President trump says he is imposing more sanctions on iran to stop it developing nuclear weapons. But he says military action is still on the table. Iranian forces shot down an american surveillance drone on thursday. Mr trump then ordered three air strikes in response. But he says he called them off with minutes to spare because too many people would have died. He told reporters its now up to iran to stop the tensions escalating further. If the leadership of iran behaves badly, then it is going to be a very, very bad day for them, but hopefully they are smart and hopefully they really care for their people and not themselves and hopefully we can get iran back to an economic track that is fantastic, where they are a really wealthy nation which would be a wonderful thing. All those things i want to do but if they are going to be foolish, that is never going to happen. Our correspondent Chris Buckler is in washington. What was mr trump trying to achieve with his comments today . He has b
And the big business of cyber blackmail. How hackers are making millions from Ransomware Attacks. Thus President Trump says he plans to impose even more sanctions on iran, as tensions escalate between the two countries. Just days ago, mr trump called off an airstrike on iran at the last minute in response to the shooting down of an american drone. Last week the us blamed iran for attacking two oil tankers in the gulf of oman which tehran has strenuously denied. From washington, Chris Buckler reports. For the moment, donald trump is choosing sanctions as his weapon, not force. But the us military remains primed and ready in the gulf, and while the president abandoned strikes on iranian targets on thursday, the countries still appear to be on a collision course, unless something changes. If the leadership of iran behaves badly, then its going to be a very, very bad day for them. But hopefully, they are smart and hopefully they really care for their people, not themselves. And hopefully,
President trump says he plans to impose even more sanctions on iran, as tensions escalate between the two countries. Just days ago, mr trump called off an airstrike on iran at the last minute in response to the shooting down of an american drone. Last week, the us blamed iran for attacking two oil tankers in the gulf of oman, which tehran has strenuously denied. From washington, Chris Buckler reports. For the moment, donald trump is choosing sanctions as his weapon, not force. But the us military remains primed and ready in the gulf, and while the president abandoned strikes on iranian targets on thursday, the countries still appear to be on a collision course, unless something changes. If the leadership of iran behaves badly, then its going to be a very, very bad day for them. But hopefully, they are smart and hopefully they really care for their people, not themselves. And hopefully, we can get iran back onto an economic track thats fantastic. Washington is putting further sanctions
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Ransomware attacks. Hello and welcome to bbc news. President trump says his administration plans to impose additional sanctions on iran, to try to prevent the country acquiring nuclear weapons. The Foreign Office here says one of its ministers will meet senior officials in tehran tomorrow for talks aimed at easing tensions between iran and the United States. Our north america correspondent Chris Buckler reports from washington. For the moment, donald trump is choosing sanctions as his weapon, not force. But the us military remains primed and ready in the gulf, and while the president abandoned strikes on iranian targets on thursday, the countries still appear to be on a collision course, unless something changes. If the leadership of iran behaves badly, then its going to be a very, very bad day for them. But hopefully, they are smart and hopefully they really care for their people, not themselves. And hopefully, we can get iran back onto an economic track thats fantastic. Washington is