skull cap traditionally won by jewish men is the focus of debate as the number of. incidents in germany rises we meet a man who covers his cap went and then he leaves his home in. a minute it's mckinnon thank you so much for joining us. a european told by the u.s. secretary of state might compare to a strained start when he and german chancellor angela merkel failed to agree on very much a toll and they did agree that they had shed valleys but there was little meeting of minds beyond that policy towards iran is the main cause of friction between the 2 allies. it took mike pompei 0400 days to find time to visit berlin and then officials scheduled only 45 minutes for talks with chancellor angela merkel on trouble spots afghanistan and syria libya and iran. in the world is in great turmoil above all the question of the run and how to prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons the visits what not. no

secretary of state mike pompei o says america is not seeking conflict although the u.s. would respond if its interests were attacked he touched on the issue of talks with russian leaders also coming up. ukrainian women becoming surrogate mothers to make ends meet they are in thousands of euros to carry babies for couples in western europe including from germany. i'm brian thomas a warm welcome to the show u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh has played down the prospects of an immediate conflict with iran tensions between iran and the u.s. have of course attends a fide over the past week with the u.s. sending warships and aircraft to the gulf it also says that iran may be behind the alleged sabotage attacks on shipping in the region upon pale was circumspect of talks in russia after an intensive round of shuttle diplomacy. dorman and mike pompei was on a mission a mission that didn't go quite the way he planned pompei has been on the road for the past week rallying support for washington's iran policy last wednesday he abruptly pulled out of a scheduled meeting with ge

that's despite mike pompei a united states secretary of state saying that venezuela's key generals are already at the negotiating table. remained defiant focus on who even merge victorious in every situation and will continue to emerge victorious in any difficulty that we will face from now on in the upcoming months and years i have no doubt about it. and late into the night so too is why do. media for an even bigger uprising. so where's this headed for someone else i'm joined now by i psec risk over of readers from latin american department good morning isaac opposition leader wonder why don't let's start with him he's calling for more protests today what can we expect in caracas in the rest of it as well you know brian her you way the needs resides today that he has kind of success just today with this big surprise to free leopoldo lopez to call it that is progress but underground after a day it looks like. the separation is fading so he needs resized today he needs to bring a lot of people to the street he has called for the biggest march in history of the country so he needs people

pompei oh the former cia boss has been in london condemning jeremy coleman for opposing washington's plan to overthrow the government of venezuela it's disgusting to see leaders in not only the united kingdom but in the united states as well. who continue to support the murderous dictator dictator my dear oh pump a 0 in london that condemning the odds on favorite to be the next leader of britain as well. it's possibly the next leader of the usa because mike gravel opposed to

that's despite mike pompei a you noted states secretary of state saying that venezuela's key generals are already at the negotiating table. remained defiant ok most of you have a merge victorious in every situation and will continue to emerge victorious in any difficulty that we will face from now on in the upcoming months and years i have no doubt about it. and late into the night so too is why i do calling on social media for an even bigger uprising. all russia is one of the venezuelan government's biggest backers our correspondent emily sherwin joins us now from moscow good morning emily the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei was claiming that venezuelan president nicolas maduro wanted to flee the country and seek exile in cuba but that russia convinced him to remain in the country have we had any response from the kremlin to those clips. well no we haven't had any direct response to those claims but we do know that russia of course is a vocal backer of nicolas maduro they do not recognize as president and they yesterday criticized the violent methods as they said of the oppositio

pompei oh and german just. to have talks shortly thank you very much for the opted from there. now pompous visitor but in comes a day after as i mentioned german chancellor angela merkel delivered the commencement address at harvard university her advice to the graduating class was laced with indirect criticism of dollars. have a listen. tear their own waltz of ignorance and narrow mindedness on that one thing has to stay as it is. it was one of several standing ovations for the german chancellor during hurricane and speech she ended and began in english highly unusual for an american at such a major event. then gets awfully if we step out and embrace new beginnings everything is possible. for the normally cautious pragmatic politician this was a far reaching to do list she spoke of halting global warming eradicating starvation eliminating diseases giving people especially girls access to education and fighting the causes of displacement and forced migration and forced migration that's we can do all of that. th

pompei o the us secretary of state as well as the acting chief of the u.s. central command met with members of congress they briefed members of congress on the situation regarding iran and while that meeting was closed afterwards there were mixed feelings from members of congress who described the meeting our biggest focus at this point is to prevent the running of miscalculation. very much but intentionally or unintentionally we create a situation in which a war will take place this is about deterrence not about war that's been our worry

plays down speculation is heading for war with iran secretary of state mike pompei o says america is not seeking conflict although the u.s. would respond if its interests were attacked. on the issue of talks with russian leaders also coming up. britain's prime minister brings her bracks a plan back from the dead trees and they will put it to lawmakers early next month in a bid to get britain out of europe in time for the summer holiday. and ukrainian women becoming surrogate mothers to make ends meet they earn thousands of euros to carry babies for couples in western europe including from germany. and the competition heats up in the euro vision song contest 10 countries booked their place for saturday's final intel of even israel will go live to israel about the euro vision that's being overshadowed this year by politics. i brought in thomas thanks so much for joining us u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o has been reassuring russia andie you that washington is not heading for a conflict with iran comments coming during his 1st official visit to russia a key backer of tehran now ir

it took mike pompei 0400 days to find time to visit berlin and then officials scheduled only 45 minutes for talks with chancellor angela merkel on trouble spots afghanistan syria libya and iran. the world is in great turmoil above all the question of the round house will prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. nor did pump ayos discussions with germany's foreign minister bring the 2 countries closer together washington has been raising the pressure on iran well european countries struggle to save the nuclear deal iran signed 4 years ago. this is also no secret that we are pursuing different approaches towards that and. why from our point of view instead of europe as a whole preservation of the nuclear deal increases international safety and that's important to us but time is running out iran is threatening to stop complying with parts of the nuclear deal if signatories don't find a way to soften u.s. sanctions iran is primarily dependent on income from the sale of oil washington sanctions have effectively choked off that money supply we will do our best to enforce the american sanc

secretary of state mike pompei o has played down the prospects of an immediate conflict with iran tensions between iran and the u.s. have intends. in the past week with the u.s. sending ships and bombers to the gulf region also said that iran may be behind the lead sabotage attacks on shipping in the region pompei i was circumspect of talks in russia after an intensive round of shuttle diplomacy dorman and mike pompei is on a mission a mission that didn't go quite the way he planned pompei it has been on the road for the past week rallying support for washington's iran policy last wednesday he abruptly pulled out of a scheduled meeting with germany's chancellor angela merkel instead he met iraqi leaders and warned them that iran's threat to american interests in the region was growing he then postponed a trip to russia to share iran intelligence with european leaders in brussels but they didn't offer him that backing. opinion inside the states of the european site this fall determination to do all we can as i said with all instruments to implement it for our part of the nuclear agreement a

secretary of state mike pompei a one german chancellor angela merkel could agree on very little except their shared values on trade security and iran are germany and the u.s. postwar allies and partners drifting ever further apart. thanks to the united states is and continues to be the most important partner for germany outside of europe germany is a great important partner an ally of the united states and its artists we agree that we have to prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons so it's no secret that we have differences with regards to the right approach to pursue and we will do our best to enforce the american sanctions regime that is would have been put in place . also coming up on the day smoking is bad for you but what about vaporing on world no tobacco day we look at a popular alternative to regular cigarettes and find out just how good an alternative it really is we know from animal and soul experiments that the paper causes inflammation in cells and when does this suggests that in addition to inflammation it could result in a long term damage such as cancer. we start wit

secretary of state mike pompei o has arrived in brussels for talks about iran e.u. leaders are insisting that the 2050 nuclear accord is the best way to stabilize the region over the u.s. wants to isolate tehran by tightening sanctions on its oil exports. sweden has reopened a rape investigation against julian assange and is seeking his extradition from the u.k. the wiki leaks founder was arrested last month at the ecuadorian embassy in london where he spent 7 years after jumping bail he denies the swedish rape allegations from one years ago the u.s. also wants to extradite our songs over we can leak for release of thousands of classified documents to a palestinian activist who faces a possible threat from saudi arabia says he's being targeted because he exposed details about the crown prince. after the death of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi mohammed bin sandman shifted his focus towards arab activists opposing him he says his work with the washington post and jeff bezos triggered more hostility from saudi arabia. the polls have closed in the philippines for

secretary of state mike pompei or and other senior aides may use a new poll allowing the president to approve the sale without the approval of congress. or saudi crown prince mohammed bin salam has met the deputy head of saddam's transitional military council who's visiting saudi arabia to discuss co. operation between the 2 countries meanwhile a sit in continues near the military headquarters in khartoum. they're demanding a transition to a civilian government the opposition alliance says the military is insisting on directing the transitional and having a majority on the council but the us it's not enough we're marching through our voices can be heard and to calm the sudanese people that we are all on strike no matter what the circumstances we started a strong revolution and will continue with the same struggle our demands under the establishment of a civil state. this march which is organized by the sudanese professionals association with so we could all participate and stress that we will go on a political strike and civil disobedience to support the position held by the sudanese

secretary of state mike pompei o said migiro was persuaded to stay by russia which has vast sums of money tied up in oil rich venezuela pompei was claimed just propaganda according to major. in the town of get your lokpal kayo said in the afternoon that i. had a plane to flee to cuba. and the russians got me off the plane and forbade me from leaving the country. so far. mr pompei oh what a lack of sincerity. and so the day ended as it started around it by his generals still in power. again taking to social media to call for more street protests on wednesday. let's get some analysis on this story now is that you have to start if he is a political science professor here in berlin and an expert on venezuela he joins us here in our studio and and we sure when is our correspondent in moscow she's been looking into russia's support of the mother government for us good to have you both if they can let's start with you why though and his supporters we saw those dramatic scenes on the street they were trying to seize the moment and also perhaps the element of surprise to carry out this final phase

officials such as mike pompei i have tried to make the case of credible evidence to european officials. it's been met with increasing skepticism exactly rick no act europeans definitely pushing back on this point even a british general saying yesterday he doesn't buy the evidence he's seeing and that is quite remarkable as as you know britain is part of the 5 eyes alliance partnership and and clearly a dispute over evidence the u.s. claims could potentially justify military strikes and potentially a war with iran and the u.s. and the u.k. official denying that that is quite striking and i think that is not going to help the u.s. make its point here and in europe especially but also in other countries meanwhile shown archaea iran is saying that it will no longer comply with the limits on production of an in rich to radio that were part of that nuclear agreement that the u.s. and the 5 permanent members of the security council together with germany all signed up to so what exactly does that mean how quickly can iran rev up its nuclear program are we now in imminent danger of seeing it es

secretary of state mike pompei 0 has been reassuring russia and the e.u. that washington is not heading for a conflict with iran as comments came during his 1st official visit to russia a key backer of to iran iran has blamed the current crisis in the gulf region on washington's decision to pull out of the iran nuclear deal. dorman and mike pompei was on a mission a mission that didn't go quite the way he planned pompei has been on the road for the past week rallying support for washington's iran policy last wednesday he abruptly pulled out of a scheduled meeting with germany's chancellor angela merkel instead he met iraqi leaders and warned them that iran's threat to american interests in the region was growing he then postponed a trip to russia to share iran intelligence with european leaders in brussels but they didn't offer him that backing. the european union side on the understates of the european union site that's full determination to do all we can as i said with all instruments to implement it for our part of the nuclear agreement as long as it ma

counterpart from mike pompei or grappled with the crisis in venezuela with the follow up talks expected in russia's sochi in 2 days. plus iran partially suspend the $2015.00 nuclear agreement and gives the signatories to it 60 days to shield the country from u.s. sanctions that as washington reiterate its threat to hit companies working with iran with financial penalties. and russia marks the 74th anniversary of the capitulation of nazi germany with military parades and ceremonies we'll bring you some of the highlights from thursday's commemorations. if you're watching the weekly here on our team a recap of the biggest stories from the past 7 days thanks for joining us this hour . russia is mourning the 41 people killed in last sunday's plane tragedy at moscow's sheremetyevo airport the passenger jet was engulfed in flames while making an emergency landing. to get on. the plane took off at 6 pm local time and was bound for the northwestern russian city of more months just under 20 minutes later the pilots alerted air traffic control they were returning to share much of a witness is late

pompei o had this to say about moscow. last month i visited colombia and saw firsthand the misery the murderers created with the russians and cubans help these same scenes of desperation are playing out all across venezuela they must and the time for transition is now. gabriel is on there with us now from washington d.c. so which is it really is it the secretary of state's view is that the president's view or is it maybe somewhere in between. you know it's probably somewhere in between but these missing mixed messages are certainly not giving any sort of clarity on u.s. policy towards venezuela particularly when it comes to russia's involvement there you know and one hand you have the president united states who just last week said that during a phone call with that amir putin putin told the president the u.s. that russia had no intention of getting involved in in venezuela and trump seemed to accept that at face value nevertheless you have here mike pompei o the secretary of state saying just the opposite that venezuela i

officials such as mike pompei i have tried to make the case of credible evidence to european officials. it's been met with increasing skepticism exactly rick no act europeans definitely pushing back on this point even a british general saying yesterday he doesn't buy the evidence he's seeing and that is quite remarkable as as you know britain is part of the 5 eyes alliance partnership and and clearly a dispute over evidence the u.s. claims could potentially justify military strikes and potentially a war with iran and the u.s. the u.k. official denying that that is quite striking and i think that is not going to help the u.s. make its point here in europe especially but also in other countries meanwhile shown archaea iran is saying that it will no longer comply with the limits on production of a rich to radio that were part of that nuclear agreement that the u.s. and the 5 permanent members of the security council together with germany all signed up to so what exactly does that mean how quickly can iran rev up its nuclear program are we now in imminent danger of seeing it essentially re

it took mike pompei 0400 days to find time to visit berlin and then officials scheduled only 45 minutes for talks with chancellor angela merkel on trouble spots afghanistan syria libya and iran even the well it is in great turmoil above all the question of the round house will prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons visits were not told. nor did pump ayos discussions with germany's foreign minister bring the 2 countries closer together washington has been raising the pressure on iran well european countries struggle to save the nuclear deal iran signed 4 years ago this this is also no secret that we are pursuing different approaches towards that. at the rate at why from our point of view and that of europe as a whole preservation of the nuclear deal increases international safety and that's important to us but time is running out iran is threatening to stop complying with parts of the nuclear deal if signatories don't find a way to soften us sanctions iran is primarily dependent on income from the sale of oil washington sanctions have effectively choked off that money supply we will

secretary of state's visit came as a surprise mike pompei you turned up in brussels with the message that if europeans were discussing iran he should be there too even if he wasn't invited. but what he heard from his counterparts was mostly criticism the risk of war in the gulf has escalated since the u.s. pulled out of the iran nuclear deal a year ago. is it's probably an issue that's in europe we are united in our view that this deal is vital to our security no one wants iran to be in possession of nuclear weapons that's the goal of this accord and that's what we had achieved so far therefore we will stand united for this agreement to be implemented because it's. after donald trump withdrew from the deal last may he reintroduced harsh sanctions against iran and most recently he sent warships to the gulf iran followed suit last week by abandoning part of the deal. a puzzling incident in the gulf of oman is an indicator of rising tension in the region. the united arab emirates says this oil tanker with one of 4 commercial vessels attacked and significantly damaged near the port of fo

pompei oh so that u.s. flag went down the chinese flag went up germany of course being more open for a dialogue with china with the u.s. currently being held in a potential standoff that could lead to a much feared trade war so both sides under mccall said the u.s. secretary pompei or and himself wanted to approach those issues in a spirit of partnership they keep stressing common values but they certainly don't have a common line on those key issues right now the short term the chance for thanks very much for that for now michel. well the u.s. secretary of state has also been talking about trade with his german host centering especially on the 5 g. network provider wall way as we've heard there devious clifford tune in from the business desk has more on that clifford good morning to you today rather the u.s. is adamant that china's walk away products are a threat to its national security it's threatening consequences or any other countries including its partners or do business with while way is germany wil

when you will produce needs or alaska mike pompei you know how the u.s. is going to deal with a crisis that was made by washington's unilateral decisions on iran has the right to quietly suspend the implementation of the nuclear deal is not a part of their commitments or your business at least analysts cover a f a r c r b believes the iran nuclear deal can still be rest and. iran has given 60 days to europe to clean up its act and live up to its commitments and we are now . starting to see a renewed effort on the part of europe to do exactly that and hopefully the meeting . as a fresh reminder to america as the course of policy toward europe is failing and europe is determined to salvage the deal just as russia and china are so i'm cautiously optimistic about the lives span of g.c. . ability of the other signatories to join forces and preserve the deal in the interest of regional and global peace and americans need to make a u.-turn on the erroneous policy come back to the table negotiated with. wall street has suffered the biggest selloff since the start

secretary of state mike pompei o is reportedly making a surprise stopover in brussels to discuss iran with the ministers. and our correspondent teri schultz is in brussels covering the story for us hi terry good to see you so my comp aoe is set for talks in brussels today what can we expect. well it's not so sure yet sumi that he set for talks he's definitely set to arrive here within the next hour or so but he was warned in advance by you side that they had a very busy schedule today and they didn't know when they'd be able to make time to speak with them that said i believe they will make time if he's if he's come all the way here and put off some other meetings to talk about iran which as you've just been discussing has become even more of attention spot both transatlantic lee and in the region itself so we would expect that secretary pompei or wants to speak with federico used foreign policy chief and the mediator of the iran nuclear deal as well as with representatives of britain france and germany the other signatories to the deal military as we mentioned earlier the pressure is

counterpart mike pompei you meet in finland where they're expected to discuss venezuela as the crisis in caracas simmers on some in washington as high up as in congress or pointing the finger at america accusing it of increasing the heat artie's month last year for. the schism over venezuela isn't just international it's domestic too in the u.s. from the regime change activists who are guarding the venezuelan embassy to congresspersons democrats. committed an unforgivable sin she spoke speakable a lot of the policies that we have put in place has helped lead the devastation in venezuela particular bullying and the use of sanctions to eventually into and. make change really does not help the people of countries like venezuela there are some things you just don't do like blame america anything for her troubles with the vice president and the secretary of state called basically an idiot for a member of congress who frankly one who sits on an important national security committee to make a statement blaming america first of this way it's not only ignorant it's disgusting congresswoman doe

mike pompei who turned up in brussels with the message that if europeans are discussing iran he should be there too even if he wasn't invited but what he heard from his e.u. counterparts was mostly criticism the risk of war in the gulf has escalated since the u.s. pulled out of the iran nuclear deal a year ago i heard very clearly today from from the house from myself but also from the other ministers of the states that. we are living in a crucial moment where. the most relevant. after she takes the most responsible attitude to take. should be. restrained. but with iran restraint has not been donald trump strongpoint after withdrawing from the nuclear deal he reintroduced harsh sanctions against iran even sent warships to the gulf then iran followed suit by abandoning part of the deal a puzzling incident in the gulf of oman is an indicator of rising tension in the region the united arab emirates says this oil tanker was one of 4 commercial vessels attacked and significantly damaged near the port of food on sunday emirates officials have not described the nature of the attack nor have t

secretary of state mike pompei when german chancellor angela merkel could agree on very little except their shared values on trade security and iran are germany and the u.s. postwar allies and partners drifting ever further apart. i think the united states is and continues to be the most important partner for germany outside of europe germany is a great important partner an ally of the united states with us i think we agree that we have to prevent iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. so it's no secret that we have differences with regard to the right approach to the sun we will do our best to enforce the american sanctions regime that is what it's been put in place. also coming up on the day smoking is bad for you but what about vaporing on world no tobacco day we look at a popular alternative to regular cigarettes and find out just how good an alternative it really is. we know from animal and soul experiments that the vapor causes inflammation in cells. well does this suggests that in addition to inflammation it could result in long term damage such as cancer. if we start with the u

that's despite mike pompei oh you noted states secretary of state saying that venezuela's key generals already at the negotiating table. remained defiant ok most of you have a merge victorious in every situation and will continue to emerge victorious in any difficulty that we will face from now on in the upcoming months and years i have no doubt about it. and late into the night so too is why do calling on social media for an even bigger uprising. and in exclusive interview with wong why though did you asked him how he justified his call for an uprising against the government of venezuela. it's clear that they are the ones who have usurped government powers they have carried on a continuous coup since two thousand and eighteen they have disregarded the rule of law they have discarded the constitution they failed to hold free and fair elections and they seized power today the armed forces have taken an important step by siding with the people our process and we've always said this is peaceful and nonviolent and we are not going to change that the ones who have caused violence through th

pompei oh so that u.s. flag went down the chinese flag went up germany of course being more open for dialogue with china with the u.s. currently being able in a potential standoff that could lead to a much feared trade war so both sides going back all said the u.s. secretary of pompei or and herself wanted to approach those issues in a spirit of partnership they keep stressing common values but they certainly don't have a common line on those key issues right now the short term the chance for thanks very much for that for now michel. well as the u.s. secretary of state left the chinese flag went right up the talks with both of them having to do with war perhaps centering on the 5 g. network provider wall way clifford couldn't for the business desk is here to talk about that high clifford what about the timing of these 2 visits mike goes and the chinese vice president arrives yeah well it's has to be significant doesn't it it's just the fact that you know there's no coincidence is all roads seem to lead to t

mike pompei oh turned up in brussels with the message that if europeans are discussing iran he should be there too even if he wasn't invited but what he heard from his e.u. counterparts was mostly criticism the risk of war in the gulf has escalated since the u.s. pulled out of the iran nuclear deal a year ago i heard. today from from the us from myself but also from the other ministers of the states that. we are living in a crucial moment where. the most relevant. to take the most responsible attitude to take. should be. restraint. but with iran restraint has not been donald trump strongpoint after withdrawing from the nuclear deal he reintroduced harsh sanctions against iran even sent warships to the gulf then iran followed suit by abandoning part of the deal a puzzling incident in the gulf of oman is an indicator of rising tension in the region the united arab emirates says this oil tanker was one of 4 commercial vessels attacked and significantly damaged near the port of food on sunday emirates officials have not described the nature of the attack nor have they said who is responsi

officials such as mike pompei i have tried to make the case of credible evidence to european officials. it's been met with increasing skepticism exactly rick no act europeans definitely pushing back on this point even a british general saying yesterday he doesn't buy the evidence he's he's seeing and that is quite remarkable as as you know britain is part of the 5 eyes alliance partnership and and clearly a dispute over evidence the u.s. claims could potentially justify military strikes and potentially a war with iran and the u.s. and the u.k. official denying that that is quite striking and i think that is not going to help the u.s. make its point here in europe especially but also in other countries meanwhile shown archaea iran is saying that it will no longer comply with the limits on production of an in rich to radio that were part of that nuclear agreement that the u.s. and the 5 permanent members of the security council together with germany all signed up to so what exactly does that mean how quickly can iran rev up its nuclear program are we now in imminent danger of seeing it e

secretary of state mike pompei o has met with his russian counterpart sergey lavrov and president vladimir putin in sochi despite recent tensions and disagreement on key issues discussed in their meetings all expressed a desire to restore the bad relations between the 2 countries. muslim mobs in sri lanka have killed one person and attack mosques and muslim owned businesses the government has extended a curfew to a 2nd night hoping to contain the violence.

us secretary of state mike pompei o has met with his russian counterpart sergey lavrov and president vladimir putin in sochi despite recent tensions and disagreement on key issues discussed in their meetings all expressed a desire to restore the battered relations between the 2 countries.

not to escalate tensions with iran and secretary of state mike pompei it crushes their meeting. attacks on mosques and shops owned by muslims leads to a new nationwide curfew and social media in sri lanka. palo so we begin in sudan where former president omar al bashir has been charged with crimes relating to the killing of protesters during the un rice which led to his ousting by the military just over a month ago it comes to security forces in the capital khartoum a facing new allegations of using excessive force this time against protesters in the north of the city talks are ongoing between the opposition coalition and the minute trade the 2 sides they are deadlocked over how to proceed with the transition to civilian rule following the military takeover on april the 11th and a serious of a morgan is live for us in khartoum and hippa 1st of all tell us more about those charges against russia. well felicity this afternoon the state prosecutor the state's attorney and downs that the former president ahmed bashir will be charged with incitement to killing protesters who particip

secretary of state mike pompei o has made a surprise visit to brussels where e.u. officials have been trying to salvage a nuclear deal with iran washington wants the block to withdraw from the 2015 accord the e.u. is top diplomat federica moca rini called on the u.s. and iran to exercise maximum restraint and avoid any military escalation. saudi arabia claims 2 of its oil tankers were among vessels had by in the lead.

secretary of state mike pompei o. and russian foreign minister sergey lavrov meeting at the black sea resort of sochi and say they committed to improving u.s. russia relations travel to salt you from brussels where he met with several e.u. foreign ministers and officials on monday to discuss the iran nuclear deal. so the head of al-jazeera china hits back and the markets react we'll have the latest on the escalating trade war with the u.s. those considered to be at the bottom of india's social hierarchy turn to politics to be. hello there it really is looking quite wet over parts of china over the next day or say for a look at the satellite picture we can see the cloud here is it's pulling itself together as it works its way towards the east so shanghai seeing some wet weather already and there's plenty more still to come in fact the rain just to the west is looking even heavier through the end we province through parts of who bay and head now and that's where we're expecting some of the west of the weather the whole

pompei i was in russia for high level talks including with russian president vladimir putin. among the issues up for discussion in russian meddling in the us elections and pompei 0 warning against any interference in the 2020 presidential vote which. you're watching news coming up next you know you business with stephen beardsley stating for that he'll be right that. i'm scared that. that's hot and in the end it's the me you are not allowed to stay here and we will send you that. are you familiar with this. new smugglers went by and said. what's your story ready ready. i mean when i was a women especially in victims of violence.

it took mike pompei 0400 days to find time to visit berlin and then officials scheduled only 45 minutes for talks with chancellor angela merkel on trouble spots afghanistan syria libya and iran. it is in great turmoil above all the question of the round house will prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. nor did pump ayos discussions with germany's foreign minister bring the 2 countries closer together washington has been raising the pressure on iran well european countries struggle to save the nuclear deal iran signed 4 years ago this this is also no secret that we are pursuing different approaches towards that. at the rate at why from our point of view in europe as a whole preservation of the nuclear deal increases international safety and that's important to us but time is running out iran is threatening to stop complying with parts of the nuclear deal if signatories don't find a way to soften u.s. sanctions iran is primarily dependent on income from the sale of oil washington sanctions have effectively choked off that money supply we will do our best to enforce the american sanc

secretary of state mike pompei and chancellor i know the magical stress they have the same values but they agree on little else iran is the main cause the french. also coming up the skullcaps additionally one by jewish men is the focus of debates as the number of. incidents in germany rises we meet a man who covers his cock up whenever he leaves his home.

that's despite mike pompei a united states secretary of state saying that venezuela's key generals are already at the negotiating table.

secretary of state mike pompei all made a last minute visit to brussels to meet with his british french and german counterparts they are still signatories to the iran nuclear deal which the u.s. pulled out of one year ago much to the chagrin of its allies. we continue to fully support the nuclear deal with it on its full implementation the u.s. withdrawal from the deal has drawn criticism from the e.u. china and russia the deal was designed to keep iran from acquiring nuclear weapons in return iran would see sanctions lifted now the iranian government has said it will suspend some of its commitments to the deal tehran has so far not been willing to meet with the u.s. on monday afternoon pompeo met with german foreign minister heiko mass just. as we have a different understanding at the new could a deal to chair the same goal of keeping iran from getting nuclear weapons. and we need to address the new role of iran in the region. at the moment i don't see any better or other suggestions for a better deal i think it's wise to stick to the one we have in the. us 101st. a deal he hopes will

pompei would describe the release as unexplainable and unconscionable. north of the much loved children's book the tiger who came to take a has died over an illustrated youth cast 95 in the throne in berlin she fled nazi germany with her family and wrote about her experiences in her novel in hitler's stone from. over the next 4 days 400000000 people will have the opportunity to vote in elections for the european parliament the netherlands open the voting today 1st dutch voters heading to the ballot boxes at midnight voting comes a support he's searching for populist and nationalists who want to rein in the european union's powers so she is also under way in the u.k. on more than half the country didn't want to participate in the 1st place and the politicians are still and govt in political turmoil over brags that its prime minister theresa may is once again fighting to keep her job i d w our correspondent barbara faisal is at a polling station in london are welcome barbara what's the mood there how do people feel about these elections happening atoll giv

secretary of state mike pompei a came to iraq on an on schedule visit on tuesday because of what he said were specific threats to americans in iraq the statement was directed towards what the u.s. calls iran's proxy forces officially there are around sixty thousand iraqi fighters with pro iran armed groups in iraq known as a popular mobilization forces ohashi the xabi they were highly effective in the battle against eisel in iraq and syria and were formally incorporated into iraq military and security apparatus in two thousand and sixteen on wednesday evening one has shit a shabby commander in diyala province said any attack by the u.s. on iran would be met with attacks on u.s. interests in iraq. and he walk on the i think all the has to shabby is considered part of the military establishment and there are still armed groups that are difficult to control and the government suffers because these groups have so many weapons that there are around five thousand two hundred u.s. service men and women in iraq president trump said in february u.s. forces should stay in iraq to keep an eye on ir

pompei or the secretary of state saying the trade issues are not linked he accuses the chinese company of lying about its ties to beijing financial markets were fairly muted friday investors torn between fears of a more protracted trade dispute and hopes the world's 2 largest economies would reach a deal soon it's a trade dispute that's playing out on many fronts including in rural america flanked by a group trump described as being with him from the beginning the president announced this concession to u.s. farmers so today i'm announcing that i have directed secretary perdue to provide $16000000000.00. america and ranchers are all comes from china also in the firing line in this conflict chinese tech equipment giant huawei this week washington's decision to place the company on a trade blacklist made the headlines the move means major u.s. companies including google will no longer be allowed to work with the firm but the u.s. directing its i are in so many directions trade experts say there is only one possibility for a resolution at the moment those 2 bullets flying in all directions

pompei of described the release as unexplainable and unconscionable. in rome a man has made a dramatic escape from a fire by climbing out of a window and clinging on to one ledge was forced 1st pitch to the flames engulfing his building before firefighters rescued him walked away without injury. will go north of the much loved children's book the tiger who came to take a has died over and illustrates a cat was 95 born in berlin she fled nazi germany with her family and wrote about her experiences in her novel when hitler stole pink rabbit. and over the next 4 days 400000000 people will have the opportunity to vote in elections for the european parliament the netherlands open the voting today of the 1st dutch voters headed to the ballot boxes at midnight comes and i suppose he's searching for this and nationalist who wants to reign in the been. voting is also underway in the u.k. although more than half the country didn't want to participate in the 1st place and the politicians are still and go to political turmoil open bracks it's his prime minister th

united states wants russia no magic in the 2025 presidential election secretary of state of mike pompei of delivers the message during a sit down with his russian counterpart saying any interference for the bric nations between the 2 countries were. a listers descend on tap. gets underway opening of the movie showcases a zombie film got on house favorite. by bill maher. i'm from gail welcome to the program 5 protesters on the major have been shot dead in sudan's capital khartoum this was just hours after protest leaders reached agreements with the ruling generals to transition to a new elected government processes have been demanding a civilian that transition and they've kept up pressure since the uprising that led to the removal of longtime president bashir. security forces chase a protested down the street in sudan's capital khartoum they whip him and beat him before he appears to run away. across the city protesters have been blocking roads as they try to increase pressure on the ruling generals to step down. a military council took over last month after veteran president omar al ba

secretary of state mike pompei all sort of snubbed the german chancellor macko who wanted to talk to him about you know how to create. positive trade relations but pale canceled the visit to travel to iraq and said you know that's not the sort of stuff to really create confidence among investors at least not here in europe. konrad stay with us we have to talk about siemens of course the industrial giant saying that it will spin off its gas and power divisions in an i.p.o. next year the former core division which employs forty four thousand workers has come under increasing pressure in recent years as many countries move to renewable energy like wind and solar power the gas and power unit generated only three hundred seventy seven million euros profit last year making it seem least lucrative division the company plans to focus on digital industries and smart infrastructure as well as its health and ability units. and let's go back to conrad for current what should we make of this announcement of the carve out i guess of this division . well you know cell producing and selling turbines

president so a lot of contentious issues we have mike pompei who the u.s. secretary of state arriving here tomorrow and those students there will of course be hoping that i'm going to makkah will give them a highly political speech and i totally agree with alexander that i mean this is simply not going to happen this is not going to be the forum where she comes up with comes out with something very contentious it's a it's a democrat stronghold where she's speaking and i think it's also an interesting factoid that the couple of minutes before she's due to speak here u.s. president donald trump actually held a commencement speech but the u.s. air force academy in colorado and i think that's pretty much set the scene of the 2 different very different approaches in 2 different outlooks the 2 have on the wall but what i would expect though is hard to stress once again as she has over the past couple of months wherever she spoke how important a rules based international order is how important compromises and gets the odd an extent out of her personal life but she

has been stepping up its anti iran rhetoric secretary of state mike pompei oh made an impromptu visit to iraq this week accusing iran of posing a threat to u.s. soldiers in the country just days ago the u.s. deployed a carrier to the persian gulf the trumpet ministration policy is to exert maximum pressure on iran and their sanctions are hitting hard iran's oil exports are down and their currency has taken a dive things are getting tight for tehran. so where does this leave the iranian nuclear deal we'll get the view from brussels that's where our correspondent terry souls is joining us tonight good evening to you terry we know that the european union has spent the past year trying to rescue your radio nuclear deal why has it for when so short. well it has rescued the iranian nuclear deal the deal is not dead despite the united states pulling out in the united states wanting very forcefully for that deal to be defunct so it defies some people's odds even that the deal still exists but what has happened is that the u.s. has put so much pressure on the other signatories on european unio

secretary of state insult cheat on tuesday earlier mike pompei was told russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov the u.s. does not want a war with iran but would respond if its interests were attacked. we spoke a bit about the activities that are taking place in the middle east today with particular focus on the actions that iran is taking i made clear that the united states will continue to apply pressure to the regime in tehran until its leadership is prepared to return to the ranks of responsible nations that do not threaten their neighbors or spread in the stability or terror. saudi arabia's state owned energy company around stopped pumping oil through a major pipeline after a drone attack the government says 2 stations were targeted on the east west pipeline hoofy rebels in yemen say they launched the strikes to warn the kingdom to stop its aggression those are your headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera rewind pencils and bullets and of course there's always our website.