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The soviet union had a new leader, mikael gorbachev prepared to embark on a programme of reforms he hoped would revitalise the soviet union. 100 �*s main aims was to get soviet troops out of afghanistan. he first replaced karmal with a new leader, the former head of the hated secret police. he also agreed to peace talks. the united nations peace talks. the united nations peace talks in geneva began in 1986, aiming to end the war. americans wanted mujahideen involvement. the soviets insisted th...

The iranians have summoned the british ambassador, no doubt to dress him down for joining the americans, they say without sufficient evidence to point the finger at iran, at tehran as being behind these attacks. interestingly, the emiratis have reiterated their position that they believe a state actor was involved, rosemary, but they are stopping short of pointing the finger. if they even knew to do it at the iranians. because of the deeply problematic diplomatic issues at the moment that relate...

The terrifying moment. the firefighter killed after help to revive a man from a suspected overdose. the danger on the front lines of america. the shark attack on the coast. we hear from the victim, her father seeing the shark up close, fighting the shark off. were also watching severe storms and the threat in the east on fathers day. the cuba gooding jr. case and tonight, the new surveillance here. what you can see. the stingray scare, after we reported 15 stung. tonight, 12 others stung...

In a new report for the u.n. security council, the u.n. is investigating two north korean and iranian arms companies suspected of being in violation of sanctions. >> its an investigation into who exactly is at the north korean embassy at tehran and what theyre doing there, because the member state told us that north koreas most important arms trading companies and ballistic missile trading companies, namely comint and green pine, an associated corporation, both of which are blacklisted by the un...

Covering this. dan, theyve been going back and forth over and over again to tehran. whats going on there? >> yes, in fact theres a pattern where theyve been flying to dubai and return to tehran in a few hours. this is the pattern of basically carrying cash for the north korean regime, thats the suspici suspicion. >> and that cash is financing the scheme. this details the ship to ship transfers. hugh griffiths, who we interviewed yesterday, said in 15 years of working for united nations investiga...

Partisanship has played its hand here. >> its obviously a tough issue. no agreement is going to be perfect. you hope the other side will give up everything and strip down to their underwear, but thats usually not what happens. so you end up with something you think is advantageous to your needs, even though the other side is trying to come up with the same class. whats interesting is the arab states see this as not just a nuclear deal, which is kind of how we look at it, but they see this as the...

Churchills line was men will still say this was their finest hour. he was convinced that we were part of a long, overarching story and that britain in its role in standing alone was going to stand out. and really this is the hours, the hinge of history. its the moment at which -- the moment franklin roosevelt at the sided at tehran in 1943 to go and authorize and push ahead for this operation really was the moment we became a superpower. he sided against churchill, supported stalin in opening a ...