Polish you clear weapons nobel judges chose i can theres the risk of atomic warfare breaking out rises for the first time in a generation also coming up catalonia government says its president carlos wisdom on will address the Regional Parliament on tuesday thats after spains highest court barred catalan lawmakers from meeting on monday to debate the regions independence. Im sumi so must come to good to have you with us a comedian also has awarded the two thousand and seventeen Nobel Peace Prize to the International Campaign to abolish Nuclear Weapons also known as i can the Nobel Committee weighed up nominations for two hundred fifteen individuals and one hundred three organizations and in the end they chose icann for reviving efforts to prohibit Nuclear Weapons at a time of renewed global tensions. Price is a tribute to everyone everybody working for disarmament we have. Focused on i can because we feel the norwegian Nobel Committee that they have taken a leading role in really vice to nice seeing this process and they have managed in. Admirable manner to combine. A popular engagement almost becoming a Grassroots Movement where the executive director for i can said the group was overjoyed at the award from the Nobel Committee. Important signal to everyone whos worked tirelessly for Nuclear Disarmament for since one thousand forty five pretty much its a huge tribute to the survivors of nuclear nations. In japan and also the nuclear test victims in martial law and external United States around the world. So its a really an issue that doesnt get enough attention and influence and i think that this crisis just really make it worth all of those hours. And years that people have spent working on this. Well lets get some reaction to the announcement with dan smith hes the director of the Stockholm International Peace Research institute dan thank you for joining us your first thoughts when you heard i can one. I think its a very appropriate choice i really do i was thinking before him. Holt that the committee it with decides to direct attention towards their weapons issue because it has been rising up the political agenda but this year in a way that we havent seen for decades really because people are beginning to be aware of increasing Nuclear Reactors and i think that they have done a Look Committee that is have done it rather cleverly by pointing to a groove to a campaign which is imagining a Nuclear Free World and that imagining an alternative to the risks that we see today so i think i think going to be congratulated on their choice and i can is to be congratulated as a very worthy recipient its dan i can as a campaign is it have that imagining a Nuclear Free World at the same time none of the nine known Nuclear Powers have signed up to a Nuclear Weapons ban in that sense what has this organization achieved. Well i think first of all they have achieved that the Nuclear Weapons ban is there on the political agenda and its true as you say that none of the nine Nuclear Weapon states nor many of those are through example the nato states have not signed up to it but over one hundred twenty governments worldwide have indicated their support for the treaty when it was drafted and theyre now considering their signatures and their benchmark adherence to the treaty so i think that is a is a pretty big ships and i think whats worth emphasizing is that the the campaign and the ban treaty and the peace prize award are all encouraging at least five of those nine Nuclear Weapons states that the five permanent members of the u. N. Security council to do what they have signed up to do because under article six of the nonproliferation treaty from one thousand nine hundred seventy nearly half a century ago they are committed to achieving you can do some and theyve gone some way towards that and there are a few Nuclear Weapons today than there were in the end of the cold war but theres still fifteen thousand warheads left in the world so theres a lot of work for those weapons states to do and encouraging governments to do what they will probably already promise to do seems to me pretty commonsensical thing to go for and in practical terms do you think this award for i can well boost to now or give new impetus to these efforts internationally to achieve a nuclear ban. Yes i do think so i dont know that this will be the thing which finally generates success for that for them for their campaign but i think it must push the conversation forward and give it more profile you know after all when is it. The first item on news reports around the world has been discussing the proposition to create a Nuclear Free World so that. Its already achieving that a sense of greater coverage and greater consciousness right dan smith the director of the Stockholm International Peace Research institute thank you very much for joining us thank goodness and there have been lots of reactions to the announcement on social media you know the director general irina bokova called the decision a resoundingly call to Global Responsibility and stronger diplomacy for peace the nobel prize twitter account praise the winner for being the leading Civil Society actor in the effort to achieve a prohibition of Nuclear Weapons under International Law the president of the European Parliament antonio to johnny tweeted congrats to icann for winning the nobel prize twenty seventeen we rally behind your example and call for a global commitment to make the world a safer place him right the asia pacific director of icann has responded by saying a great honor that we have just been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize twenty seventeen for our work to outlaw Nuclear Weapons and lets talk more about the significance of this war and with scott lucas hes a professor of International Politics at the university of Birmingham Scott thank you very much for joining us your reaction to this announcement. Well i think i call a lot of what dance has said and that. The Nobel Peace Prize is not always for what has been achieved it is for what we hope can be achieved and this was a message of hope today that the double committee recognizing that we actually are on a bit of a downward spiral over Nuclear Weapons the north korean crisis threats to the possible nuclear deal to the nuclear deal with iran that was signed only two years ago tensions over the future of russian activity as well as existing large stockpiles that the us house and of course the fact that israel continues to have under certain core weapons all of that is in play and i think that the committee sort of draws our attention to that but they do a second thing and they say that by recognizing i cant which is a Civil Society group they say what this just isnt a matter where you look to president s or chancellors or prime ministers that you to you know as an activist can make a difference you know you can make your voice heard you can inform yourself on this and i and i think thats laudable israel has got this does come a time you mentioned the Iran Nuclear Deal it could be unraveling a u. S. President on a trump seems to be set to abandon this agreement lets listen to what he had to say on this last night the Iranian Regime supports terrorism and exports violence bloodshed and chaos across the middle east that is why we must put an end to irans continued aggression and Nuclear Ambitions they have not lived up to the spirit of their agreement. Scott how damaging will it be if donald trump abandons this deal. Oh it will be very damaging you know the fact is that this agreement has successfully contained Irans Nuclear program iran has agreed to this has complied with the agreement despite what trump has said it opens up the door to try to talk about other issues in the middle east but i think a word of caution here trump actually i think took a step back from withdrawing from the agreement yesterday while he said the u. S. Would decertify iranian compliance you know he effectively kicked the issue across to congress and said well you decide what to do about it why because his Senior Adviser said this is still a worthwhile deal we should not scrap it and that again is where activism like that if i can and like that of Civil Society can make a difference in keeping that message heard its got do you think the Nobel Committees announcement might weigh on washington Decision Makers minds i think very little ways on double trumps mind other than what donald trump things but i think for those who are around him his National Security advisers i think that will take note right scott look this from the university of birmingham thank you so much for joining us on the program well have more on the Nobel Peace Prize announcement and if they can if it ends on a website come. Now to the u. S. Where members of the Las Vegas Police department have gathered to remember a Police Officer was killed in the mass shooting on sunday charleston heart feels widow when their son and daughter were joined by several hundred people during the memorial hartfield was off duty attending the festival when he lost his life. Now to some other stories making headlines around the world the body of the former iraqi president Jalal Talabani has arrived in the country from germany where he died on tuesday at the age of eighty three taleban he stepped down as president in two thousand and fourteen following a stroke he was the first iraqi president of kurdish origin and he has been hailed in death as a unifying figure in iraqi politics. At least twenty two people in Central America have died after a Tropical Storm unleashed have you wings storm nate costa rica nicaragua and honduras and is moving north forecasters say that nate could strengthen into a hurricane headed for the United States in spain catalan leaders have said president carlos push to manuel address the Regional Parliament on tuesday this comes after Spains High Court barred catalan lawmakers from holding a parliamentary session on monday to discuss the regions bid for independence it is unclear if the lawmakers will to fight that order earlier today in madrid colonias police chief in two prominent separatists were released after appearing at a Court Hearing they were under investigation for sedition in connection with the regions Independence Day n. P. R. Lets speak to debbie is funny for char she is standing by for us in barcelona hi funny leader will address of the Regional Parliament next tuesday as we said are we going to see a declaration of independence. Well i have the impression right now that there really care for the government members of the government as well as the president himself of course about the wording the president puts the month of the catalonian region want to speak about the current political situation quote on tuesday which of course is much different to the defiant words that were exchanged here over the past few days including yesterday as a response to the to the suspension of of the monday session of the parliamentary session on monday by the Constitutional Court also the Vice President just a short while ago the Vice President of catalonia has said people are going to have a an answer of youre going to answer in a very responsible manner but as you hear that little word independence is not being expressed anymore so the question here therefore is not only what theyre going to do and to stay but whether they actually the press had with the clearing independents as it is tuesday now by the way im not monday anymore they are pushing that date towards tuesday so some sort of a playing on time here funny meanwhile a representative of the Central Government in catalonia has actually apologized today for the Police Operations on the day of the referendum tell us more about that. Sounds quite conciliatory after so many days critics say here at the square area where i am they say ok thats a really nice sign of a boost up towards deescalation what why you know why not five days ago also why is it just a reprise entity if youre in catalonia not the cabinet but just a short while ago actually also the spokesperson a spokesperson of the government in motherhood has apologized on behalf of the police basically to about the violence that happened there on sunday during the crackdown on the referendum so it is a little sign of this collation here but of course we dont know whats going to. And in the next hours as we have seen during the entire week there was a deadlock now it seems to be that both parties a little bit may be moving towards dialogue but its so early to tell at this point but at least some positive sign here at least coming out of madrid when it comes to expressing their apology and funny just very briefly if you can are people there worried this could escalate again. Not just the people but a lot of businesses in fact one of the main backs of the main bank bank in a catalonia has Just Announced that they are going to move their illegal base outside of catalonia and there are so many other banks are considering to do the same as well as other companies so there is still concern here regardless of the fact that as a citizen seems to be a little step forward here towards deescalation maybe hes funny for char reporting from barcelona thank you funny. 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