US Ordered To Ease Iran Sanctions

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The International Court of Justice has ordered the US to ease sanctions it re-imposed on Iran after abandoning a nuclear deal in May. The US must remove "any impediments" to the export of humanitarian goods. The US pulled out of its Treaty of Amity with Iran in response. David Mortlock, partner at the international law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher explains the links between the ICJ, the now defunct treaty and sanctions against Iran. Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May restated her aim to deliver a trade-focused Brexit. We get reaction from delegates to the Conservative party conference in Birmingham, and find out Europe's perspective from German MEP Elmar Brok, who is a member of the European People's Party group in Brussels. Our reporter in Sao Paulo looks ahead to the first round of Brazil's presidential election. The former Governor of the Central Bank of Tanzania, Professor Benno Ndulu, explains how he is helping promote tech initiatives for growth in developing countries. Plus we find out from Craig Jones, director of communications at the UK's Advertising Standards Authority, why it has banned a Costa Coffee advert that suggests a bacon roll or egg muffin was a better choice than an avocado. (Picture: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Credit: Getty Images.)