A 20 year border dispute with neighboring eritrea released thousands of Political Prisoners opened up the media and gave half of his cabinet posts to women in recent weeks hes been mediating the crisis in neighboring sudan but some have argued he may be moving too fast they certainly is an attempt to hold back that it. May be back some of the old guard the government has shut down internet all across the country in the wake of the attack no facebook no twitter people are mainly relying on state television for information here in the city and theres an obvious increase in military presence and some roads in and around the city are closed and the government and the people are trying to make sense of what happened we are hard in aljazeera added. Now u. S. Secretary of state my poem bio is heading to saudi arabia and the u. A. E. For talks on iran following a rise in tensions in the region president from called off a military strike off to iran shot down an unmanned u. S. Drug had washington was prepared to negotiate with to iran without preconditions. Im heading up today are for stopping to be in the kingdom of saudi arabia the United Arab Emirates to great allies in the challenge that iran presents and will be talking with them but out to make sure that we are all the key to realign and how we can go about a Global Coalition coalition not only to rob the gulf states but it is a share of europe that understands this challenge is to be prepared to push back against the Worlds Largest state sponsor of terror were prepared to negotiate with no preconditions they know precisely how to find us. Or iran says it wont back down from its decision to scale back some of its commitments under the 2015 u. K. Deal the u. S. Withdrew from the landmark deal last year and reinstated sanctions against iran european leaders pledged to do whatever they could to save the agreement earlier irans Deputy Foreign minister abbas iraq she said the european signatories lack the will to save the deal and that irans decision to decrease its commitment is a National Decision that is irreversible until its demands are met well for more on this we can speak now to francois nico he is the former french ambassador to iran and joins us live from paris via skype thank you for taking the time to speak to us on the news hour and as you saying it was in may 2018 when u. S. President donald trump announced that he would pull out of the nuclear deal and it was a move which we knew was coming what has europe done in that time to alleviate the impact of of these u. S. Sanctions. Well lou ruvo the one who does best you know but the best is very little indeed because our governments dont. Dont command their companies and the International Companies will or sizeable companies in europe of the interest in the United States you know and when they have to choose between iran and theyre not to fit them in the choices they made and they had to have to to abide by the by the u. S. Rules of the u. S. Were gracious and so this is the were the point were all to do sure but then they were also talking about that being a special Purpose Vehicle a way for transactions to take place why hasnt there been more progress on making that operational look real daum i think that will come fairly soon or it will lose the delicate things to think to to to to put to bertha it took time and the ridden horses ridden so to do their own fault you know. They also took time to put the order to produce devised to give the knowledge believe the have to be if you reach the system really work but it will have very modest results you know its not true do so instrument iran will be able to say its so hard for instance it would be for humanitarian. Business serves extends as. Medical you know medical devices food and so on but not much. And as you say this obviously the sanctions its not just an impact on irans oil and and the trade in the economy but its having a humanitarian impact as well on patients and hospitals and medicines and things like that. Given the level of domestic pressure then that iran is facing is it realistic of the europeans to expect continued compliance with the nuclear deal. Well youve heard the rain and some in the dont even turn to to to to go back into the bucket from foot to have to worry about from the position they intend to do to pool all progress really all. Of the juicy period of the nuclear deal it will be very progressive but in fact this is the only call they havent heard who to resist the american pressure to resist the. Growing sanctions. This is the only nonlethal way to reciprocate the need leave food. Will cross the red line this we know very well so they have to find other were the only way they have the only call the only way they have really its to do to reduce restively their commitments within the just to be aware of the nuclear agreement. Thank you very much for that french ambassador to iran. Meanwhile to han is in talks with a number of countries on using currencies other than the u. S. Dollar for trade live is being seen as a way for iran to bypass u. S. Sanctions and lessen Washington Square pond Global Energy and commercial markets to such a power he has more now from taiwan. According to the arabian foreign minister they are in discussion with a number of countries including china russia turkey and india to try and bypass the u. S. Sanctions by setting up a Monetary System where they can trade without having the u. S. Sanctions affect them this is something that the iranians have been talking about and we know that the russians are behind this idea they said that the Russian Foreign minister has said that the u. S. Sanctions against iran is unfair and the russian government will do everything it can to try and help the iranians bypass them the foreign minister has said that theyve already reached some agreements with certain countries and they are still in this caution with others so its still in the process but in the foreseeable future this could be something that could help iran bypass those crippling u. S. Sanctions in other developments the u. S. National security adviser john bolton is one to iran not to take washingtons prudence for weakness bolton made these comments in israel with Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu from that role matheson sent this report. To the u. S. National security advisor has come to israel with a clear message for iran neither iran nor any other hostile actor should mistake u. S. Prudence and discretion for weakness no one has granted them a hunting license in the middle east iran can never have nuclear weapons. Not against the usa and not against the world through words welcomed by israels Prime Minister standing close by Benjamin Netanyahu is determined that irans military presence in israels neighbors syria is a threat which cannot be tolerated whats new is that now thanks to crippling american sanctions iran is facing unprecedented economic pressure as a result of its aggression so i was pleased to hear President Trump make clear yesterday that pressure will continue and that pressure will increase netanyahu has brought together the u. S. And russia for 3 way meetings to discuss the growing crisis with iran on thursday iran shot down a u. S. Military drone its a whos whos flying through its airspace the u. S. Denies that hours later the u. S. Launched what it called Cyber Attacks against irans Weapons Systems shortly after President Donald Trump said he made a last minute decision to call off a missile strike inside iran the u. S. Has now imposed more sanctions these meetings are crucial for the Prime Minister because hes fighting for his political life if fail to create a government to earlier this year and hes facing elections in september Benjamin Netanyahu wants these meetings to demonstrate that israel is at the center of Global Politics because of him russia will also come under pressure at these meetings to persuade iran one of its main allies in the middle east to rein in its strong rhetoric whether russia will be willing or able to do that is still unclear despite the determination of the United States and israel rob matheson. West jerusalem. Israels Prime Minister says that he will give us president on trumps middle east peace plan for consideration but the proposal has been criticized by the Palestinian LeaderMahmoud Abbas who says its bound to fail it has more from the occupied west bank the palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has reiterated his rejection to the workshop that is expected to be held in a few days he says that while economy is important foreign aid is important the political issue demeans to be the main story here he says that as part of the economy that was released by the u. S. As a part of the whole whole deal of the century the u. S. Plans to collect around 50000000000 dollars of aid to the palestinians and said that he doesnt need the u. S. To do so because they want to gather the money from the other countries and he would be doing so himself he said that hes already asking the arabs to help with its worth noting that the palestinians are now facing a financial crisis as well as that the palestinians have stopped engaging with the u. S. Administration ever since the u. S. Has decided to move its embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem announcing drusilla as the israeli capital and other stories were following the military in the democratic republic of congo is saying 16 fighters have been killed in an offensive against on groups in juba fighting in the region has killed at least 300 people and forced hundreds of thousands to leave their homes catherine soy is following developments from uganda. A show of might a soldiers from the democratic republic of congo begin their offensive. Against tribal militia groups that have killed more than 100 people in the past 2 weeks alone and displaced hundreds of thousands in the Eastern Province of the tory. The groups essayed to be hiding in a forest in the jungle area. This is what the congolese government wants to stop the carnage in many villages this footage was filmed on saturday when armed people banned homes. Most of those fleeing are going to cause for displaced people in other parts of the region some are heading across lake albert to uganda. This group arrived as a Transit Center and is now heading to a reception area father inland. We met appendages on saturday who told us that he was separated from his mother and the last time she soha she was running from a man with a machete he still has no what about what happened to me i do not hiding anything about my mom one person to remember that he got me that my grandmother is now on my life the only thing we already see on the lot that i do not see on the run more than 4000 congolese have made it to uganda in the past few weeks. While i was to get them. On the board goes to get. There right safely in the reception area just in time for lunch beans and amazed pop commonly known as golly she was met and says shes just glad that she managed to get some of her children out and then we had gunshots and then saw the men shooting those they caught they slaughtered we escaped into the forest i took 2 children and my husband the other 2 they still have motorized eventually they will be settled in an area with about 100000 other refugees most of them congolese who have over many years fled from the same conflict catherine saw aljazeera uganda. Well to sudan where the military council on the opposition of backing rival plans to end the countrys political crisis a military Spokesman Says the Council Agreed to the african unions proposal while the opposition says it supports a plan put forward by ethiopia make up of sudans Transitional Government has been at the center of tensions between the army and prodemocracy protesters for more than 10 weeks now but if european the air you have been trying to mediate talks. Saudi state media says a syrian resident has died after a suspected drone attack on a course in the south of the country yemens who the rebels claimed responsibility for the assault on sunday which injured several of as this footage shows damage from a who see drone attack last week the spokesperson says 30 operations have been carried out over the past 48 hours. More from santa. Houthi military spokesperson has syria confirmed today in a press statement that the have carried out Drone Operations against booth. And boats. They have targeted the never geishas system also injuries and they have targeted the hunger of drones along with the drawings themselves according to reports that mentioned the flights to 2 birds. Being counseled on postpones that were coming from judge riyadh so the. Council ations confirm that the both airports according to the statements of the healthy military spokesperson confirmed that the the operations have successfully achieved their goals he were and that in the coming days more painful attacks will be carried out here at the news hour live from london still ahead well tell you why iraqs economy might be sailing into trouble waters its all smiles and handshakes in bangkok can the Southeast Asian leaders shake off a wave of regional tensions. And then its fall as hamilton continues to set the pace in the formula one season and hes here with that story. L. Are going to welcome back to your International Weather forecast what we do have a he way that is in the making 1st started here in the western part of europe where temperatures by the middle into the end of the week were going to be seeing 10. 00 to 16. 00 degrees above average so lets take a look at your monday map 1st of all were going to sing paris one of the highest temperatures on the map here on monday at 33 degrees zurich at 30 berlin at 20. Ate but the way really expands as we go towards tuesday High Pressure is dominating keeping a lot of sun across much of the area time to wise were going to see those time to start to go up for berlin at 32. 00 degrees there at 33. 00 as well and madrid at about 36. 00 degrees and this is going to continue as we go towards thursday probably peaking on thursday starting to come down on friday and then better conditions as we go towards saturday here across the northern part of africa not too bad right now but that same he way is going to be a player as we go towards thursday as well so were going to be watching this very carefully turnus is going to be about 35. 00 degrees as we go towards mondays high and triply at about 33. 00 degrees there but as we go towards tuesday conditions really start to heat up here particularly over towards parts of egypt where we do expect to see a top to the a 40 degrees and then towards also on a sunny day for you with the tundra of 45. 00 degrees as well. They wanted 43000000000 pounds with the weaponry that was 6000000000 pounds in commission. Theres no end in war because theres always a small album called for really really good business. In essence we in the United States have privatized the ultimate Public Function more shadow on aljazeera. Its my privilege to name aljazeera english the broadcaster to hear the country as i find each other that weve been told that we chronicle here these are still largest demonstrations its been held by one and theyre refugees since over 700000. 00 by the year some of the nicest rules of the planet earth here only think that they could be put to him aljazeera english crown percipient of the middle kristens gold coast of the year award. Welcome back quick look at the headlines now tuckeys opposition c. H. P. Policy has one istanbuls may oral race its the 1st time in 25 years that president party has lost power of techies economic capital. As tensions between iran and the United States continue to iran is accused european powers of lacking the will to save the 2015 nuclear deal equipment has been unraveling since the u. S. Pulled out last year and iran has announced that it would scale back on some of its commitments as well. Ethiopias military chief has been shot dead by his bodyguards after a renegade general attempted a coup in the state of im harra im horace leader was also killed in the military says it has now restored full control of the area. For more on this we can speak to attics finds hes head of the Africa Program at the think tank Chatham House joins me in the studio now and alex this is not the 1st challenge that Prime Minister met his face but how serious a threat with todays events to his rule this is much more serious than the previous attempt i mean there was a grenade for him but this was a serious challenge to his authority hes now some 15 months into a transition process and my fear is this was a transition process towards more democracy dismantling a thorough tear in system and this may will now divert his attention from the reform agenda. And of course as you say since taking office he has undertaken some important reforms in ethiopia you see this could 10 now as possibly slowing down those reforms thats my big fear this will be a warning to him and hes going to have to focus very much more on some of the domestic politics and thats going to really i think divert his attention from some of the very good things that hes been trying to achieve in terms of encouraging more political pluralism improving relations with the neighbors i mean he has recognized every trafford example as a very good example of