In the spotlight: the first steps to save the Iran nuclear deal
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On Monday April 6, the signatory states of the Iran nuclear deal met in Vienna, Austria, to discuss the lifting of US sanctions and Iran's return to honoring its commitments.
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Many comments in the international press, generally tinged with a hint of optimism to welcome the opening yesterday, Tuesday April 6, in Vienna of indirect discussions between the United States and Iran.
"
Despite the tensions between Washington and Tehran, this meeting is a diplomatic breakthrough
," said the
Wall Street Journal
.
"
The talks are starting on the right track
", headlines the
Washington Post,
which thus echoes the expression of satisfaction of the Iranian negotiator.
"
It is a first step towards the rescue of the nuclear agreement
", notes for his part
El Pais
who nevertheless considers, like the American press, that the negotiation of "
a road map
" will now take time "
weeks, even months
", while the two parties "
must restore lost confidence, a complex process that makes any anticipation of results premature
”.
And yet "
time is running out
", argues the
Washington Post
, given "
the time which passes before Iran is able to produce enough fissile material to manufacture a nuclear weapon, and then (also) that the elections in Iran in June could lead to a tougher government
”.
For his part,
El País
cites diplomatic sources according to which "
President Biden would have the will to quickly reach an agreement in order to avoid a new rapprochement between Iran and China
".
Beijing, which has succeeded in bringing Tehran “into
its new Silk Road
”, further notes the Spanish daily.
Covid-19: the "
vaccine passport
" arouses controversy in the United States and the United Kingdom
While the two countries can boast of a rapidly accelerating vaccination campaign, it is the question of the implementation of a possible “
Covid passport
” which is now the subject of debate.
"
The project of digital certificates to help the United Kingdom out of isolation risks sinking into chaos
", explains the
Guardian
which reports a real barrage "
a revolt against this idea
" within the industry of bars, pubs and nightclubs which put forward “
a discriminatory measure against customers, especially young people who will be vaccinated later
”.
An outcry relayed by politicians, even within the ranks of the conservatives but also "
among Labor and Liberal Democrats
", all agree to brandish the banner of civil liberties - underlines the
Guardian
.
And so it is the same debate which threatens "
to inflame the American political class
", judges the
New York Times
, "
the vaccine passport constitutes the next hard divide
", between Democrats and Republicans, standing wind against measures which say -they “
reduce individual freedoms
”, measures sometimes even qualified as “
anti-American
”.
The battle has only just begun, notes the
New York Times
.
Australia
opens up '
travel bubble
' with New Zealand
An opening scheduled for April 19 and already the Australian press is euphoric.
"
Kia Ora to our kiwi cousins
", in other words "
welcome (in Maori) to our New Zealand cousins
", headline
The Australian
.
"
This is how it begins, the great standardization, the first movement of hope on our international scene
", enthuses the editorialist of the daily, who does not have words strong enough to praise "
the old and unwavering kinship
”, Australians and New Zealanders who will once again be able to travel between their two countries without a quarantine measure.
A real window of newfound freedom,
The Age
tells us how this travel bubble caused "
a rush to vacation
".
100,000 people will be able to travel between the two countries every week.
After 100 years of cuts, Italy ends film censorship
"
The cinematographic censorship is abolished
", welcomes the Italian press, like
Il Giornale,
which underlines "
that it will no longer be possible to refuse the screening of a film
", for moral or religious reasons .
Gone are the scissors of censors who since the law of 1914 have "brought
down some giants of the big screen
", comments the daily.
In particular the sulphurous
Last tango in Paris
, by Bernardo Bertolucci but also
The wolf of Wall Street,
by Martin Scorsese, victim of "
51
cuts, which made 18 minutes of film disappear
".
"
Goodbye censorship, it was about time
", rejoices
Il Giornale,
who specifies that the filmmakers will now classify their films "
according to the age of the public
".
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