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 current iran non nuclear deal. I think it was dead the minute president from withdrew the United States from it and i think its been a zombie ever since. Iran has been more or less abiding by the conditions, they now say they are going to exceed their low uranium enrichment stockpiles and go beyond that in terms of stretching its limits, that i think the logic of it was destroyed when the United States left and so, while i mean it is clearly in europes interest and irans interests to try and string the death throws out as long as they can, ido the death throws out as long as they can, i do think this is a Mission Impossible here. What then is irans strategy . As you say,
41 migrants on board a rescue ship that docked at an italian port without official permission have now disembarked. The ship landed on saturday on the island of lampedusa, even though italys far right interior minister, matteo salvini, had warned it to stay away. Gareth barlow has more. Under dark skies and after days onboard, the migrants were allowed to disembark. The boat that bound them in the mediterranean had docked in the port of lampedusa hours earlier. The italian coastguard made repeated demands for it to turn around. Translation i repeat the order, you have to stop. You are violating the decree released onjuly 5th 2019 and youre resisting against a military ship. On board are 41 migrant rescued from the mediterranean and now facing intolerable hygienic conditions, according to the charity that runs the boat. Despite reaching a safe port, the migrants are far from welcome. Thats the message from italys interior minister matteo salvini. Translation there is this ship in the po
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
Then this huge soaring backlog with asylum hotel use that is costing the taxpayer billions. So instead of all the gimmicks that weve had from rishi sunak and the conservatives, our plan is to get a grip that starts with the new Cross Border Police to go after the criminal gangs to go after the criminal gangs to smash the Gang Networks and prevent boats arriving on the french coast in the first place. Well , french coast in the first place. Well, meanwhile, the Prime Minister announced plans to create 20,000 new apprenticeships, pledging £60 million worth of new investment to cover fully funded training for young people and a reduction in red tape for small businesses. The government says the full cost of apprenticeships will be offered to applicants aged 21 or under firms from the under at small firms from the 1st of april. Now, the governments warn that the sales of heat pumps will need to increase dramatically to achieve Climate Change targets. The government wants to install 600,00
Welcome to the programme. We will start with russia. President ial Election Results give six more years of Vladimir Putin and there has been plenty of reaction. In the us, they say. They said the vote took place amid systemic internal repression. Canada criticised the process was flawed and undemocratic. In the indian Prime Minister offered warm congratulations. We will look at where russia goes from here. First here is Stephen Rosenberg in russia. Vladimir putin after the landslide came the love. Vladimir putin portrayed by the kremlin as a national hero. At a concert marking ten years since russia annexed crimea. Long live russia, he cried. Cue the National Anthem and some kremlin choreography to make it look as if putin is russia and russia is putin. Earlier we saw the crowds pouring towards red square. Thousands of russians had been given free tickets for the putin event. After all, a president who claims to have won 87 of the vote needs a decent audience. Western leaders have dism