Im melissa bell. Iran described as good the response of world powers to proposals put forward by iran on the Nuclear Program. It is the first time the five countries and the Security Council plus germany meet with iran to discuss the issue since moderate cleric Hassan Rouhani came to power. The first real test of the new relation hoped for by so many after the president s of the United States and ahrendts spoke last month for the first time in three decades. Irans Nuclear Program is top of the agenda at the talks but theron also said it will still forge ahead to enriching uranium. The act of enrichment and continuing it will be our red line. On no condition will we let this right of iran be suspended reduced, or stopped. On matters of dimensions, we do not have problems with negotiation. Negotiation, something western powers have been pushing tehran to do for years. The country has seen round and round up the crippling sanctions from the west which fears iran is trying for the glial weapon. But president Hassan Rouhani struck a more open tone at the General Assembly last month. He hopes the new willingness to discuss the Enrichment Program may see sanctions eased leaving western diplomat to see concrete and verifiable measures from the iranians. We have come here with a sense of cautious optimism and a great sense of determination, because we believe it is really time now for tangible results. Air ran irans a longtime adversary israel does not remain convinced they have good intentions. It will be a historic mistake to let the pressure now, just before the sanctions reach their goal. Right now we must not give in and we must keep up the pressure. In a sign of easing diplomatic tensions, obama did hold a telephone conversation with rouhani last month. A first for the president s of both nations sent the iranian revolution since 1979. For more a senior lecturer and a specialist on iranian politics. Thank you very much for joining us. Going back to the time of rouhanis elections, people wondered about change and then came the first overture made to the rest of the world about the Iranian Program and now these talks for which iran arrived at the proposal, it looks like real change in the cards. I think we were surprised about the speed and conviction at which they came to the table with concrete proposals. Now it remains to be seen whether they will get the appropriate step from the other side. It is very important Hassan Rouhani is able to get that kind of change from the other side particularly on sanctions, because, of course, the hardliners in tehran will continue to put pressure if he does not. Both he and president obama is basically in the same position. They have hardliners at home that they keep need to keep at bay so they have to help one another move forward. We know the proposals iran might have but we dont know the details. What would rouhani get from the rest at the world that he would show iran as concrete advances with regard to the country . They would need to see a step i stepped lifting of sanctions of different kinds. They probably are not looking for it listing of all things in the concrete steps forward. How crippling of the sanctions question mark obviously the iranian population at large has been suffering, but it is a bit delusional to think the whole Iranian State apparatus is because going to collapse because of them. They are coming to the table yes, but they are not going to fold at the table because we are sanctioning. What do you know of Hassan Rouhanis position in the wider political structures in iran question mark he has and it took electoral mandate and the decades long relationship with the leader and a Good Relationship with other power centers, so at this moment he has a very strong mandate to go forward with these negotiations. Thank you very much, indeed. At least 85 people have died in the philippines after a powerful earthquake hit three of its most popular tourist islands. People were killed as structures collapsed in bohol and nearby cebu province. The 7. 1 magnitude quake hit, but with many schools and offices closed for a holiday many lives may have been spared. Irans Nuclear Program is top of the agenda at the talks in geneva. Yet tehran has already said it will still forge ahead with enriching uranium. Thae act of and richmond and continuing it will be the red line. On no condition will we let this right of iran be suspended, reduced, or stopped. On the dimensions, we do not have a problem with negotiation. Negotiation, something western powers have been pushing tehran to do for years. The country has seen round after round of crippling sanctions from the west which fears iran is trying for a nuclear weapon. However, irani and president Hassan Rouhani struck a more open zone at the United NationsGeneral Assembly last month and hopes a new willingness to discuss his nations Enrichment Program may see the sanctions eased, leaving western diplomats keen to see concrete and verifiable measures from the iranians. We have come here with a sense of cautious optimism and a great sense of determination because we believe it is really time now for tangible results. Irans longtime adversary israel, however, remains unconvinced tehran has any good intentions. It would be an historic mistake to live pressure now just before the sanctions reach their goal. Right now we must not give in and we must keep up the pressure. In a sign of easing diplomatic tensions, obama did hold a telephone conversation with rouhani last month. A first for the president of both nations since the iranian revolution of 1979. Apologies for that. Clearly we were hoping to hear earthquake that hit the philippines early this morning rather than about iran again. But a Technical Glitch that in the way. We will give you more on the earthquake throughout the day. The philippines, of course, which was already recovering from a thai phone typhoon now that has made landfall in vietnam. Three people have died and dozens more have been injured. 180,000 ordered evacuated from the coast of vietnam. To the United States now where there is hope in washington that a deal between republicans and democrats might be close. Senate leaders have indeed expressed optimism that negotiations underway on capitol hill could lead to a much needed breakthrough on both the debt ceiling, which is to be raised by thursday, and a Government Shutdown, which is now in its third week. France 24 a glimmer of hope and unusual spirit of cooperation. A democrat and Republican Senate leaders said monday they were confident a deal could be struck to end the Government Shutdown and raise the debt ceiling. Constructive, goodfaith negotiations continue between the republican leader and me. I am very optimistic that we wi ll reach an agreement that is reasonable in nature this week. To reopen the government, pagan nations that, and begin long term negotiations to put our country on sound footing. The discussions continue and i share his optimism that we will get it resolved that will be acceptable to both sides. The deal would allow the 16. 7 trillion debt ceiling to be raised enough to cover the borrowing needs until mid2014. This would also Fund Government operations on till january. But the old obstacles remain. A minority of House Republicans goods to threaten to derail the bill by demanding concessions on president Barack Obamas health care program. At the ceiling is not raised by thursday, a default on u. S. Debt payments could come as early as november 1. That leaves washington was just with just two days to keep the money flowing. In south africa for day 2 of the state is ms. Business was at the heart of day one with contracts and energy and today the french president is in soweto. Mark, thank you so much for joining us. Tell us about the second day of the french president s visit. Very symbolic and very emotional day. He visited Nelson Mandelas former house where he lived before he was jailed. He came out a few minutes ago and said he was very moved because the house embodied Nelson Mandelas fight for equality but also represented his absence during all those years decades, i should say in jail. More emotion when he visited the museum the schoolboy, 13 years old who was killed by South African Police in 1976 here in soweto, prompting really riots that probably changed the face of south africa years later. He visited the museum and he was clearly very moved by pictures among the soundbites, by the footage of africa under apartheid and he said lets not forget that children were dying here less than 40 years ago. Today, even though things have improved in the whole world, there is still an urgent need to fight racism and one should always be reminded of those values. Marc perlman insoweto. That is it for now. The International Papers. I will start out with the big story about the newspapers. International Herald Tribune turning a page it has been rebranded and rechristened the international times. It is not just different but it has a new name International New york times. Edited from paris, london, new york, and hong kong. It is a news report tailored to the valued members of the global audience, and the global is the key word because the New York Times says the future is global thanks to the digital revolution. The New York Times went from being an american paper to becoming a global paper and with this move quite an all basis alteration mood the first global daily to be in both print and digital. International New York Times it shows it wants to keep its fan base loyal as well. You can see an older man saying i should go digital, while the grandson says i should try paper. Hoping for a broad readership. Despite that many the many changes, papers feeling nostalgic. International Herald Tribune a person saying no longer seeing a person strolling down the champs delysee. Roger also saysade Bonjour International leader times. Hemingway read the paper. It is time to move on. Living in a digital age and time to move on with the International New york times. I hope it goes well for them. The british Prime Minister finance minister is in china. He was leading a trade delegation, and he said that visa applications for chinese visitors to the u. K. Will be simplified that is on the front page of the china daily today, saying that u. K. These is to lord torrance. With the mayor of london, boris johnson. Id couple. Selfstyled yen and yang of british politics. You see them with students at the university of beijing. The telegraph and another article says there are no secrets, but they are doing is courting investment, all about money. That it really has to be a two way street. The two will press for British Companies to have as much freedom in china as chinese and 37 london. Also drawing criticism, the lack of talking about human rights in china. The aim of the trip is business and a lot are saying that they are not really paying attention to human rights. A cartoon in independent that points out that part of this trip was to repair damages caused by David Camerons visit with the dalai lama last year. You see him handing over cash saying, sorry, baldly, we will not see you anymore. Controversial cartoon. Nuclear talks in geneva getting a lot of attention in the press. A lot of the papers for a good thing on the role france could play in the negotiations. A french paper says france really wants to leave the way and these negotiations, but it is treading carefully because it really does not want to repeat the same scenario that happened in syria where it was all gung ho with the United States, only then to be somewhat sidelined by this deal between the u. S. And russia. The wall street journal is also looking at this today and saying actually because the way the u. S. Is acting and because francis fed up over the fact that the u. S. Is waffling and the International Scene that france may want to take a harder stance on irans Nuclear Program program. According to this article, frances covering obamas tracks. Trying to blend in, because the u. S. Military spending a lot of money on camouflage. In the daily beast there is an article saying the u. S. Army since 2005 spent 5 billion for a new uniform with a universal camouflage pattern, a culmination of the two traditional patterns for fighting in the woodland environment or desert. You can see what it looks like. Ucp. Supposedly can be worn anywhere and blend in anywhere. It has drawn a lot of criticism to be for being inadequate. With soldiers in afghanistan are wearing, they are not wearing these ones but wearing those that are more appropriate in that environment. Eight years later it is back to the drawing board for the u. S. Army and it will design a new uniform that could cost 4 billion. That is a lot of money. For camouflage. Not each, i should say. For all of them. I think. The International Papers here on france 24. France heads into the final world cup qualifier against finland knowing automatic qualification that they had a group i is probably behind them. Spain is three points ahead. Could qualify directly at frances expense. Except that the only way they can get to brazil is via the playoffs. The important thing is to create a positive vibe. We played a very good friendly match against australia. Scored a lot of goals. Good for our confidence. But we have to repeat that in this game. We are going to play a good match and then we went to the playoffs. Spain is on the job on friday and we dont expect them to fail in this one. France could not have warmed up for finland in more emphatic fashion. Both on target last friday as australia was put to the sword 60 in the friendly but it seems the goals have come too late. Well, very strong chance we were going to be in the playoffs. Now that spain has its destiny in its own hands, it does not depend on us. The most important thing is for us to win this match. They have no new injury concerns and the center back is expected to play after shrugging off a calf problem. In 1991 is one the corresponding 10 last september. Belgium are enjoying life having qualified for the world cup finals with a game to spare. Le cacu had two firsthalf goals. May 1 group a and returning for the First Time Since 2002. The midfielder, quick to praise the coach. Well, i think it is him that is the builder of the team. He had a decent team but we lacked something. We had a desire to do well, and he brought it to us. He brought his rage, if you like, his aggression that he had as a Football Player and managed to transmit it and we can see it when we are playing. The belgians have dropped just two points in qualifying. This person thinks it is the perfect storm, quality coach and golden generation of players. Well, it is everything. We only changed a few things. We have a generation with plenty of talent and weve got a coach that was a good footballer himself. He found a good balance within our group. So it is everything. We started a competition perfectly. You win the first match, and then you have the public behind you. That gives you extra strength. The red devils are up to six in World Rankings and will hope to close out their campaign and a home win against wales this evening. Former Manchester United manager had a road named after him. The scott, also given the honorary award marking his 26 year reign at the club. Another united menaced manager has a street named after him close to the stadium. Frances the Winter Olympics teams for 2014 presented in paris. The games get underway in russian february and france will hope to go better than vancouver four years ago. The french big up two gold medals, three silver and six bronze in canada. On defense over mandalas the silver medalist hopes for another. It gives me great pride to represent my country in this way. Pride also because i felt i had the support of all the athletes. So it warms my heart to feel like im in a family, and olympic family. I dont see it as a big mission. I just want to represent the french athletes as well as possible and france in general. I will try to do my best and enjoy this Opening Ceremony. I think it will be a memorable moment. France, eager to make an impression of the games. The Opening Ceremony is on february 7. Today on the net, savvy women campaigning for the right to drive. Another landing a mass rally for november 5. And the Madeleine Mccann case is back in the headlines. This video has been widely shared by web users in saudi arabia. Filmed last week, we see a fully veiled woman driving around defying the kingdoms ban on women driving. Passers along the way show their support giving her a thumbs up. In this ultraconservative kingdom where women must have a male guardian and asked for permission if they want to travel, for example, or open a bank account, more and more women now want the right to drive and have been demanding as much in videos and photos posted online something which has in some cases have not been into trouble with police or alienated them from religious leaders. One savy cleric alarmed by the scale recently warned women that driving would affect their ovaries and cause birth defects in children. His comments start a weight of mockery online, and the campaign to end ban on women driving in saudi arabia is about to gain further ground. Indeed, activists planning a nationwide day of the finance against the ban october 25 october 26. And theres a petition that has garnered over 15,000 signatures appealing to the government to give savvy women the green light so they can finally get a license and get behind the wheel. Members of the informer hacker collective anonymous when a mass rally in washington in the u. S. On november 5 to protest against the actions of the powers that be and what they see is the government suppression of the american people. Governments the oppression of the american people. The million mask march is essentially promoted by social networks and videos and posters like these urging people to take part have been multiplying online over the past few weeks. As stqated on the website, they want the antigovernment protester be peaceful. As they explain, they want to express the concerns and voice commands without resorting to violence and the escrow to respect this and demonstrate how you dont need to use worst to achieve change. Although the rally was originally planned for the u. S. Capitol only, it has inspired other events across the globe. As we can see from this interactive map, some 338 similar protest will be taking place all over the world november 5. How many people were responding to the rallying cry, we will find out early next month. Four years old at the time, british girl Madeleine Mccann mysteriously disappeared in 2007 from where she was holidaying in portugal with her parents. The case is back in the news and the subject of widespread debate after Police Released images of a man they are looking to question. As many social networkers are saying, this new and sudden development could be the key in unlocking the investigation. The story has fascinated the entire planet for the past six years. Its a wedding tradition, the bride throws her bouquet and whoever whichever one of her single friends who catches it is the next american. What would happen if they replaced the flowers with a cap . This blog has hilariously doctored photos to depic