Arms embargo on iran has expired after 13 years it was lifted as part of the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers the us withdrew from the pact in 2018 its voiced strong opposition to any easing of sanctions also jabar is in town with more this lifting of the sanctions is seen as more of a political win for iran its something president Hassan Rouhani it said just in the past few days that its a very important step for the year a new nation for them to have something specific intangible as a result of the Nuclear Agreement of 2015 now just to give you an idea of how much money iran spends on its defense of program it between 2016 in 2013 it was around 45 percent of its g. D. P. That was between 18. 00 and 22000000000. 00 thats not likely to change. Good lens are heading to the polls in a tense election for follows months of unrest and theyll be 5000000 eligible voters are choosing between 12 candidates including incumbent president alpha conde and his longtime rival solo delhi and diallo
Violence a concern also shared by the International Criminal court the west african region is in a precarious situation after a recent coup in mali and unrest ahead of ivory coast election. Has more from neighboring senegal its been an exceptional day of voting despite this Divisive Campaign where we saw candidates trying to pidgeon and against each other along ethnic lines there was a big turnout during the vote was there are some that were able to vote either in neighboring countries like here in senegal where theres more than 3000000 demands migrants living here who are prevented from voting right there because some didnt have the voter cards despite all of that many people came out to vote most of them are 1st time voters so big turnout and the peaceful so far election. The head of the United Nations is urged on me near in azerbaijan to respect a new cease fire which appears to have been broken within hours of coming into effect both sides are accusing each other of violating a 2nd
One year since the demonstrations began thousands of people were injured and 13 people were killed a government is being forced to call a referendum to overhaul the constitution French Police say a teacher has been beheaded in a suburb of northwestern paris earlier this month the teacher had shown pupils cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad from the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo president you know your mom hole has visited the scene and has condemned what hes calling an islamic islamist terrorist attack. U. S. President donald trump has been campaigning in states he won in 2016 the address supporters in georgia freaks play into his campaigns low fundraising numbers saying he could be the worlds greatest fundraiser if you wanted to held a rally in florida where he reached out to senior citizens. And democratic nominee joe bidens been campaigning in detroit before that during another Campaign Stop in michigan he spoke about health care and again attacked president toms handling of
Coming up next. World it will be. Good to see you. On the previous episode of talk to al jazeera i hope the afghans are paying attention learning the lesson of that period we started in the ever learned of the us. And thats why weve started the Peace Process a lot of that stake were watching them were going to monitor these negotiations and well help with that help when needed but ultimately now were in a different phase and wish the afghans of in the end the siege they cant blame the United States they cant blame other. After nearly 2 decades of conflict the warring sides in a are finally talking to each other here in the capital that have been more than 400. 00 attacks since the deal was signed between the u. S. And Taliban Forces and thousands of afghans have been killed back in afghanistan although there is hope being shown by both sides here but a trust deficit and wide ranging disagreements between them still exist on this episode we talk to the monday presenting the Afghan Gover
Wipes out a decade of Economic Growth plus pakistans asias best performing stock markets counting the cost. Youll. See. On the previous episode of talk to al jazeera. I hope the afghans are paying attention learning the lesson of that period were in the ever learned of the us. And thats why weve started the Peace Process a lot of that state were watching them were going to monitor these negotiations and well help with that help when needed but ultimately now were in a different phase and wish the afghans of in the end in the sea they cant blame the United States they cant blame other. After nearly 2 decades of conflict the warring sides in of are finally talking to each other here in the capital there have been more than 400. 00 attacks since the deal was signed between the us and Taliban Forces and thousands of afghans have been killed back in afghanistan although there is hope being shown by both sides here but a trust deficit and wide ranging disagreements between them still exist o