Coming up in sportsday we will have the latest from the davis cup. And, irelands women beat scotland in the six nations. Scotland havent won in the tournament since 2010. Good evening. Eu leaders have made a show of unity at a summit in malta against what they see as a potentially hostile us president. Donald trump has previously praised the uk for voting for brexit. Today, eu leaders declared the importance of a strong europe in the face of a newly uncertain relationship with america. Theresa may offered to act as a bridge with the us following her visit to washington though one eu leader responded its impossible to build bridges with the us when communication is done mostly on twitter. Our deputy Political Editor John Pienaar Reports from malta. This report contains some flashing images. A stroll in the sun among europes leaders, but soon theresa may will be walking alone after brexit, then shell need all the friends she can get. Friends, she believes, like donald trump. She took his
And a dozen entities. Irans Foreign Minister responded, also on twitter, saying iran unmoved by threats as we derive security from our people. We will never initiate war, but we can only reply on our own means of defence. So how serious a moment is this . Im joined by our diplomatic editor. Is this a harbinger of much worse to come like a Handbrake Turn on iran policy . In a sense it is Unfinished Business from the last months of the obama administration, these missiles, over 1000 mile range, not very accurate, the general view of Intelligence Experts is that they are being tested as Nuclear Delivery systems, that is counter to United Nations agreements. Another problem is that some people connected with these, the firing of warships by rebels in recent months, another issue is that basically apart from one counterstrike against those batteries president obama kicked the can down the road. So emphasis tonight from us officials is that this doesnt mean the end of the nuclear agreement,
the united states over the past decade, really longer. bret: elisa, if you don t think the twitter, monitoring twitter is important, we read a lot of tweets because the president reads, today there was international tweeting going on. president trump tweeting iran is playing with fire. they don t appreciate how kind president obama was to them. me 20 minutes later the iran foreign minister tweets, iran unmoved by threats as we drive security from our people will never initiate war but we can only rely on our own means of defense, then we will all know mike never use our weapons against anyone let s see if anyone who complains to make this statement makes him statement. president trump is in the infancy of his administration, important for him to set the tone particularly in regards to iran. anyone that thought that iran
the united states over the past decade, really longer. bret: elisa, if you don t think the twitter, monitoring twitter is important, we read a lot of tweets because the president reads, today there was international tweeting going on. president trump tweeting iran is playing with fire. they don t appreciate how kind president obama was to them. not me. 20 minutes later the iran foreign minister tweets, iran unmoved by threats as we drive security from our people will never initiate war but we can only rely on our own means of defense, then we will all know mike never use our weapons against anyone let s see if anyone who complains to make this statement makes him statement. president trump is in the infancy of his administration, important for him to set the tone particularly in regards to iran. anyone that thought that iran
he tweeted, iran unmoved by threats, as we derive security from our people, we never initiate war, but we can only rely on our own means of defense. what does that mean? it means that we are going to escalate. and the tit for tat that happens in these kinds of settings when a country like iran, theo kratz who run the country rely on external enemies, they want to tell their people, and what he is saying is all of our people who gathered together to fight you, meaning great satan of america, so they have to ratchet up their rhetoric and can in return. the question that we are going to find out now is is a sincere, or do they want this to go away? do they really want is to go away? when you say they, who do you mean? the government of iran, did they just want this to go away and will this be empty talk, or as we see the uss cole now seeming for the coast by ron, are we going to escalate,