With negotiations on Iran's program of Uranium enrichment due to restart this week, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has again expressed his concerns at the prospect of sanctions on Tehran being eased. He was speaking after meeting the French President Francois Hollande who said he would continue to oppose an easing of sanctions until he was convinced Iran had abandoned its pursue to nuclear weapons. Here's our Middle East correspondent Yolande Knell. “Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is strongly opposed to an emerging deal in which the international community would ease economic sanctions on Iran if it suspend some nuclear activities. He said Israel must convince its friends to reach a better deal by maintaining and even increasing pressure until Iran dismantles its entire uranium enrichment program. Iran insists its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.”
The polls have closed in Chile's presidential election with front runner, a left-wing candidate Michelle Bachelet hoping to get more than 50% of the vote and avoid a runoff next month. Ms. Bachelet was Chile's first woman president between 2006 and 2010. A main opponent is Evelyn Matthei, the former minister in the centre-right government of President Sebastian Pinera.
The Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has told the BBC that cricket needs to clean up its image following revelation of match-fixing and illegal betting. Speaking a day after his retirement, Mr. Tendulkar said that recurring injuries had hastened his decision to leave the game.