this is newsnight from a german football star. over racism midfield a massive ers who says he's going after facing a barrage of criticism for meeting the turkish president in the night he also had lots to say about the boss of the german football federation also on the program tensions between the united states and iran increases and president rouhani warns the west don't play the line style president trump tweets back don't threaten us or you'll suffer historic consequences. thousands are hospitalized.

wreck or temperatures just weeks after the devastating floods. landfill gail welcome to the program german football star mesut ozil has quit the national team of what is called discrimination following germany's exit from the world cup the midfielder who has turkish roots said he faced racism and disrespect from the german media after he was pictured with president vege of type two one back in may that he faced criticism from the german football association after the team's disappointing world cup before. after a long silence mesut ozil has finally made his feelings known in an epic three part statement on twitter. it was ill said that not meeting with president the one would have been disrespecting his family's roots. in his third post heavily

criticized german football association president for negative comments on islam and multiculturalism and said that he would no longer be playing for germany. a photo of israel an added one at that meeting in may sparked a debate that has refused to die in germany with israel being accused of helping out of one's campaign for an upcoming election is all says the pat talked only about football germany teammate. seen here on the left was also at the meeting and explained his decision soon after prefer to remain silent which only brought him more criticism. i don't think any footballer should have their photo taken with any authoritarian rulers whether with a lot of me or putin as no tomatillos did with going to one and there are enough democratic politicians to be photographed whether it's. going to be missy operation lawson coming after germany's exit in the world cup group stage there's still

debate bubbled up again germany team manager all of a f.a. chief. added fuel to the fire with kinda urging israel to explain his meeting with . the german f.a. have since said that they were aggressors is decision and concede f.-l. you to adequately support him but aim to continue the integration efforts and fight against racism. let's get more on this from across harrington from v.w. sports and if kareem from d.w. news welcome both let's start with you across the german football association that if the seems to have sidestepped mezzo as its criticisms of its president grendel by saying that the organization is not racist yes they did say they believe me touch on something they did mention prior to disclose that you know saying that they're not racist they did say that you know they acknowledge the fact that there are self-critical and didn't really handle the post photo situation properly but in regards to the races claims are saying the d.s.p. has been long associated with our ambassadors we have

a very diverse situation over here and more importantly that they have an integration they've worked on integration efforts in germany they have one program called one zero to open arms a campaign that really encourages integration and things like this so they're basically covering you know their tracks and just trying to let the world know that you know mesut ozil is his comments might not be takin. against the way he intended it in terms of the german football association thing to hear that because i talk to the people in the streets in berlin and they say they find it very good from is it that he spoke out and he talked about races and what's happening in the in the foot will team and they said they they think it's very healthy that he's the one who's talking about it and dish should be something done according what what not what you said they funded not enough not clear enough from their sides because the question

when i talk to the people said why would measure to say this if it didn't happen why would he say so this was like an open question ok and when i talked and i talked to different kinds of people i talked to german people german that have backgrounds also in turkey and day were to one saying when through what. is it as you said two to two yesterday day feel them very identified with what he said this is a part of what he was saying was that he is german when things go well that isn't there or there was a go go bad and he has this is a yes yes yes there is a kind of gap because what they are saying in d.d. and national team the football team and d.d.d. association they have very nice campaigns no to racism but everyone is also asking even if the president said he rejects this but what about the other team they always said it's the munch eft it's the team but only to know what tang is the only

one who said something and he said like take care my friend i think on twitter but the rest of the team who say they have said nothing we're going to win this three and there's a serious discussion yes but the if the president right. it is worth pointing out that he has made his feelings about integration of multi multi coaching quite clear in a formal career as a politician yes back in two thousand and four he addressed the parliament here in germany saying that multiculturalism in reality should be everything meshed together but it's a myth it's not real because how it plays out in the streets in germany you know germans tend to stay around germans and muslims say are muslims and so forth so there's some kind of mano culturalism going on here in the streets of germany and then even later about ten years later the green party a politician came out recalling a speech grendel gave in two thousand and thirteen and he said every time he thinks of it it's cringe worthy you know because he felt that his rhetoric say the idea

that no such thing of dual citizenship exists is this is going to fare into saying this you know according to the green party politician and basically saying that the speech was tantamount to a far right propaganda speech and this is before you know the far right political group in germany really existed really had the most ground source or just thought we're going to have to wrap this up but. i'm thinking. where what does it say about the state of integration here if a german player with turkish roots does not feel welcome in germany you know since yesterday i was i'm thinking so much about integration in germany and is it was the person who's like the he stands for integration he's the person who played for the national team he got every possible integration a worse there you can get he is someone who's in i do for a lot of people and now someone like said i don't feel like an island that's for me it's a big question mark it should be

a big wake up call for the politicians and for the society in germany and that's what also people said well it's not very hard in my opinion but that's what you hear on the street that they should be something done they should discuss they should take it very serious personally talking about it now and. kareem across hundreds and thank you for your work of. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world a suicide bomber has killed eight people at a mosque in northeastern nigeria local media reporting that the attack bears the whole months of islam is the militant group boko haram is the latest in a series of bombings in the states of borno and your body just as the government is trying to encourage people displaced by the boko haram surge and see to return home . in iraqi kurdistan want government employee has been killed and several wounded during a gun attack on the governor's headquarters in the region's capital have been security forces killed the three gunmen involved officials have described the incident as

a terrorist attack but have not assigned blame and no group has claimed responsibility. prince prince harry has met activists from the su two and botswana ahead of his speech at the international aids conference in amsterdam it's the world's largest gathering on hiv aids and brings together more than fifteen thousand scientists activists and policymakers. the tensions between the united states and iran are increasing again with donald trump but treating iranian president hassan rouhani as he would face dayak consequences for threatening america iran's state hodes news agency dismissed the u.s. president's tweet as a passive reaction to remarks made by iran's president. everyone has a history of using heated rhetoric against the united states but recent comments by president rouhani appear to have crossed a line for donald trump to michoud was you know. don't play with the lion's tail that would only lead to regret you will forever regret it. the u.s.

president took to twitter to send a warning to tehran using capital letters for emphasis never ever threaten the united states again or you will suffer consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before. on sunday u.s. secretary of state mike pump a i also had harsh words for tehran. these so-called moderates within the regime were still violent islamic revolutionary with an anti america and the west agenda you only have to take their own word for it the verbal standoff comes months after washington's decision to abandon an international deal with iran that was aimed at curbing its nuclear program relations between the two countries have to to rewrite his sentence president rouhani has suggested peace is still possible and comments made to iranian diplomats he said americans had a choice between quote the mother of all peace and the mother of war with iran.

lawmakers in cuba have approved a new draft constitution that supporters say will modernize the country while the leading political force will retain the communist party the new constitution would remove the aim of building a communist society the draft also recognizes private property could open the way to same sex marriage. an historic reform the cuban parliament approved the first update of its constitution since one thousand nine hundred seventy six. we confirm that we have a draft constitution and that after popular consultation and the referendum will strengthen the unity of cubans regarding the revolution. the new constitution allows for controlled opening up of the economy the party for reformers stronger recognition of private property rights. and the one we already have here paid

employment and private property ownership we have to recognise this objectively this is the reality we have to accept and regulate. the goal is to develop a form of socialism that is no longer strictly communist other constitutional reforms include limiting the president to two terms creating a prime minister post and addressing l g b t discrimination which is long been systemic in cuba. but that has the end of one of the omegas the making changes that are important for the country and given the historic moment we are going for it it's been sixty years since the revolution change is necessary. yes it was time to do it we're proud that it's being done. now it's up to the cuban people to vote on the new constitution a referendum will be held in november. japan's heat wave has now claimed almost two dozen people with thousands more hospitalized as authorities record the country's

highest ever temperature forty wallboard want degrees celsius as you can imagine people are doing everything they can to cool down. it's been like this for weeks. japan's summers are often hot and humid but it's been five years since temperatures were anywhere near as high as this. the government is warning people to take precautions to prevent heat stroke. japan experienced another extreme weather event last month historic flooding this month's heat wave is focusing the mind of government you say need to it's two years until the twenty twenty tokyo olympics and paralympics and i think its challenge is how to counter the heat all. that they do that they did the same as. the heat is also disrupting transport links here a minor train accident thought to be due to warped tracks. the japanese are

adjusting their daily lives however they can splashing water on the street a tradition in japan cooling the city streets. and some commuters are opting to work from home in order to avoid the sweltering city center making do with video conferencing want to consider that it's malts got it it's just tiring commuting into work by the time i get to the office i am so tired i just started don't feel like working the way that if you know that your day not. and there's more blazing heat to come high temperatures across the country a full cost for the coming week. this is the w. news live from ballots still to come the chinese president xi jinping africa infrastructure deals with number of states a lot of people saying that the projects come too high a price god alpha will topple on top after the break that's it for me i'll be back

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