The iranian president Hassan Rouhani says hes urged European Countries to save the International Nuclear agreement, during a phone call with his french counterpart, emmanuel macron. Iran says it will start to enrich uranium closer to a weapons grade level, if European Countries dont find a way to save the nuclear deal by sunday. Gareth barlow reports. The landmark deal was supposed to contain irans developments of nuclear technology. Europe felt it worked but donald trump disagree. am announcing today that the United States will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal. In a few moments, i will sign a president ial memorandum to begin reinstating us Nuclear Sanctions on the uranian regime. Just over a year ago, the president upended the agreement. Iranian. They brought in harsh sanctum sanctions and now iran is pressuring europe to keep the deal and their economy alive. The europeans have failed to fulfil their promises of protecting irans interests under the deal, and our next step will be
And Joao Gilberto, who brought bossa nova to the world and helped redefine brazil, dies aged 88. President Hassan Rouhani of iran says hes urged European Countries to save the International Nuclear agreement, during a phone call with the french president Emmanuel Macron. Iran says it will start to enrich uranium closer to a weapons grade level, if European Countries dont find a way to save the nuclear deal by sunday. Hussein ibish is a senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in washington. He says he isnt optimistic about the survival of the deal. I think it was dead the minute President Trump withdrew the United States from it, and i thin its been a zombie ever since. Iran has been more or less abiding by its conditions, although they now say theyre going to exceed their low enrichment uranium stockpiles and then go beyond that in terms of stretching its limits. But i think that its been effectively dead. The logic of it was destroyed when the United States left. Whi
From englands ashes tour game following an incident in a bar in perth. And coming up in half an hour, 100 women is in the brazilian city of rio dejaneiro, tackling the issue of sexism in sport. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The foreign secretary, borisjohnson, is in iran, where hes pressing the authorities to release Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe and others with british iranian dual citizenship on humanitarian grounds. Mrs Zaghari Ratcliffe is serving a five year prison term on charges of spying and trying to overthrow the iranian government, which she denies. Adina campbell reports. A big day for the British Foreign secretary. Ahead of a highly anticipated meeting, borisjohnson greeted by his iranian counterpart, looked keen to get the discussions off to a quick start. Where the topic of the imprisonment of dual nationals will be high on the agenda. One of them is nazanin zaghair ratcliffe, seen here with her daughter, who she has been away from since being arrested in tehran 18
Theres only, i dont know, 50 more to do or something. And on the sports field. Using bbc outlets, the teams can appeal for help from around the world. They have just one week to find a modern solution to a long standing issue. Welcome to the bbcs 100 women challenge. Rio dejaneiro is a city famed for its passion for sport. It was home to the 2016 olympic and paralympic games. And hosted the most recent football world cup in 2014. The beautiful game is adored by millions here but has an ugly past. For almost a0 years, women were banned from playing football in brazil. Though the ban is now lifted, its legacy lives on. Its a real struggle for brazilian women to be taken seriously in football. The 100 women challenge has come to reopen to try to rio to try to tackle sexism in sport. And find solutions to level the playing field, Inspiring Women here in brazil and around the world. Taking up the challenge are five women who have just five days to come up with ideas to help improve the situ
Im sure him being there, im sure him raising her case, raising her case in the context of lots of other stuff can only help improve relations and improved relations can only lead to a better case for us. I think thats right, but im not expecting that on monday morning he comes back with her on the plane. Borisjohnson is saying nothing at all publicly while in iran. Instead, the Foreign Office issued a statement after two hours of what they call a constructive meeting. They discussed the full range of bilateral issues and they both spoke frankly about the obstacles in the relationship, including the foreign secretarys concerns about the consular cases of british iranian dual nationals. Both emphasised their commitment to continuing to Work Together to improve the bilateral relationship. One good sign irans foreign minister confirmed borisjohnson should be able to meet president rouhani tomorrow. Yeah, hes reciprocating your hospitality. Something that is not automatic on a visit like th