Convicted and she got 15 years in prison but apparently his crime was more severe and he got to know how often does this kind of thing happen as far as a foreign spy a spy being caught within iran and then being executed its quite rare this is the 1st the execution. I remember in recent years it doesnt happen that often. The timing of this execution is that relevant do you think. It could be you know we have this level of tension between iran and the United States his case was decided some time ago its possible that the judiciary in iran expedite that is the excuse to send that signal to the United States that. Iran is upset with what the u. S. Is doing and iran is basically fighting back against u. S. Assets with. Human spies or drones are you aware of any other spies in custody that may be facing Death Penalty no im not the. Case that. They are there are some news items that some people who were taken in but i dont think theyre going to be executed i think the crime is probably not as high as the person that was executed today dr photos i appreciate it thanks very much. Lets bring in whos director of policy analysis at the research and policy studies joins us here right now. Well lots of developments 1st and foremost the general scheme of the story as it were is it seems that the efforts to try to deescalate the situation. Now absolutely i think the visit by the british minister is in my opinion when we actually. To go about it by trying on one hand to keep iran in the nuclear deal because if youre on a band theres the nuclear deal that would give the tom Administration One more reason actually to escalate it with with iran but on the other hand i believe maybe we have a window of opportunity here to resume talks between iran and the United States because yesterday i think but as then trump has made a smart move one of the few smart moves actually has he has made actually over the past few years in terms of Foreign Policy he. Decided actually not to retaliate for the downing of the sort of violence drawn he awarded iran like a cheap victory by doing that and i think. Iran can now come forward and see well we are now we can actually go to the negotiating table without order in a stronger position than we were before do you think they will because up until now theyve said that refusing to go. I know its very difficult but i cannot see any of this crisis because iran cannot just sit back and watch its economy collapsing because of the very tough sanctions that the administration has already imposed on iran but on the other hand it can risk escalation but that should be very carefully calculated so there is no 3rd way in my opinion for disguises to continue its either to go to the negotiation table or to go for a military action i think the iranians that dont want confrontation full fledged full blown come for a confrontation with them with the United States on the other hand. Negotiation is not going to be easy as i said but. Sustaining the status quo is not also an option for the iranians because it will lead eventually to the collapse of their economy. In that hes going to impose further sanctions when that just. Further back into the corner and feel that theres nothing to be lost by just going i think hes trying actually to keep the pressure on the iranians because on the one hand hes telling them that look guys i let you get away with with. So strong i mean youre drawn yesterday but on the other hand i cannot look like weak because you have also u. S. Public opinion you have also those people the whole case are on to him actually trying to put pressure on him to do something against against iran so i cannot look weak on one hand but on the other hand as is said he awarded iranians that victory yesterday the europeans trying to persuade iran to stay within the nuclear deal which the United States has pulled out of why is it its only an order and youre in the concert because the they would be as they believe that the moment iran abandon the. There is there is no there is no turning back because they think that the moment they abandon that the confrontation is going to be certain this time with with atomic insulation why because if the iranians are going to resume their Nuclear Activities this is the very clear red line for President Trump he has been talking about this for for money for many weeks right now and what they what they are trying to do actually is to convince iran to stay in the deal more time and then something happens maybe next year and with the u. S. Election but the iranians most probably they will not buy that why because life now they believe that the europeans are in fact deceiving them dick wouldnt do anything to help iran avoid the sanctions the u. S. Sanctions the ense things that make a. The promised actually to activate have not been actually really very useful for them they are busy couldnt do much actually about the sanctions so i dont know how their response is going to be with the europeans especially now that iranians they believe now if they go to the table of negotiations they want to go to the terrorists they negotiated in their previous deal so this is why they have to active duty activity or to declare program in order to get the same deal they got with the Obama Administration because right now that Top Administration is asking for other things to be on the table that Ballistic Missile the iranian influence in addition to their Nuclear Program which is very difficult for the iranians to talk about with the moment thanks very much indeed no incumbent thank you. Plenty more still ahead on the news hour including we meet the survivors of Ethnic Violence in mali thats left children orphaned and forced tens of thousands from the. Arrives in islamabad to help provide a lifeline for pakistans economy. And french open champion actually blocked the closes in on another career landmark and he will be here with that story in sports. Now senior white house advisor george cushion has laid out the 1st part of his socalled deal of the century the middle east peace plan he says is based on 50000000000. 00 of investment more than half of the cash would be spent on palestinian infrastructure over 10 years the rest would be split between egypt lebanon and jordan one of the main projects is a 5000000000. 00 transportation corridor to connect the occupied west bank and gaza nearly 2000000000 would also be injected into the palestinian Tourism Industry question is trying to drum up support for the 179 infrastructure and business projects ahead of an International Conference in bahrain next week palestinian political leaders are boycotting the event theyve refused to talk to the United States since it recognized jerusalem as the israeli capital in 2070. The plan would invest about 50000000000. 00 in the region it would create a 1000000 jobs in the west bank and gaza take their Unemployment Rate from about 30 percent Single Digits it would reduce their poverty rate by half if its implemented correctly its a 10 year plan that would double their g. D. P. Weve had a Peer Reviewed now by about a dozen economists and a dozen countries and were very excited to put it forward. Well. Is the cofounder of electronic to intifada an independent online news site on Palestinian Issues joins us on skype from chicago welcome to the program. Says hes excited not so the palestinians i imagine. No not at all this plan which they published today at the white house website is reheated ideas of socalled economic peace in other words trying to substitute some small brother to flee Small Economic projects which are unfunded we dont know who would pay for them for actual palestinian rights and liberation and i think jared coercion or into to killer comes into this with a real credibility problem ill give you a concrete example one of the headlines in his plan is quote a healthy economy requires a healthy population and then boasts about all these investments that theyre going to be made in health care for palestinians well one of the 1st steps the trumpet ministration took at the instigation of jericho its been reported was to cut off all funding to under the u. N. Agency for palestine refugees and therefore subject to the poorest and most of vulnerable palestinians palestinians in refugee camps in gaza and the west bank and lebanon to cut in basic Health Care Cuts in funding for clinics for Elementary Schools for primary schools so jarrett cushion a car tell us that he cares about ending poverty for the Palestinian People while inflicting more poverty on them which is what which is his actual record as compared with the pipe dreams he was talking about just a moment ago if you could be convinced that the funding would be supplied would be supported was there and is there any way that this could be a means by which the palestinians would come to the negotiating table. Thats a great question and thats why you really have to know some facts and not just you know take the spin of someone of a someone like jared cushnie so hes talking about you know increasing the palestinian g. D. P. And cutting unemployment well according to the world bank Israeli Military restrictions on palestinian businesses and palestinian agriculture reduce the Palestinian Economy economy by 35 percent so simply ending Israeli Military restrictions on the Palestinian Economy would be an immediate 35 percent boost to. 2 palestinian g. D. P. But his plan doesnt mention Israeli Occupation a toll unemployment in gaza is over 50 percent and its actually close to 80 percent for University Graduates thats not because of lack of investment in the gaza strip its because of the israeli blockade but his plan doesnt acknowledge the israeli blockade in fact his you know the trumpet ministration cushion or and David Friedman and the other top officials in charge of this socalled Peace Process support the Israeli Occupation they support israeli settlements theyre very happy that the israelis that naming a new settlement to trump heights so they actively support all the things that destroy the Palestinian Economy is that plunge millions of palestinians into poverty and prevent palestinians from thriving i mean palestinians dont need a chair cushion is charity what they need is liberation ok let me just lets run with that as a group because running out of time i just want to very quickly ask you this because krishna has said that some palestinian Business Executives have confirmed their participation in the conference he declined however to identify them but i do wonder how universal is the rejection that youre expressing of the plan. Well it is universal i mean its from its a Cross Palestinian society many palestinian business persons have announced that they were inspired to then refused to go the only person who is on the Draft Program of the but had a meeting which is supposed to load launched this conference the only palestinian named to someone called stuff job body from heber and his family publicly disowned him in palestinian media because he works closely with israeli settler groups and hebrew and so thats the only palestinian that kush Current Company have gotten so far to publicly associate themselves with this plan which try to basically its an effort to buy palestine for peanuts and give give palestinians nothing in exchange and its been tried before its reheated the marketing its new its lake it will create headlines for a couple of days but the basic issue of Israeli Military occupation colonise sation apartheid. Is really the elephant in the room ok. We do appreciate that thanks very much indeed youre welcome thank you. The 2 leading candidates vying for the u. K. s top job or Prime Minister have been interviewed during the hustings event the winner will become the leader of the Ruling Conservative Party to replace Prime Minister to resign may he resigned after failing to deliver such a bill to Parliament Boris johnson the man expected to win the contest as the headlines following an incident where police were called to his home moralists and the rest of the news from europe lets join in london newsroom our movie to you. Yes thanks very much nic obviously the sort of thing Boris Johnson would want to avoid but police here in the u. K. Say they will take no further action after being called to the home of johnson the leading candidate to take over the conservative Party Offices were asked to investigate reports of a domestic incident after a neighbor claimed to have allowed all to cation involving screaming followed by slamming and banging at an interview event in Birmingham Johnson downplayed the incident saying that the audience wasnt interested in what happened johnson is in a runoff against foreign secretary jeremy hunt the tory leadership next month well John Johnston is a political reporter at politics in an online news website focusing on british politics and he says this incident could affect his campaign. What this will do is this is going to raise questions about Boris Johnsons character that he has been trying very very hard to suppress he has a litany of scandals Extramarital Affairs loves children in his past that he had done well to kind of avoid being brought up in this campaign he was pitching him self as now a serious man ready to leave the country and this incident is going to bring this all back up again. Well in georgia protesters have gathered outside the parliament in tbilisi for a 3rd day now of protests has been peaceful so far after violent clashes on thursday between police and protesters which resulted in hundreds of arrests and injuries the unrest started when Russian Politicians gave a speech in the Georgian Parliament in russian demonstrators tried to storm the parliament and Police Responded with tear gas and rubber bullets well ations between russia and georgia have been strained since 2008 when the diplomatic relationship came to an end following the war in South Ossetia all the protests also followed the order to Russian Airlines to stop flying to georgia for next month following anti russian riots there as weve been saying robin forester walker has more now from the capital tbilisi. Brutus does and you would you have to be grievances against the government in terms of russias occupation of 20 percent of jews in territory and its hidden handed response to the demonstration whos a show here of solidarity for those blinded by rubber bullets in. The violence began after opposition m. P. s heckled russian deputies invited into judges Parliament Georgia has had no diplomatic ties with morsi since its war with russia over the city or in 2008. They took questions between protesters and police were the worst in. 7 years since georgias governing party came to power with more than 200 people injured in iraq 300 people detained. On friday journalists picketed joyces interior ministry more than 30 of their colleagues were among those wounded each journalist had led to say was that identifiable even if they were. To publicize that they were dead they were continue to change that. So far the government has responded by removing the speaker of parliament i. Think that opposition politicians say that snooki. Has to be somebody responsible for what happened yesterday and thats the minister of interior but even the biggest and fundamental change it is in the interest of this country east to change the electoral system to make sure that nobody grips power the way it is now and the power is shared proportionately unfairly because its may have strengthened the result of people opposed to this government but it may have wider consequences with russia now threatening to capitalize on this georgian political drama. More than a 1000000 russians who resists visit georgia every year like in the uprooting has announced a ban on flights to georgia from july to russian citizens safety from what moscow calls anti russian hysteria but russians who are i spoke to were optimistic i enjoy my life here my stay here and i hope it is going to be all right. About my. Tonight your. Personal it doesnt matter which country they come from understands very well that there are governments and there are just normal people and the same thing banning russian visitors may hurt his economy in the short run that was. But the move may only convince the protesters that their feelings about russian aggression and the competency of their own government are correct robin 1st human desire to be. Here pain union has threatened to impose sanctions against turkey if it doesnt stop drilling for oil and gas in the Eastern Mediterranean e. U. Leaders meeting in brussels on friday called turkeys expiration and waters near cyprus illegal johns raw press reports on how cypriots are responding to the rising tension this is a prisoner economy runs on tourism the northern port of call really used to be where Greek Cypriots spent their weekends after a turkish invasion partitions the island along ethnic lines in 1974 this became the hub of the Turkish Cypriot economy the greek dominated republic of cyprus to the south is now set to profit from natural gas it has signed an agreement to sell 4 trillion cubic feet to egypt turkey has responded with its own exploration and people who are worried about another war peace is all. Its nice not fighting not. Its not good you know a lot of people might but that isnt nice the 7. In is it good many took your cypriots see the gas is an opportunity to reunite the island both side leaders to show. In the shift to give them have to use their all toted to to find a settlement and some otherwise and all we have. From collections i dont want to save. We are not far from this point turkey is conducting explorations of cyprus west sure the republic of cyprus hasnt awarded the area to any companies for exploration but still claims the rights to exploit it under International Law turkey recognizes that cyprus controls the water surrounding it as far as the horizon thats 12 nautical miles the standard limit for territorial waters worldwide but it does not agree that cyprus or any island has the right to exploit mineral wealth for 200 nautical miles beyond that whats known as an exclusive Economic Zone some Greek Cypriots believe their government should have agreed maritime borders with turkey 1st still Business Indicators the assist i dont believe we handled this right we should have solved the cyprus problem 1st and then gone after hydrocarbons now were drilling in turkeys drilling and no one knows whats going to happen out at sea a small spark could set off much bigger trouble. And many see took your cypriots whom the invasion was supposed to save as equal victims healys he dissolution will come in Turkish Cypriots are set free turkeys keeping them hot they dont occupy north also pretty interested in expanding their economy what they dont want is to sacrifice a Tourism Industry for an oil industry jumpstart hopeless aljazeera force. Climate protesters have clashed with police at a demonstration against one of germanys biggest coal mines demonstrators trying to push through a police line near the mine site in the west of the country. Thousands of people have been taking part in a campaign of civil disobedience to stop the mines operations on friday protesters blocked train moves used by the mine. Have more from london in about half an hours time i see that now back to nick and. Thank you very much thank you in mali thousands of protesters have marched in the capital bamako to demand improve security and then to the massacre of villages hundreds have been killed in a series of interethnic attacks linked to the fight for tween farmers and cattle herders welcome where it has been meeting some survivors in the region. Whatever you see says to young to understand that his parents have been killed. His neck was cast in the same attack on his village. Ibrahim barres 2 months old his mother was also killed. Medical workers here say theyve never seen anything this bad. But also the world doesnt come to help us we dont know when this will end even here we dont feel safe before and burn because a patient was killed in this hospital no ones protecting us were afraid will become the target of an attack one of them in this ward all the childrens parents are either missing or dead weve changed their names and hidden their faces for their safety relatives have come here to take care of them their village in central mali was attacked last week. The rest of the survivors now sleeping on the roadside in a nearby town they belong to the for lonnie ethnic group what the village chief told us was tragically familiar. It was about 10 pm and it was raining and we started hearing people shooting at the village so we ran the next morning we collected everybody and came here the same people later burned all the houses and took all the animals. Militia connected to the lonny and gone groups have been attacking each others communities every week in a steadily escalating conflict hundreds of being killed in the last 3 months and nearly 50000. 00 have fled their homes many of them now staying in camps when people run they carry whatever they can. For sleeping on here are some cooking utensils whatevers essential for survival containers for water. Now theyre living in tents here a little bit of village life continues when a grinding mill it to wait for their mail this evening but life here having left Everything Else behind is very difficult. 15000 u. N. Peacekeepers havent been able to stop the violence nearly 200 of them have been killed making it the uns most Dangerous Mission ever. Growing protests calling for the u. N. And other Foreign Forces to leave almost since they arrived 6 years ago this camera phone video shows one in 70 last week. The Un Peacekeeping chief visited us we know that the situation is not easy in this country we feel terribly sorry specially for the losses of this lost there isnt really one that we can only support its the money and responsibility after all. The attacks havent stopped. Mother was killed he was shot in the leg everybody here says the violence is getting worse nobody knows how it will and malcolm webb aljazeera the region mali. Well its a similar story in the democrats a republic of congo rival ethnic militias battling for control of land and rich resources of course hundreds of thousands of congolese to seek safety many of those making their way to uganda across lake albert on rickety boats to the village of goto Katherine Sawyer has been speaking to refugees. Weve been told by the our officials that just last night more than 300 people came. From areas you need to know where this fighting is taking place theyre being processed and theyll be taken to a reception area that is about one and a half hours away but its been raining so its very challenging. Very very long journey what would notice is that huge families many many children who are coming here some of them and accompanied me. Particularly talks to one boy whos given a receipt experience he says that when the fighting started in his home village he ran him one direction his mother the other direction that he so his mother being chased by a man with a machete so you can imagine his confusion telling us he doesnt know whether his mother is alive or not its not possible in the r. C. The situation is still very fluid there were being told that food aid hasnt reached. Up 2400000 people who are internally displaced some Aid Agency Says that they cant get to this area because of the security situation so the governor of utah region has been mobilizing people well wishes businessmen to donate food to get to the most Vulnerable People so the situation in the r. C. Feel very. In the past week the u. S. City of portland in maine has been dealing with a sudden influx of around 300 refugees from Central Africa the city has largely welcome the newcomers and his government is under explains from portland and the benefits might end up going both ways. Local children provide some lunchtime entertainment for the more than 220 Asylum Seekers from Central Africa and women and children for whom portlands Exposition Center is a temporary new home. Volunteers serve up the food not the seafood for which maine is famous for but instead local dish is providing a taste from home for these mainly congolese and angolan expatriates all right so we have boxes so far but its not the only place youll find people from this small dorthy eastern seaport helping out their newest residents. Happy. Is the president of maines Congolese Association a local Community Center there part of it has been inundated with donations for the refugees so much so theyve had to temporarily stop accepting anymore to graduates and from. Been witnessing its all communities american and in a Great Community welcome to get it portland is a city that is mostly white but the Largest Group of immigrants are congolese everybody is helping i dont see why i want to i think its less of a question of citizenship and more of a question of humanity im going im going here and coming here i came here 2011 and it was take the time my life and everybodys been welcoming willing to teach me willing to help me people in the state of maine are generous having contributed over 400000. 00 to a fund to help the newly arrived refugees from africa but its also a state of older people with the average age being 45 years old one of the highest in the country many of the younger more educated workforce have moved out to seek opportunities in bigger States Amanda rectors mains state economist she says the refugees can plug that gap i think universally workforce availability is the challenge we need more people to come into the state. If we can have a more diverse population in the state thats attractive to a lot of people who are younger and looking for a place to live and argument that just a little care from the community could mean a big investment for a Better Future for everyone gabriels on to portland maine. The World Food Program has suspended some operations in yemen after failing to reach agreements with the rebels on distributing Food Supplies that decision is expected to affect around 850000 people in the who controlled capital of sana he wouldnt need help were going to mohammed as will. This panic buying in saunas old city after the u. N. World Food Programme said it would stop distributing food aid before the war this market was a bustling focal point for vendors who sold fruits vegetables and exotic spices but 4 years of a saudi u. A. E. Led war and diversion in aid supplies have caused an unprecedented food crisis more than 850000 people in the capital are affected by the suspension in food aid deliveries and yemenis fear the situation could get much worse. Than no i have the suspension will harm us the people will be affected by this not only the people of a village or a province or a city but the entire nation. This is the suspension of aid is literally a real war on yemen it literally means war. Most of the people need food aid on a daily basis because the country is in a very bad economic condition and Living Expenses are high. The World Food Program says humanitarian workers in yemen have been denied access to those in need aid convoys were blocked and local officials interfered with Food Distribution were not talking about a little bit of diversion here were spending 175000000. 00 per month so if its 10 percent 15 percent 20 percent of this being diverted in is not just being diverted into the hands of political. Systems well as for military whatever was happening as innocent children innocent victims of war or dying as a result of us not being or get our food into these areas
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