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US accuses Iran of "nuclear extortion"

Iran says it will soon breach agreed limits on stockpiles of enriched uranium.

Iran says it will soon breach agreed limits on stockpiles of enriched uranium. Ariel Cohen, a Middle East expert at the Atlantic Council, tells us Iran is increasing tensions with the United States and after attacks on oil tankers, which were blamed on Iranian forces, it is risking conflict.

Vast reserves of uranium will have to stay in the ground in Virginia after the US Supreme Court agreed that the state has the right to block mining of the commodity, which is used by the nuclear industry. Mining analyst John Meyer explains how the ban on mining uranium will have little effect on global supplies as there is currently a surplus.

We report from the Paris Air Show after visiting a plane crash site in Ethiopia, and ask bosses of airlines: What is the future of air travel and how can you fix problems still very much present in the minds of many victims? The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½â€™s Theo Leggett threads together the big picture, after Boeing has again apologised for the two crashes of its 737 Max aircraft. We hear from the head of Ethiopian Airlines who has hit back at claims his pilots should bear some of the blame for one of those crashes.

(Picture Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in Iran. Getty Images.)

27 minutes

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Mon 17 Jun 2019 21:32GMT

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  • Mon 17 Jun 2019 21:32GMT