much time left, to save the agreement, that president trump withdrew from last year. lucas tomlinson has more on that from washington. iran stockpile of the early needed to make a nuclear bomb is increasing. that s according to a spokesman for iran s nuclear agency who warns europe needs to act quickly to save the landmark nuclear agreement, which president trump abandoned last year. translator: as we move forward, the situation will get more difficult. the european side must realize there is not much time left. if they want to take any actions, they must carry it out as soon as possible. iran began spinning advance six generation centrifuges for the first time to enrich uranium ten times faster than the older first generation tubes allowed under the 2015 obama era deal. iran showed off the new centrifuges, the latest violation of the deal. during a meeting with his french counterpart, defense secretary accused tehran of cheating on the nuclear deal for a long time. they have b
seized with filipino crew, hours after white national security adviser john bolton tweeted an apparent photo of iranian oil tanker at syrian receives secretary called on nato allies to step up the fury in the region. for us it s about deterring bad behavior in the gulf and more broadly it s about defending the freedom of rights of navigation of commerce in the strait. eric: well, iranians continue to be at it, behaviors haven t changed, hey, lucas. need today make a nuclear bomb it s increasing, according to spokesman for iran s nuclear agency who warns europe needs to act quickly to save the landmark nuclear agreement which president trump abandoned last year. as we move forward, the situation will get more difficult, the european side must realize that there s not much time lefts.
how are you? r. arthel: i m well. i want to start with the afghan president, up for re-election in three weeks, canceling his trip, a planned trip to the u.s. does he have valid and reason lable cause tore concern, do you think a u.s. taliban agreement excluding the afghan government is the right approach? well, if his cause for concern is his stability in office, yes, he has a reason for concern. we ve changed the parameters now and said our objective is to ensure that an attack by al-qaida can t come from afghanistan, that we ve defeated al-qaida enough to ensure that that happens. not the establishment of a government in afghanistan to stand above all those things that they would need for a governor themselves, that s going to be on them and what s going to happen next is obviously some further talks that they say will involve the afghan government. arthel: okay. so that s an interesting point, because that s why i pointed out
people and bring them forward as an entity. that s really going to be the key. we have a 300,000 force afghan national army and air force. there s about 60,000 he depending on the number you look at taliban. there s a country of 38 million people. where the 38 million people of that country go is going to be the indicator in who reaches them. arthel: i hear you, sir. finally, we re talking about troop withdrawal from afghanistan, currently the plan is 5400 troops to be withdrawn within 135 days of the two sides signing the agreement followed by a gradual pull-out of 14,000 u.s. troops and you re going to have 17,000 foreign forces, mostly from nato, along with 9500 american forces that will remain also to be withdrawn in stages, i understand. general bowles, is this a good plan? and would a smaller contingent
strait of hormuz and detained the 12 filipino crew members on suspicion of smuggling fuel. lucas tomlinson has the latest from washington. reporter: iran s stockpile of material needed to make a nuclear woman is increasing according to bomb is increasing according to a spokesman who warns europe needs to act quickly to save the landmark nuclear agreement which president trump abandoned last year. translator: as we move forward, the situation will get more difficult. the european side must realize there s not much time left. if they want to take any actions, they must carry it out as soon as possible. reporter: iran began spinning six centrifuges ten times faster than the tubes allowed under the obama era deal. they showed off the circulations, the a violation of the deal. they have been violating it.