Very different approaches of the u. S. And europe towards iran however there is a new face at this years g. 7 u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson some are speculating with breaks it looming he may want to consider taking a tougher position on iran in order to win favor with trump if forced johnsons Fertile Ground for a new deal it really is true and if what hes been doing in berlin and paris has really been a ruse of sorts then youre going to see the u. K. Pivot towards the u. S. Theyre going to see you case agree more of the u. S. Than is european neighbors and theyre going to start seeing a much more aggressive. Level of posturing from Boris Johnson who will be in the company of trump and he will almost be egging him on to start behaving in a way thats more u. S. Friendly than you friendly iran is just one of an increasing number of global issues whether 7 leaders are likely to have very difficult discussions the french president has already taken the unprecedented step of deciding not to seek a final communique at the end of the summit because he knows there are no words that will be able to sign up to. A number of other countries have been invited to this years g. 7 Prime MinisterNarendra Modi of india will be attending and the growing tension between his country and pakistan over kashmir is bound to be discussed growing trade wars are also leading to fresh rifts the u. S. And chinas difficulties could further destabilize the Global Economy and here in france the new Digital Services tax which targets big u. S. Tech Companies Like amazon and google has angered President Trump whos even threatened to retaliate with higher tax on french wine. Ever since Trump Took Office the issue of climate has been one thats cause divisions that Global Summits it may well again be 6 of versus one with president macro and the canadian Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau leading calls for the thousands of fires burning in the amazon to be treated as an International Crisis james bays out 0 the ritz. Including progress in paris surrounds. Had positive talks on sound reaching the 25th a nuclear. Ramping up tension what is the Russian Military to respond after the us tests. And a strange family on top against engler and in the 3rd ashes test would have to detach from sport. Japan says north korea has fired what appears to be 2 missiles into the sea off its east coast the south Korean Military says 2 projectiles were fired from sandakan South Province japan says they caused no damage it is the 7th such test in a muppet comes a day after pyongyang corti us secretary of state mike pompei o a poisonous plant of american diplomacy and north korea is expected to benefit from they sell the decision to stop sharing military intelligence with japan saw made the move after japan downgraded its trade status they have been embroiled in an increasingly bitter dispute which began over forced labor during the Japanese Occupation of korea problem of pride reports from Seoul South Korea says it had been hoping until the last minute to avoid pulling out of the pact blaming japan for whats now become the most serious deterioration in relations in decades young japan created a green change in bilateral Security Cooperation we have determined it would not serve our National Interest to maintain an agreement to exchange sensitive military information the intelligence sharing agreement was set up 3 years ago to counter the nuclear and missile threats from north korea its breakdown comes at a time of increased missile testing by pyongyang. The south korean decision completely misjudges the current Regional Security environment its nothing but a disappointment and i find it extremely regrettable disappointment to from the u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei o whos called for the 2 u. S. Allies to settle their differences relations have soured just as regional rivals china and russia seem to be moving closer together militarily. This dispute began with a south Korean Court Ruling in favor of victims of forced labor used by japanese firms during the 2nd world war japan retaliated with the restrictions on the export of materials and components needed by south koreas high tech manufacturers south korea then responded with a campaign to boycott all japanese goods and cancel holidays there. Its now started another campaign to support south korean firms hurt by this dispute this Company Making and fresheners had spent 3 years trying to break into the japanese market and was all set with 3 major orders which have all now been canceled. Back to you as citizens we need to support our governments policy given the current mood with japan will need to find an alternative solution for now exports to japan are difficult. This deepening trade dispute comes at a tough time for south korean exports has already caught in the middle of the trade war between the us and china trade figures show exports this month are down more than 13 percent compared to the same time last year extending a slump thats gone on now for more than 8 months many here fear the next move by either side in this continuing to it for tat will only be further deterioration Robert Bright aljazeera sold. Irans foreign minister says hes had positive talks with french president mannion that call on salvaging the 2050 nuclear deal john and zarif says they discussed how to move forward after the u. S. Hold out of the agreement last year but previously said that hell either try to soften the impact of u. S. Sanctions or come up with a way to compensate the iranian people and they are has more from paris. But the Iranian Foreign minister described his talks with the french president here in paris is constructive but at the same time hes reiterated that it wont be possible to renegotiate whats known as the j c p o a the nuclear deal signed between iran and 5 powers back in 2015 in which of course the u. S. Withdrew from unilaterally last year since then theyve reimposed sanctions on iran and countries that do business with it now the french have been making it clear that they want to offer iran something possibly. Ways to soften the impact of those sanctions credit lines to the government possibly temporarily allowing certain countries to buy Irans Crude Oil a way of getting it talking again at least in the short term theyve been criticized for doing so by washington the u. S. Has called and said that france is sending mixed messages to tehran which iran has said that they want to see all the other signatories bakkies and everybody meet their obligations they say that theyre willing to reverse measures taken recently which include breaching the levels of enriched uranium that theyre allowed to produce but that means everybody doing their part to meet their obligations we believe they are moving in the right direction will do we are not definitely there year we had a good discussion today we discussed possibilities this more of this morning or early this afternoon in my discussions with the president and he now is going to. Discuss with his European Partners other partners to see you but we can go from here the french would like to take these talks and go into the g. 7 summit in b. Of its over the weekend able to sell the idea to the americans that something should be offered to. Ron is it a sweet no no the british in the form of an unnamed diplomatic source on friday march saying that the deal is the best way to prevent iran acquiring a Nuclear Weapon and has to be supported but its very unclear whether President Trump and his National Security advisor john bolton will actually bite and will actually go for this diplomatic approach to resolving the crisis russian president Vladimir Putin has ordered his military to respond after the United States tested a new missile on sunday the modified Cruise Missile would have been banned under the cold War Era Nuclear Forces Treaty but both russia and the u. S. Have withdrawn from it the u. S. Cited russian violations which moscow denies persians to the nations lot shows that washington wants to deploy previously banned missiles around the world. Because i would and i mean maybe the fact that we developed the nervous systems of modern weapons which are on parallel out in the world was caused and we can say provoked by a unilateral exit by the us from the antiballistic missile treaty in 2003 we were forced to we had to guarantee the security of our people and of our country we are doing it now and we will be doing it in the future when. It was nature as you know we have never wanted to do not want and will not be drawn into a costly economically destructive arms rice that judging by the defense spending russia is on a modest 7th place of the United States chinese peoples republic saudi arabia United Kingdom france and japan. Now russia has lost the worlds 1st Floating Nuclear power plant the academical among us began its architecture any on friday and environmentalists fear the plant could become what they call a chernobyl on ice step vos and reports from moscow. A Nuclear Power plant sailing decease russia says its one of the safest and cleanest ways to provide energy to remote areas the academic luminosity of combines both the technology of a Nuclear Powered icebreaker and that of a land based Nuclear Plant it took 10 years to design and build the power plant will be towed by 3 boats 4 more months to the region of chukotka 5000 kilometers away on a journey that could take up to 6 weeks depending on the ice the 2 reactor unit is one of the key projects of president put in socalled northern sea route a fast the sea connection between europe and asia which has become accessible due to a melting arctic despite safety concerns russias Nuclear Agency sas theres very little chance of a Nuclear Accidents the nuclear station is very solid and is not vulnerable in case it. Tsunami or another disaster happens tests have shown the chances of a gigantic asteroid destroying the earth in the future is twice as high as internal damage to this reactor but greenpeace is not convinced in april 2017 the Environmental Group protested against a project calling a child noble on ice referring to the Nuclear Disaster in the soviet union in 1986 because. Of if the focal shima nuclear station was damaged by a tsunami we can only guess what could happen in this case the place can be flown upside down it can be thrown onto the shore or get damaged in a recent Nuclear Accident in the north of russia which cost a spike in radiation has also raised concerns with several Nuclear Accidents happening in the past few months and a government that just by political about what exactly has happened people are growing increasingly suspicious that like in the time of chernobyl your fortys are trying to cover up incidents of leaks radiation even though the academic dont know folks who travel only to the party Populated Areas its journey will be closely watched russias plans to sell Floating Nuclear plants to other countries have also rung alarm bells according to greenpeace offshore reactors will be harder to monitor and they can fall into the wrong hands academic will stay in be effect and youve got got for at least 10 years before going back to more months for maintenance and to dispose of its Nuclear Waste step fastened aljazeera mosco. Still ahead on the news hour the strike on a weapon step over in iraq is being attributed to israel and it would be the 1st known israeli strike in iraq since 981. 00. And an asian Coffee Growers are in trouble theres been a bumper crop bought not a paycheck to match and courts right handed a russian athlete who also competes in the u. S. A suspended for doping openly a coming up in sports. And theyre pretty good case guys across much of central and eastern china at the moment however that is about to change this massive cloud it can see here this is a Tropical Storm by lou now preparations already in place across much of taiwan this is taipei the river all these paddle boats are being brought in for safety because this storm is heading in that general direction the rain is beginning to really impact much of taiwan through friday into saturday this is a storm here right now winds at about 85 kilometers an hour gusting to 100. 00 but it is forecast to strengthen before it actually makes landfall that will be happening throughout south a day it will spread the rain oversea really quite widespread across much of taiwan but also push into the eastern sections of china into fusion province they will keep an eye on this storm system but we could see winds gusting about 140 kilometers an hour to the south away from that we have got the rails he still impacting in the philippines from that storm system rain showers and cloud across much of borneo a similar story really across much of the roman a peninsula its funny a way to end the weekend 30 celsius apiece there in k. L. And singapore plenty of rain across central and eastern sections of india the India Met Office of our she got the warnings in place for additional states as we go through saturday thats where the heaviest rain will be but more rain in the forecast into carola but a dry couple days. New delhi with a high for. The weather sponsored by qatar and. Millions of people across india missed out on medical but a hospital train is delivering doctors and hope to those most in need what i want to east towards india is a lot fun explained on the aljazeera. Al jazeera explores prominent figures of the 20th century and how rivalries influenced the course of history steve jobs a much better marketer bill gates. Is going to reinvent stuff build made software what it is to train the world to high tech visionaries whose breakthroughs inspired the digital revolution jobs and gates face to face on aljazeera. And is the problem and the top stories this hour brazilian president job its an hour says hell send the army to fight the fires in the amazon rain forest he blamed to draw than usual weather for the spike in fires meanwhile the french president has threatened to block a trade deal between the European Union and south america of brazil and doesnt do more to protect the amazon. Us President Donald Trump says hell again raise tariffs on chinese imports it follows beijing announcing plans tout some 75000000000. 00 worth of u. S. Goods and japan says north korea has fired what appear to be 2 must solve them to the sea off its east coast the south Korean Military says the launch is happening on the dock in South Province that is the 7th such test and the moment. Now israel has carried out an air strike on a weapons to iraq thats according to reports quote. When u. S. Officials they attack on july the 19th targeted a base belonging to the Shia Alliance known as the Popular Mobilization forces who are backed by iran they have been at least 2 other explosions at sites belonging to the Group Earlier this week they accused israel of carrying out the strikes and threatened to retaliate and iraq a military official has confirmed that a base was hit 3 people were killed including an iranian now in an interview with an Israeli Television channel broadcast on thursday promise to Benjamin Netanyahu said his government is operating against iran in many areas. And. We do not give immunity i dont give immunity to iran anyway iran is a country a power which is declared its desire to annihilate israel it is trying to establish bases against us everywhere in iran itself in lebanon in syria in iraq in yemen believe the moon is. With the meaning that it needed israel parades in iraq nor can we are operating not just if needed we are operating in many areas against a state that wants to annihilate us. Well lets get more on this now a joined by Kenneth Katzman hes the gulf and thats for the library of congress and hes joining us live from Arlington Virginia very good to have you with us on aljazeera so 1st syria and now iraq is israel expanding its campaign against Iranian Military involvement in the region thank you of course im speaking a. Lot. Israel are you know basically they want to prevent any strategic iranian build up in the areas near israel and i think the israelis assert that iran is us