You rightly pointed to earlier on in your introduction the u. S. Department of justice tried to the last minute to get the detention order extended that did not work the court threw it out it said it was far too have the procedure been followed it wasnt within his jurisdiction now we have clarification because the government of gibraltar issued a statement on sunday saying it would not permit any further detention of this ship simply because i dont want to oversimplify it but the basic line is that the e. U. Sanctions are narrow compared with the us sanctions the u. S. Sanctions want criminal action taken because the i c r g thats the islamic. Jihad the revolutionary war had. Really possessed the ship as far as the americans are concerned they are a listed. Terrorist organization that as far as the European Union is concerned is not a list a terrorist organization they are absolutely convinced that this is an iranian own ship it is that maritime law was totally legal it is permitted to sail thank you very much under simmons with the latest from the waters there. Iran says a plan by the United States in turkey meanwhile to create a socalled safe zone along syrias northern border is provocative and worrisome u. S. And turkish officials agree to establish the zone last week as a way to manage tension between Turkish Forces and kurdish fighters but the move has also been rejected by the Syrian Government who called it a blatant attack on the countrys sovereignty. I have for you on the program slum fire devastation in dhaka thousands of people left homeless in bangladesh capital and a leaked government report predicts brecht sick chaos if the u. K. Leaves interview in october without a deal. Hello there still plenty of sunshine throughout much of the mediterranean but still we have got some bright sunny of spots as well further to the north across more eastern sections of europe plenty of clouds plenty of rain there stand in the forecast and still on the way however in between not to cloud in the rain some very nice sunshine some petersburg is a good example look at these glorious sunshine temperatures in the low twentys celsius as we go through monday there is some rain in your forecast but again my choose day we should see a high of about 23 with some good sunny skies now before that on monday we have got these curious guys across the east notice that temperature moscow 22 degrees they getting warmer by choose day line of rain showers possible thunderstorms all the way down into the alps across into italy and switzerland and by choose day some rain pushing into the northeast of spain as well but not a bad day choose the end of paris and london 22 celsius and theres that very warm 27 in moscow thats actually 6 degrees above the average for this time of year so warm and dry through much of north africa about 37 in tunis on monday not as hot across into cars at 35 celsius for you so prevailing a lot better about the same really on tuesday and then as you can see temperatures generally in the late thirtys 31 across in tripoli but even on shore flow into rip but refitting very nice in the partly cloudy skies with a high of 24. Well if we cannot have palestina my government was certainly not allowed britain to control french press time would be an outrage but then we need to find another solution before we come to blows over a century ago britain and france made the secret do you change the shape of the middle east and so. Now we can durham. Sikes pico lines in the sun on mon just. Welcome back a look at the top stories now organizers in hong kong say more than 1700000 antigovernment protesters of rally through the night in one of the biggest demonstrations the territory has seen in recent weeks families in afghanistan a burying the victims of saturdays suicide bomb attack in the capital at least 63 people died in the explosion at a wedding or in kabul. And the territory of gibraltar has denied a request from the United States to seize an iranian oil tank or to release extend its detention because its already been held in the british territory for 6 weeks that tanker is now preparing to leave to more shows on sunday night. Now around 3000. 00 people in the bangladeshi capital have been left homeless after a large fire swept through a congested slum a blaze and poor area took firefighters several hours to push out. Reports. The challenge now looks like a wasteland thousands of shanty homes went up in flames in a few hours several people were injured and nearly 3000. 00 families lost their homes like many others in the slums of dhaka mohammad for he is a migrant from another part of bangladesh. Where displaced is a river erosion we dont own any land irans any government homes we very poor we live day to day if we get some help then we may rebuild in make a living authorities said they have made arrangements so that the slum dwellers left homeless by the fire can stay in schools in the neighborhood for now john are a big m says she has nowhere to go and not much to eat it was sort of c money there was a fire here and we had to flee with no time to take anything with us if anyone gives a stooge then we can eat we just live in the street now its not clear how many people are homeless according to the government about 750 shanties were burned down and 450 damaged but. One where a big loss to life savings model a barrel i had 12 and everything was burned i barely escaped with what im wearing now i had some gold and around 3500. 00 in cash but i couldnt bring anything with me i just managed to lock my door Disaster Ministry official said the government has provided 500. 00 tons of rice and more than 15000. 00 to help those affected but many are more concerned how they will rebuild their homes and their lives the unwanted money up with the monkey if our Prime Minister has some empathy for us he can help us the poor maybe we can rebuild our home here over here again. Fires at factories slums and markets are common in bangladesh as there are few if any Safety MeasuresEmergency Services said there are about 43 fire incidents every day and more than 1000 people have died in fires this year alone. Most to live in slums are low wages and have very little choice as to where they can leave earlier said that lost everything. Some of the people have been living in this slum for more than 20 years many are trying to fill a void. And suddenly about what their furthur will hold and where they will live next 100 through a very. Dark dark bang of their. Chance president has declared a state of emergency in 2 eastern provinces after 10 days of Ethnic Violence president address davy says the order will stay in place for 3 months in the will die and provinces at least 50 people have been killed in the last 10 days as farmers in a magic cattle herders fight over land rights migrants have attempted to swim ashore from the open arms rescue ship and get off the coast of italy 4 men in life jackets made a break for the coast before being chased down by crewmembers italy wont let the rescue ship dock and the captain has turned down an offer from spain because of what hes calling an emergency situation on board the ship is carrying 107 people rescued from the mediterranean mainly from africa. When it comes as the Turkish Coast guard has stopped more than 300 people making the Eastern Mediterranean crossing to the greek island of less boss 7 coast guard operations have taken place in the past 24 hours the people rescued come from syria afghanistan iran and iraq turkey says the numbers risking their lives has surged with nearly 700 seized off its west coast last week and how early government reporters predicted chaos if the u. K. Leaves the European Union without a deal is now just over 10 weeks to go until it breaks it date to the end of october but with no prospect of a deal in sight the report warns of food and medicine shortages the government insists it outlines a worst Case Scenario sunnah gago explains. It paints a grim picture a leaked report in a sunday newspaper breaking down what the u. K. Civil service says would likely happen in the event of a disorderly exit from the European Union and the havoc it could in tale the dossier known as operation Yellow Hammer offers an insight into the plans underway in the event of a no deal brecks it an enormous feats that would have to be achieved to avoid disaster it details a vision of a country in peace time forced to undergo Food Shortages jammed ports and a lack of fuel and essential drugs unavailable for patients also the ria parents of a hard boarder on the island of ireland with the Prime Minister vowing to deliver bracks it by october 31st with or without a deal the line from the top is that the report is merely scaremongering and that its now outdated as preparations have been ramped up i think some of the concerns about. It have been exaggerated its a case that there will be bumps in the road some element of disruption in the event of. The document that has appeared in the sunday times was an attempt in the past to work out what the very very worst situation would be so that we could take steps to mitigate that and we have taken steps not just to deal with some of the risks but also to make sure that our economy and our country a better place than ever to leave the European Union on top of the 31st. In a bid to reinforce his promise Prime MinisterBoris Johnson is set to visit french president. And the german chancellor Angela Merkel his message that the Westminster Parliament cannot stop brix it and a new deal must be agreed if britain is to avoid leaving the e. U. Without the government has been putting extra money into Contingency Planning you know just a few weeks ago the next for 2000000000 pounds to this sort of thing so you cant really accuse them of sitting on their hands they are seriously gearing up for no deal i think the aim is to kind of get people in the European Union to take that possibility seriously. Despite the swagger the reality for johnson is that he faces a constitutional crisis more than 100 m. P. s have written to the Prime Minister calling for an emergency recall of parliament to discuss the situation and Opposition LeaderJeremy Corbyn said he would look at putting forward a vote of no confidence in the beginning of september to bring down the johnson government and avoid a no deal brix it with less than 3 months to go the political wrangling continues beyond certainty has left the once stable british economy teetering on the edge of recession and its currency sharply devalued and little respite in order to contain the turmoil. At least 2 people have been killed and several others injured during 2 renshaw rain in indias northern himalayan states flooding caused landslides in the states of tara and his pradesh it also damaged several roads stranding hundreds of people 270. 00 people in india have died from floods and landslides so far this month. 2 kayakers of narrative avoided being killed after a glass here collapsed in southern alaska this video shows the moment the part of the spencer glassy caved in just over a week ago the collapse created a huge wave across spencer lake which sent the kayak is fleeing as fast as they could for the paris capes with no injuries despite one being hit in the ribs a piece of flying ice. In iceland a packers been unveiled to remember the 1st of the countrys 400 last years to be lost to Climate Change last year used to cover 15 square kilometers of mountainside and was 50 meters thick now its barely one square kilometer in 2014 it was officially declared dead a memorial bears the inscription a letter to the future warning that all of ice and classes are expected to disappear within the next 200 years this glacier melting is one of the predicted outcomes of increasing temperatures and the reason why the glaciers and generally ice at the arctic on the antarctic is sort of cold to it reflects the suns rays anothers the ice melts the heat is that absorbed into oceans that triggering a greater ice melts and were seeing this part of played out if you look incredibly in the Arctic Circle as the summer heat wave in europe weve had a heat wave also in the Arctic Circle and you have 100 career wildfires being fired at the moment of the Arctic Circle and this is really shocking and devastating news because this is not predicted to happen in the time scale its happening and its a real wake up call. Mexico citys back is one of the largest open spaces in the wild. Square kilometers of park and forest off a much needed rest spike from one of the planets most polluted cities an estimated 50000000. 00 visitors a year now its been handed a prestigious global award money has been taking a walk in the park. Mexico citys chippie to pick park is the largest urban forest in latin america. Its a massive area nearly twice the size of new york citys central park theres a manmade lake a zoo theres even an 18th century castle sitting atop a hill one of 8 museums located within the park complex monique up on checco is the parks administrator and is especially proud of the diversity of attractions the park has to offer the local community he did they move this that was the thought this park has everything from archaeological ruins to contemporary art we have an entire section devoted to sports and another section focused on conservation and capturing valuable rainwater for the citys awkward for years. One of the parks many hidden gems is a quiet reading space nestled among the trees there we met them goggles a caretaker here of more than 33 years he says the forest is rich in history but also has a unique effect on its visitors here is some of the food sometimes people arrive here emotionally charged but the energy in the forest removes all the negativity and stores it in the earth people always leave here more peace its a place of positive energies. This summer the chip with the pick part was awarded the 2900 International Large urban parks award a recognition that takes exception to a spaces environmental value to a city. After all the most important feature of the park is the forest itself the World Urban Parks Association has referred to chip with a big park as a 7 square kilometer green long for mexico city walking among the more than 180000 trees that make up with that big forest its easy to forget that were one of the biggest and busiest cities in the world. Mexicos dry season often means an increase in air pollution made worse by the more than 6000000 Motor Vehicles that transit the city. There are species of trees here that actually trap contaminants from the air such as volatile how organic compounds which are released when you burn fuel such as gasoline would coal or natural gas these dangerous contaminants are captured by the trees. Theres even more good news coming from the world class to depict part mexicos federal government has allocated in additional one and a half kilometers of land to expand the already sprawling urban forest bundled up and his eda mexico city. Just a quick look at the top stories this hour now organizers in hong kong say more than 1700000 antigovernment protesters have been rallying through the night people took to the streets despite the heavy rain one of the biggest demonstrations since june police gave permission for sundays large gathering that with Victoria Park but did not authorize a later march through the city demonstrators say they want to show the government that they are peaceful but determined i mean the government is blaming the protest the founders to force was used and now this protest is actually a. Testimonial to show that actually hong kong was a very peaceful we are expressing our views hes not found i mean this is this is what the government wants this is what this is what the them was and it is actually the last time for them to hit the pot is positively respond to my. Families in afghanistan have been burying the victims of saturdays suicide bomb attack in the capital at least 63. 00 people died in 200. 00 were injured in the explosion at a wedding hall in kabul i still says it carried out the attack which targeted afghanistans shia minority its the deadliest attack in the Afghan Capital for more than 18 months gibraltar has rejected a u. S. Request to seize an iranian oil tank of its been held for 6 weeks in the territory a Supremes Court judge said that the vessel ordered the vessels release but the u. S. State department the department of justice i should say issued a warrant for the vessels continued detention that has been rejected iran is saying that the tanker is expected to leave in the coming hours. And then there are the developments iran says a plan by the u. S. And turkey to create a socalled safe zone along syrias northern border is provocative and larsen u. S. And turkish officials agree to establish design last week as a way to manage tension between Turkish Forces and kurdish fighters but the move has also been rejected by syrias government who called it a blatant attack on itself. And around 3000. 00 people in the bangladeshi capital have been left homeless after a large fire swept through a congested slum ablaze in dhaka poor area took firefighters several hours to put out it was several injuries but no deaths reported coming up next its told to out as their. Duty. As the u. S. Maintains the pressure on iran tension is on the rise in the gulf raising concerns of a full blown military confrontation. The Trump Administration is seeking an International Coalition to secure the strait of homers which is one of the most important shipping routes in the world but iran is skeptical to iran has dismissed the naval build up as a move that might destabilize the whole region and hes calling for u. S. Vessels to leave the area america will not be held hostage to nuclear blackmail the crisis all started when President Donald Trump unilaterally pulled out of the Iran Nuclear Deal last year and reinstated sanctions targeting to herat and countries that trade with it the e. U. Is still sticking to the Deal Offering a mechanism to bypass u. S. Sanctions. But today on talk to al jazeera irans foreign minister Mohammad Javad zarif warns while his country means committed to the landmark just 1015 nuclear deal hes patience is running out. So far as i would like to start by asking you about that he says developments the naval buildup in the area as the u. S. Seeks to build an International Coalition to govern freedom of navigation in the area how do you see it. This is a tiny body of water and the more poor unable vessels you have in this body of water the less secure it is for everybody. Based on experience a presence of the United States important neighbor fleet in the persian gulf has never produced security. All very sad memories of u. S. Ships downing an iranian airliner. In 1988 killing 290 passengers so we believe that the best you u. S. Can do for protection of. Maritime navigation is to just leave people alone dont interfere this is. Basically a hostile act against iran and i do not believe it will have any impact other than insecurity we have the longest coast on the persian gulf and on the sea obama and the strait of hormuz and we have historically maintained freedom of navigation and security in the region along with our neighbors and once again we call on our neighbors to come together for security for 20 years see the string of events that took place in the body of water over the last few months you have drones darl and you have oil tankers mysteriously attacked which is now. Putting more pressure on the International Committee of the americas in particular to say you know what its about time to take action now its about time to stop terrorizing iranian people its about time to stop creating insecurity in the region and i think doing that will provide security i think the United States is the source of instability in this region i think u. S. Allies on fortunately have been the source of instability who is bombing people in yemen who are fighting in aden to get it is iran involved or our friends involved or are these 2 allies of the United States fighting against each other once the defense minister minister had warned against. Any attempt by the israelis to step into this and join the u. S. Led coalition saying that this could have this is worse disastrous consequences is iran trying to draw a line in the sand here well. We basically state opposition israel has been the source of instability and insecurity and aggression and war in this region it is very unfortunate that some countries in our region are trying to buy security of all people from israel. People who have not been able to provide security for themselves their iron dome has not even been able to protect them against. Organisations that are fighting for their independence how can they provide security for the countries in the region but arent you concerned that in this particular context the potential for a full blown minister confrontation is almost there because the americans are saying for example that the revolutionary guard in iran is using g. P. S. Interference till your oil tankers into wandering into the territorial waters of iran to seize them and you know a slight small incident there and there you go could be war but obviously the per we are. Protecting our shores we are protecting our waters. It is close to us and it is 7000 miles away from the shores now who should be concerned and i believe the president of the united sates in this region is disturbing lazing and if theyre concerned but instability they should move away what is very clear extremely clear is that we are not seeking war we do not want confrontation we want development for our people we want development for our region we depend on this region we depend on the persian gulf on the straight dope almost its our lifeline all of our oil goes through the strait of hormuz we need stability here but stability should be for everybody be cannot have stability for some instability for others we need to have stability for all countries in the region and we are prepared to protect stability for all countries in the region and for those who depend on our region the United States is least dependent for its energy on this region it is china it is japan it is korea i think those are the countries who should be involved with us with the countries in the region not with people who are from outside the region and were prepared to work with them to ensure security and stability in this reach many other countries out of the view that it was biggest problem is that its you create a mission and its in a pursuit to develop. Ballistic Missile Technology and for many countries the americans in particular this is a red line well. And the americans are not in a position to draw red lines for what we do for our defense when our people are dying in iraq a chemical weapons when are we people were being killed by american awacs information reconnaissance information by the british chieftain tanks by soviet migs by french eggs or set missiles who was protecting us by german chemical weapons who was protecting us nobody came to our protection we were forced to develop our Ballistic Missiles our missile capability in order to defend ourselves that is why this issue is extremely important for the iranian people because we are not going to allow another aggressor to catch us defenseless we will defend ourselves but dont you see that sometimes your neighbors particularly saudi arabia the United Arab Emirates your neighbors in the region the moment they see that youre trying determined to build your own military capabilities they would say we also have to do the same thing we need to protect ourselves because this is a area that could be explosive any time we were not building our military capabilities when they paid 75000000000. 00 to Saddam Hussein to attack Us Saudi Arabia based on their own statements paid 75000000000. 00 for saddams armaments it turned out that saddam after not being able to defeat us in the war targeted those weapons against the saudis and the kuwaitis themselves so if they started a military arms race. A an arms buildup in this region they should not complain were not engaged in an arms buildup we are engaged in creating the necessary capability to defend ourselves or d. P. Period to bring their military expenditure to our level 60 Response Exchange 1000000000. 00 if saudi arabia is serious at least they can spend double our 32. 00 bit you let me challenge them instead of 87000000000. 00 that they spent last year they have half of our population best and half of our population spend twice as much as we spend on defense why are they complaining what is it that theyre complaining about their buying the most sophisticated weapons from the United States theyre buying the most sophisticated weapons that are available in the Global Market and unfortunately unfortunately the merchants of death are selling them those weapons will go back to your relation with your neighbors in the region. It seems that we are in a perfect impasse and that the very heart of this whole crisis is the landmark 2015 year clear deal the c p a a can it still hold with the foreign minister i believe so i believe its the best deal that was possible it wasnt the best deal for every put because you cannot have a perfect date there is no perfect it was the best deal that was possible and if. President trump is given correct that weiss he would be able to. Basically accept the reality that this is the best deal possible and we can move forward but the deal can go on if the other participants if the remaining participants in the need decide to simply fulfill their commitments we dont expect them to do anything for us. All we want from them is to fulfill their own commitments the commitments they made in the deed and the commitments they made after the u. S. Withdrawal if they believe the commitments they made in the deed was contingent upon us being a part of the deed what about the commitments that they made after they knew that us had withdrawn what we want them to do and what we expect them to do is to stay committed and we will stay committed as long as they are now the europeans of the same time are saying that were expecting the iranians to give us more signals that they are willing to engage ill give you an example you said that you youve issued warnings that you might. Remove some of the restraints when it comes to the nuclear deal particular when it comes to enrich uranium be beyond the threshold of 3. 00 or 7 percent is a still the case are you determined to go forward well you see when we negotiated the nuclear the it was not based on trust it was based on mutual mistrust and that is why in that the we have provided provisions remedies if the if one side or the other while its the deed we are using that exact remedy in paragraph 36 of the nuclear the so were not while waiting the we are implementing the deal we are trying to safeguard the i can make a general statement for you we will be committed to the way as much as and as long as europe. And the rest of the participants are committed President Trump has repeatedly said the 2015 uclear deal was a bad deal and if he decides its and its a turn chapter what would be the options left for iran he did is a deal it is an agreement its an agreement that a u. S. Government a u. S. President elected by the people endorsed we did not have a revolution in the United States we just had an election and it cannot simply say that the agreements of previous administrations do not hold so if you take this statement seriously there are 2 years left of the 1st term of President Trump less than 2 years and then. We will have a new president or maybe President Trump reelected so its then that you will decide how no no no no no even if President Trump is there for another 6 years are we supposed to reach another deal with President Trump that can only last 6 years that can only last 5 years that can only last a year and a half is that the type of International Environment that President Trump wants to create for people for countries who want to engage with the United States i see a rational for your own perspective the bottom line here is do you have any deadline like in 2 years from now if the there is no a time for any genuine renegotiation of the deal. Were going to pull out from the deal we dont need to pull out from the deal as long as others are in the deal we will be in the deal but we have options within the deal because as i said this deal was negotiated based on mutual mistrust and even distrust and that is why we have put mechanisms in the deal in the in the j. C. Pure way to make sure that the deal would outlast anybody as the diplomatic crisis unfolds your neighbors in the region are produced and sent saudi arabia in particular and for those who like to ask you how would you describe now your relations with the saudis well not not good. But saudis relations with qatar not. Now i dont know whats happening to their relations with the u. A. E. In in aid and of course were happy that there is a cease fire in aden but theres been conflict the situation in libya the situation in the sudan. All of these are where they are really popular not involved in libya or this or that but they are involved unfortunately what we have called for and repeat is that our neighbors all of us belong to this reach. We cannot leave this region others will sleep this reach or others really not secure us others will not provide us with the security umbrella that we need we can provide each other with that security umbrella we extend our hand and our hand remain extended to all our neighbors we are very happy that we have extremely good relations with qatar we have extremely good relations with amman we have extremely good relations with kuwait and we want to have good relations with the other 3 countries in the past you know what the saudis and the americans for example have been saying over the last few years that iran is never has never been genuine about reaching out to us and they would give you examples they would say you are spreading a radical ideology in the region you use proxies in yemen for example we are building the capabilities of the who these to destabilize the region you have been involved militarily in a place like syria when you should have come to that and and looked into different scenarios like a diplomatic way out of the crises that let me ask you a question are our proxies fighting each other in aid or are our proxies fighting each other in libya or are proxies putting each other into sort that did we provide 75000000000. 00 to Saddam Hussein did we imprison the Prime Minister of another country for 3 weeks who has done all of this we have been on the receiving end of their aggressions of the money they spent in order to destabilize us from day one after the revolution they were hoping to undermine the revolution they have not succeeded is in 40 years or nah. Isnt 40 years long enough for them to come to their senses that by paying terrorist organizations by financing terrorist organizations by financing aggressors theyre only creating enemies for themselves look at what theyve done in syria they finance darvish they are diversion to arm the nostra what did it what did it do to that by the same terms it was say you could have also stepped in its place like syria where you have a huge political admits to leverage and convince president bashar assad to negotiate a peaceful way out of the crisis thats exactly with the Syrian People thats exactly what were doing look at the situation in syria yeah it is it is unfortunate but thats exactly what were doing thats what thats exactly what we have done with russia and turkey for the last 3 years thats exactly what were doing but they came to syria not to unseat president bashar assad but to push us out they have to recognize that iran cannot be excluded from this region were a part of this region we are a part and parcel we have been here for millenia we have 7000 years of history in this region we did not come from outside or like others we are from this region we remain in this region and thats a historical fact we need to live together we want to live with our neighbors we have no choice but we have serious bonds we have historical parts cultural bonds religious bonds and as all muslims are coming back from mina. To finish their hatch recall on our neighbors to come back to what joins us together rather than to what. Pulls us apart yemen for example you have good relations with her theories of this particular issue how can you. Stepped in and offered a way out of this crisis in yemen you could you could talk to the health is that convinced that it was in april 25th in a few days after the war had started we offer it. At that time. And the United States administration agreed to have a cease fire and we offered our help unfortunately saudi arabia at that time believed that it could win militarily within weeks that is why it rejected the offer our offer is still on the table cease fire immediate humanitarian assistance yemeni intra yemeni dialogue and an inclusive government that is still on the table they should stop fighting they should stop fighting each other they should stop putting all of this burden on the innocent yemeni people come to then allow the yemenis to come to the negotiating table and i can assure you we will do what ever we can in order to make that happen theres been a meeting between a Senior Iranian official and then the rest fishel about Maritime Security do you see this as a 1st step towards normalization with United Arab Emirates well we certainly hope that we can have normalization with all of our neighbors and we certainly hope that all of our neighbors can have normalization with each other there is no reason for the u. A. E. And saudi arabia and bahrain to try to strangulate gutter and we make it very clear to them this region is too small and too all the time for these games to be play talking about a very complex Political Landscape in the region which also brings again the same question could these problems that weve been talking about the blockade imposed of qatar your strained relations with the saudi arabia and with the night out of and the rest of the own going crisis could be. Conducive to a genuine. Debate between the other side is because when we face reality ultimately in the foreign minister saad is consider themselves to be the leader of the sunni islam you consider yourselves to be the leaders of islam and people are saying that after all these years calamity is disaster this civil war bloodshed its about time for a new chapter its long over its long overdue we need to do it were prepared to do it my proposal for Regional Dialogue Forum is on the table thats exactly what you do when you have dialogue you dont discuss about niceties you discuss about your differences and i made that proposal 6 years ago i restate that proposal there is a Security Council resolution 598 which was adopted in 1987 it has a paragraph in it based on the iranian suggestion that we need to have a Regional Security arrangement we call on our neighbors in the region to join us in trying to secure our region the problem has been that some in our region particularly in saudi arabia have believed that they can purchase security from outside that they can secure themselves by relying on the worst enemy of the stomach worlds and that is israel they have done that they continue to do that it pains me when i see netanyahu saying that saudi leaders are his friends netanyahu is never going to be a friend of the muslim world his hands are bloodied with the blood of muslim people look at what happens every friday in the occupied territories. This is the reality of the situation while you are the relying on netanyahu since youre talking about right a premise a bunch of it doesnt you know i have a lot in common irans Supreme Leader describe the u. S. Middle east plan as a humorist as a crime against humanity which is which prompted a tough response from year u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei you do see the mid middle east peace plan something that could possibly see the daylight. I believe the palestinians are the final judge of that and if you look at the situation right now the palestinians are rejecting that and they have every reason to reject it because it basically it basically legitimises the status quo this is what they have said publicly. This is what. I said publicly this is what others have said publicly that we have to accept reality underground reality underground is aggression reality underground is occupation reality underground is an expression reality on the ground is why lation daily why elation of human rights of all palestinians i do not believe that the palestinians are prepared to accept this reality on the ground and the us should stop legitimizing aggression why they should have human rights and occupation even sanctions after the client. Has a trump chat invitation is this something that could further impede your work as a foreign minister i mean would you be able to travel to the u. S. Meet with senators potentially even meet with the President Trump if this circumstances are different you see im doing my work. I had the pleasure of meeting my counterpart and ill be meeting with his highness the emir im interviewing you so much i mean in todays world you cannot shut anybody you cant shut them up you cannot prevent a point a minister from doing his job i never request any meetings in the u. S. I respond to requests now if they continue to make requests from me i will respond positively why dont you see the opportunity people would say that well it wasnt so this was just going to be a photo op with no substance who knows it could be also an opportunity for you to at least listen to the man in person and then see how how you can come up with some concessions when you say. Really. Mean really busy people i spend days and nights negotiating a deal why should i spent again the same time if that is going to hold only for one and a half or 5 and a half years. You said youre a very busy person youve been irans chief diplomat for most i think 6 yes you go through the marathon talks to for the land back to 1015 nuclear deal theres been the spring war in syria war in yemen the own going crisis with the Trump Administration isnt this a tough job for you mr foreign minister trying to build bridges with a world that does not trust iran well. And to mistrust is mutual not with the world with a few countries. And i think the rest of the world dont trust it might but its a tough job but its its a sweet optimist to be trying to serve your people this is going to be my last question to you so. Much im sorry if irans foreign minister how do you see the future deep in your heart when you look at the situation when we see that the next months could be really decisive in the in the region do you have any hopes that we might see a peaceful political way out of the crisis with the us or are you concerned that the potential for war is also there im certainly concerned but as a diplomat i always need to look for a peaceful way out and thats what we are trying how much was that if your answer for him is a thank you very much if you have to. Hello im Maryam Namazie in london here are the top stories protest organizers in hong kong the saying more than 1700000 antigovernment demonstrators have rallied through the night people came out despite heavy rain in one of the largest rallies since nearly 2000000 protesters gathered in june police gave permission for the protest but did not authorize a later march through the city demonstrators say they want to show the government that they are peaceful determined was up and is blaming the protest it was almost sure that the boys was and now this protest is actually i was testimonial to show that actually a phone call was a very peaceful we are expressing our views hes bullied not found i mean this is this is what the government wants is what this is what happened he was and it is actually the last time for them to hit the plotters positively response was in my view gopalan is in hong kong. This is the final stop for the protesters its a major highway right in front of the government headquarters earlier there were thousands of young people wearing hard hats and gas masks saying that they were ready for a confrontation with the police but the police did not show up there are said to be behind the government headquarters in the compound there but as you can see many of the protesters have left of their own accord they say they have sent the message they need to send and theyre referring to the rally earlier in the day at Victoria Park where hundreds of thousands of people showed up and if those numbers are substantiated it means that nearly a 5th upon comes population rallied in support of these protests and the demands of the protesters now these protesters say that they will continue in the coming days in the coming weeks because their demands have yet to be met we spoke to young man who said hes very worried about his future the reason hes out on the streets is because he needs the government to hear what he has to say and setting instead of listening to what to beijing has to tell them families in afghanistan have been bearing the victims of saturdays suicide bomb attack in the capital at least 63 people died in 200 others were injured in the explosion at a wedding hall in kabul i still claims to have carried out the attack which targeted afghanistans shia minority gibraltar has rejected a u. S. Request to seize an Iranian Oil Tanker thats been held for 6 weeks a supremes judge in the british territory ordered the vessels release iran says the tanker is now expected to leave in the next few hours in the last hour we spoke to simmons whos been following events from and they bring vessel. It would seem. As the Iranian Ambassador in london. Earlier on sunday that this ship would leave tonight so in terms of how imminent that is its hard to say but its also you could assume with the sun going down its going to be in darkness the procedure will start within the next few hours i would say but all the thing involved in this crisis has been a straightforward very unpredictable at times. Iran says a plan by the u. S. And turkey to create a socalled safe zone along syrias northern border is provocative and worrisome u. S. In turkish officials agree to establish the zone last week as a way to manage tension between Turkish Forces and kurdish fighters but the move is also been rejected by the Syrian Government who called it a blatant attack on the countrys sovereignty. Around 3000. 00 people in the final desha capital and left homeless after a large fire swept through a congested slum ablaze in the area took firefighters several hours to 1st out it was several injuries but no deaths reported. And chants president has declared a state of emergency in 2 eastern provinces after 10 days of Ethnic Violence president idriss deby says the order will stay in place for 3 months in the day and seal of provinces at least 50 people have been killed in the last 10 days as farmers and nomadic cattle herders fight over land rights coming up next on aljazeera lines in the sand but the story of the secret 916 deal that still shapes the middle east today program coming up next. 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