Bari has more from the iranian capital. Irans foreign minister Mohammad Javad zarif is the 1st official to comment on the latest developments out of london the foreign minister tweeted that the may government seizure of iranian oil at behest of the us is piracy pure and simple i congratulate my former counterpart Boris Johnson becoming u. K. s Prime Minister iran does not seek confrontation we have 1500 miles of persian gulf coast line these are our waters and we will protect them his sentiments are shared by other high ranking officials in iran weve heard from the 1st Vice President who also said that the suggestion of a Coalition Force to patrol the waters of the strait of hormuz and guarded the ships that pass through it is absolutely not necessary and that iran is capable of providing security to the ships in the strait of hormuz and it is up to iran and the regional countries to ensure the safety of their waters meanwhile weve understood that there has been the extraordinary meeting called in vienna for sunday july 28th between the remaining signatories of the j c p oh wait thats a 2015 uclear agreement the iranians will want to discuss the lack of commitment to the Nuclear Agreement by the remaining signatories mainly the european ones thats britain france and germany on tuesday the iranian president has this bachelor that heating foreign minister. With a letter for french president. She will deliver this letter to the president in paris we understand that this is really the last ditch effort to try and salvage what is left of this 2015 nuclear deal because iran is insisting that it will continue to scale back its commitments every 60 days until it sees some tangible results on what the europeans have been promising under this deal. Now south korea is claiming russian officials have privately expressed regret for flying into south korean air space on tuesday russia and china carried out their 1st joint patrol south korea says the planes crossed into its territory and the military fired warning shots in response japans government also raised complaints while chinas Defense Ministry maintains that the aircraft did not enter the territorial airspace of any other country it made the announcement during the unveiling of its Strategic Priorities while south korea later summoned a senior russian diplomat over the incident. The reason why we summoned the Russian Deputy chief of mission without prior notice is to lodge a stern protest on russian aircraft entering the korean air Defense Identification Zone and violation of our airspace and strongly urge them to prevent a reoccurrence while we have reaction from across the region in a moment well speak to wayne hay in beijing but 1st robert bride in seoul rob what assurances has south korea gotten from russia over this incident. Thats right the stars or the South Koreans the president ial office has released details of this meeting that was held tuesday after the incident happened i think out of concern that in the less they released details the russians werent going to say what was said in this meeting and it does seem to contradict the initial statements from the russian Defense Ministry made publicly accusing the south korean pilots of flying dangerous maneuvers as you mentioned there hundreds of machine gun rounds bursts of machine gun fire were fired as a warning to this russian intruder there were 2 separate incursions the 1st time an encounter like this has happened but according to the south korean government the russian Defense Ministry official here in seoul expressed deep regret on the part of russia seeming to accept that this plane was in the wrong place blaming it apparently on some sort of mechanical malfunction that led to this we dont know whether that means navigational equipment but promising that russia will conduct a full investigation into this and interestingly asking this South Koreans for help the South Koreans are being asked to provide the exact coordinates and the exact timings of this incursion which is slightly disconcerting that the russians seem to be asking the South Koreans to tell them exactly where their plane was in the stands in india is rather pride there cross a list of elements and sell well now lets go to beijing where wayne head joins us live when what our officials there saying about all of this this joint effort with russia. Well we hadnt heard anything from the Chinese Government any response on tuesday when this alleged incident took place with these fighter jets violating the airspace of south korea but as you mentioned they have just unveiled their socalled white paper on defense another white paper on defense charting the way forward there was a Media Conference after they announced details of the document about chinas military and a question was asked about the incident that took place on tuesday and the Defense Ministry here in beijing said that they strictly observed international more referring to the alleged incident of the jets violating south korean airspace saying that the exercises with russia do not target any 3rd party and that the joint exercises will continue remembering that this was the 1st joint patrol conducted by the chinese and Russian Air Forces and this ties into the overall theme of this white paper thats been released with the chinese saying that they are goals for the military not aggressive that they have peaceful intentions and that their goals around the world for the Defense Forces are really about guarding against their National Interests and their sovereignty and they do not seek expansion but of course incidents like this will be raising concern. That those words are not true from the chinese Defense Ministry and any sort of miscalculation like we saw unfold on tuesday could lead to something more serious and when with the release of this defense white paper and officials also talking more broadly about tensions in the region. Yes well there are a number of flashpoints at the moment again they are saying that their intentions are not about being aggressive they dont seek help germany or expansion they are just trying to defend their sovereignty one of those flashpoints of course is in the South China Sea right now we see a standoff of sorts between the chinese and the vietnamese of course china claims almost all of the South China Sea but there are territorial disputes in or involving vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries in releasing this white paper i think it was inevitable that there would be some discussion in there some mention of taiwan china views taiwan as a breakaway province that one day or will retake with force if necessary and we saw recently another arms sale from the United States to taiwan more than 2000000000. 00 worth of military equipment it was condemned at the time of course by beijing and they mentioned it in the white paper specifically saying the United States is undermining global strategic stability by making that arms sale specifically to taiwan so again it is about according to the chinese that about protecting sovereignty so when you mentioned sovereignty it was of course always going to talk about taiwan specifically when theyre with a view from beijing thank you elaine. Well still ahead on aljazeera a day that much of washington has been waiting for a preview of the congressional testimony by former special Counsel Robert Mueller due in the coming hours. And why cutting taxes to create jobs in greece is more complicated than it seems. Hello its getting hotter again in both iran and iraq the tension turnarounds could be 40 or 41 of the next day or so its not much different or way trustor afghanistan or dance the south coast hotter still when you drop down to the plains baghdads 47 probably 48 or 40 down in. Beirut about 30 always could of course near the coast itll really change the next day or so maybe a slow rise in temperature we saw 50 in this part of iran down there the border with kuwait well ticky was iraq and it could be repeated but in c. 51 but slight direction change in the wind means this city it in doha should give you a hint its become more humid is going to stay that way for a little while yet particular suspect proton together friday more expected high humidity along the south coast on the coast of oman particular. The sheriff is in daily cloudy and drizzly but sometimes occurs further north as well chartreuse possible in yemen up in the mountains a rarity rosin common. Receipts are pretty windy stormy an unpleasant weather across western cape recently was only 14 degrees in cape town on wednesday that looks largely dry the wind is a little bit on thursday the temperature doesnt change. The weather sponsored by cattle in ways. I have been looking at you know. Instagram account any reading takes into the atmosphere behind the scenes this is a dialogue when donald trump announce his candidacy for president after them everyone has a boyce. Since the democrats have to be gone the trick is to nominate an exciting inspirational kalish mother nominee joining the global conversation on your thoughts your twitter. On down to 0. And over again. Remind her of our top stories this hour. Johnson has won the race to lead the u. K. s governing conservative party and will become Prime Minister on wednesday johnson has also pledged to take the u. K. Ouster of the e. U. By the end of october. South korea is claiming russian officials have privately expressed regret for flying into south korean airspace on tuesday russia and china carried out their fast joint patrol south korea says the planes crossed into its territory the military fired warning shots in response. Denmark and the netherlands and france have backed persons proposal for a european led Naval Mission to ensure safe shipping through the straits of hormuz thats where iran seized a u. K. Flagged oil tanker on friday. Now former u. S. Special counsel Robert Muller will go before congress on wednesday i have a his investigation into russian interference in the 2016 president ial election democrats id like to use a push on whether the president obstructed justice during the investigation she had her time she has more from washington d. C. For almost 2 years some opponents of President Trump reached a frenzy as they speculated about what special counsel Robert Muller might uncover as he investigated allegations of khushwant between the Trump Campaign and russia during the 2016 election in the end they were disappointed there was insufficient evidence to charge a broader conspiracy nonetheless its expected the democrats will concentrate on the repeated contacts between russian nationals and members of the Trump Campaign in the 2nd of wednesdays hearings before the House Intelligence Committee as well as allegations of russian interference in the election democrats are expected to focus on whether donald trump obstructed the investigation itself in the 1st hearing before the House Judiciary Committee specifically whether dole truck would have been indicted how do you not been president has cited department of justice guidelines in explaining why the president wasnt charged with obstruction under Longstanding Department policy a president president cannot be charged with a federal crime while he is in office. That is unconstitutional but mother was also careful to say that if he had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime he would have said sorry for some democrats there is there is an opportunity to attempt to mobilize Public Opinion to support at the very least the opening of an impeachment investigation currently the polls dont suggest fervent support among the public and no appetite among the House Democratic leadership theyre trying to make the report come to life many people didnt take the time to read a 450 page dr prosecute q tauriel report and this is something that you know will illustrate what is actually in it and we know that last time when he was when he gave a statement a Public Statement you know Public Opinion started to shift a little bit the key question is in the report of the constitution requires a process other than the criminal Justice System to accuse a president of wrongdoing so does he mean congressional impeachment republicans are likely to focus on what they allege is the bias that led to a one sided investigation in the 1st place they will also attempt to present mothers testimony as the definitive conclusion of the whole episode but frankly miller has made clear that if he can help it he will not give either side what they are looking for and the report is my testimony i would not provide information beyond that which is already public in any appearance before congress she had her town see al jazeera washington. Has been sworn in as the new u. S. Secretary of defense and the longest period the pentagon has been without a permanent top official he replaces james masses who quit last year over policy disagreements with President Donald Trump the 55 year old has had a long career in the military and served as only secretary since 2017. Mr president it is a privilege for me and for my family to be here with you today thank you for your leadership and for your commitment to a Strong National defense and to all of our Service Members our military has made tremendous gains in recent years thanks to your leadership and we stand ready today to take on any challenge well u. S. Middle east envoy jason green that has been involved in a Heated Exchange at the United Nations he defended israels decision to demolish some palestinian homes and the occupied west bank 16 residential blocks and what the out hamas close to the separation wall have been destroyed james bays has more from the u. N. Well weve seen an angry splash spot between the u. S. Special representative whos working with jared cushion or on the trumpet ministrations peace plan and european envoys at the Security Council all of the e. U. Members came out and read out a statement condemning the demolition of palestinian homes but the strongest criticism came from the german ambassador that is off to jason greenlighted said that the International Consensus was out of date