Steinitz: World powers and Iran will reach the nuclear deal is likely bad

Yuval Steinitz, the Israeli minister of strategic affairs, said on Monday that "likely" that the world powers and Iran concluded "bad deal" about Iran's nuclear program, stressing that it will continue to pressure to tighten the terms of any agreement before the resumption of talks this week.

Steinitz told Reuters in an interview before meeting French officials in Paris: "We believe that it would be bad and incomplete agreement ... it seems very likely to happen, unfortunately."

The United States and France and four other world powers suspended talks with Iran in Switzerland on Friday to resume this week in a bid to end the deadlock over Tehran's nuclear research and the lifting of sanctions in order to reach a framework agreement before March 31.

And Israel is not involved in the negotiations, but they feel threatened by the possibility that Iran become a nuclear power.

Often described France as the bargaining power that convergence of views and the Israeli point of view, is scheduled to speak with Steinitz's chief negotiator and adviser to French President Francois Olond later on Monday.

Steinitz said, "Although we are against the agreement in general, however, until the end of it, we will refer to the gaps and difficulties."

He said that the two main issues are the number of centrifuges and any ability granted to Iran to follow up on research and development.

He added, "you will get a strong and complex agreement can retain capabilities of Iran and allowed to remain on the cusp of becoming a nuclear state.

Iran says its nuclear program has purely peaceful purposes.

He said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this month that the United States is negotiating a bad deal with Iran could lead to "a nuclear nightmare" which US President Barack Obama called for criticizing.

Steinitz said, "I do not think that the United States would abandon one of its closest allies and more democratic ally in the entire Middle East because we express our differences of opinion on Iran's agreement."

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Australian police find 8 bodies of children in the city of Cairns

Australian police Friday, said that eight children, aged between 18 months and 15 years, were killed stabbed to death in the northern city of Cairns.

Australian police said Friday that eight children were killed and the woman was stabbed to death during what she called the media to "mass stabbing incident" in the city of Cairns in the north of the country.

Queensland state police said in a statement that it has moved to a house in the suburb "Manora" in Cairns after reports of the existence of an injured woman who was seriously injured in the building.

Police found the bodies of children aged between 18 months and 15 years during the examination of the place.

Police confirmed that it was not immediately clear whether children from one family, or their relationship to the affected women, who continue to question her.

And Australia on high alert after police stormed a cafe in Sydney on Tuesday morning to end the hostage crisis lasted 16 hours and killed three people, including a lightning hostages.

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Atletico turned down an offer from Manchester City to buy Jimenez

Otltkio Madrid rejected an offer from Manchester City to join defender Jose Maria Jimenez, according to news reports today.

The British newspaper (Daily Mail) that the team, led by Chilean Manuel Pellegrini offer 17.5 million pounds (22 million euros) for the Alawroyjoa
úa defender, who scored his first goal with Alotlta on the sixth of this month, believed to Elche.

Jimenez moved of Madrid's team coming from Danubio Alawroyjoaúa in April last participated this season in seven matches the shirt "Rokhiblancos", during which played 630 minutes and scored a goal and making other like him.

Defender did not succeed in spite of this to convince Argentine coach Diego Simeone yet partnership broke up the heart of defense between compatriot Diego Godin and Brazilian Joao Miranda, which led to the emergence of rumors in the English media about his desire to leave.

It is noteworthy that Man City owner English Premier League this season, was signed last summer with the young French defender Aljkoam Mangala coming from Porto in exchange for 32 million pounds (40 million euros), but the team continued to suffer from the defensive fragility due to repeated commander injuries, Belgian Vincent Kompany, a which probably pays Pellegrini to try to contract with Jimenez.

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Russian opposition: Putin's days are counted

Russian opposition leader warned President Vladimir Putin, that his days in power are counted, while Russia awaits the reaction of the president on the sharp decline in the value of the ruble.
And gave former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, who was an ally of Putin, is responsible for the growing economic crisis on the economic mismanagement of Putin, and Western sanctions, due to the crisis in Ukraine, and the decline in world oil prices.
Kasyanov said (57 years) for "Reuters", in an interview Wednesday: "Russia is on the brink of the abyss. 2015 should be the year that Putin made a fundamental decision. "
He warned that the president may face protests, saying that Putin may choose to "increase pressure on political atmosphere", meaning tighter restrictions on critics or accept the fact "that he needed an exit strategy," and agrees to hold early elections.
He added, "As a result (it should be) to go out quietly by the presidential election. I do not think he will win the election, if they were free and fair. "

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Russia calls on North Korean leader to visit in May

Asahi Shimbun Japanese newspaper reported on Wednesday that Russia called North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to attend the commemoration of the end of World War II ceremonies in May in what may be the first foreign visit for Kim since taking the helm of the reclusive state in 2011.

The newspaper said, quoting unnamed diplomatic sources said Kim would probably meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin as North Korea supports Russia in Ukraine crisis while Moscow need to cooperate with Pyongyang to promote exports of natural gas to South Korea.

The newspaper said it is unclear at the moment whether Kim would accept the invitation.

North Korea is seeking to forge closer ties with Russia at a time when it is facing international criticism over charges of human rights violations as well as its nuclear program.

Putin held talks with the Personal Envoy of Kim last month and called for the deepening of relations with North Korea to improve regional security.

He said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said North Korea is ready to resume the stalled international talks on its nuclear program.

North Korea began, South Korea, Japan, China, Russia and the United States talks in 2003 to rid the Korean Peninsula of nuclear weapons, but those talks stalled after Pyongyang conducting nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009.

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