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russian forces still occupy europes biggest nuclear power plant at zaporizhzhia. the situation there remains unstable. my guest, rafael grossi, director general of the international nuclear watchdog, the iaea, has been there in an effort to avert disaster. with zaporizhzhia in mind, why is he pushing for more nuclear power right across the world? thank you, its good to be with you again, hello. its great to have you on the show. i think we have to begin with the situation in zaporizhzh...

silva. now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. russias invasion of ukraine has generated all kinds of shock waves military, humanitarian, economic and nuclear. leave aside putins dark hints about russias readiness to contemplate first use of a nuclear weapon, russian forces still occupy europes biggest nuclear power plant at zaporizhzhia. the situation there remains unstable. my guest, rafael grossi, director general of the international nuclear ...

months of russians brutal war in ukraine. the cost of this war difficult to measure. there are the military costs, the billions of dollars spent, the military, the lives lost, the refugees forced from their homes, the disruption to daily lives for ukrainians living in the shadow of putins war, not to mention the spike in food and energy costs, and these costs all continue to mount. this week, the u.s. pledged nearly $3 billion in additional security aid to ukraine. this comes as putin ...

there are the military costs, the billions of dollars spent, the cities destroyed and the territories seized. the military, the lives lost, the refugees forced from their homes, the disruption to daily lives for ukrainians living in the shadow of putins war, not to mention the spike in food and and energy costs beyond the theater of war, and these costs all continue to mount. this week, the u.s. pledged nearly $3 billion in additional security aid to ukraine. this comes as putin decree...

Nuclear programme, and it requires a level of inspection and presence by the iaea, which is commensurate with these activities. you know, they are enriching uranium at 60%. you need 90% for weapon grade material. they are doing all sorts of things. they are adding cascades, the machines that have the centrifuges in cascades to enrich more material. so all these things require some answers from them. yeah, of course they do, and its highly complicated. you say that primarily the sticking points h...

Or a moment of waiting time. as youre rightly saying, were not part of the negotiation. the important thing for me, i mean, the nuclear aspects of this package were, by and large, clear. as you know, the sticking points are not nuclear in nature, are rather political. and they have to do with certain concessions that the islamic republic of iran wants from the united states and whether the united states is ready to go that way or not. my concern, and ive discussed this also with my iranian count...

Forever in my view is the most important aspect of getting back into the agreement. >> they described the negotiations as verify but verify td. i wonder, they have amassed many kilograms of rich uranium. how reliably would irans breakout period to a new weapon will lengthened? >> actually, jim, theyve now accumulated tons of enriched uranium, including uranium enriched to as much as 60%, which is very, very close to getting to the weapon grade material that one would need. in terms of the breako...

>> john kerry described that during negotiations as verified but verify. i wonder, they have amassed many kilograms of enriched uranium. how reliably would irans breakout period to a new weapon will lengthened? >> actually, jim, theyve now accumulated tons of enriched uranium, including uranium enriched to as much as 60%, which is very, very close to getting to the weapon grade material that one would need. in terms of the breakout time, defined narrowly as the time it would take to bring togeth...