you know. this is news live from berlin the german football association back in an accusation of racism star midfielder resident ozil says that he has quit the national team after facing a book brosh of criticism for meeting the turkish president in may he also have lots to say about the boss of the german football association. also coming up the tensions between the united states and iran are on the rise again president rouhani warns the us don't play with the lion's tail president trump tweets back don't

threaten us or you will suffer the consequences and what do you do if you have to import almost everything you consume and you're not sure what the future holds we take you to the overseas british territory of and willow in the caribbean and it's worries about frank said. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program the german football federation has hits back at an accusation of racism made by football star ms it on the contrary it said it had been heavily engaged in integration work in germany for many years. made the accusation after he explained why he had quit the german national team the midfielder who has turkish roots so that he faced racism and disrespect from the german media after he was pictured with turkey's president wrecked type of won back in may then he faced criticism from the german football association after the

team's disappointing world cup performance. didn't mince his words his three part statement released in english on social media not only announced his retirement as a member of the germany team but also heavily criticized the german football association known as the d.f.t. and its president. he called for negative comments on islam and multi-culturalism words have sparked a wave of reactions in germany. the d.f.t. have said they regret israel's decision and can see their failure to adequately support him but aim to continue their integration effort and fight against racism. chancellor angela merkel spokeswoman said the german leader had kind words for. the german chancellor has the greatest respect for him as he is a talented football player who has done a lot for the german national team and he has now made

a decision we must respect. but the german government appears divided over the controversy because. i don't think the case of a multi-millionaire living and working in england tells you much about germany's capacity for integration straight endorsement. of racism on a daily basis need to be taken seriously it's not just israel but also people involved in sports who suffer this we should really do something about it. in turkey has received overwhelming support the turkish justice minister said the footballer's departure is a goal against the virus of fascism an advisor to turkey's president. said had taken a brave stand there is no excuse for racism measured comments are likely to add to an already raging debate in germany over integration multiculturalism and the country's relationship with its immigrant population. and we have team coverage of

that debate now joining us here in the studio is chris harrington from d.w. sports desk and we also have our political correspondent simon young vulcan to you both and i'd like to begin first with you simon because we have some very strong allegations here from as it as well but he's already been getting some criticism a fair amount of criticism we have to say for them right well that's right i can show you the newspaper here germany's mass tabloid let's go to the on the front page it says yum-o. rick trade sort of when jean resignation and it talks about him taking revenge in these in these tweets of these issues it which he's you know sort of pointing out that he feels that he's been the subject of racism from the media from the german footballing oath or it is it sort of goes through them in the newspaper and sort of points out that probably most people think that message is it was a bit naive if he thought there was no political impact of having his picture taken

with the turkish president during the turkish presidential election campaign so you know they're they're being pretty tough on him and you but they're taking these allegations i think seriously at the same time so the implication is there is that the allegations are not valid but you know i'd like to just drill down into some of them and get it perhaps another perspective from you cross because one of the allegations is of racism at the top of the d.f.t. and we have to say does he have a point here the organization says now. right here they released a statement you know echoing that since i'm it saying the d.s.p. or german football association to have been associated with racism is something they emphatically reject and they decided there countless work that they've had to do with it's a great effort to germany for years as reasoning why you know these races claims are unjustified from zero and they went on to say that we stand for diversity from the representatives of the very top to the countless people working a grassroots levels each and every day and they obviously did think ms it was ill

for his years of service you know and they are grateful for that but it responds to this photo that sparked all of this controversy they said that you know they did urge they would like him to explain his actions. which he didn't do to satisfy them obviously because they did criticize him as well and that photo i mean of of course the criticism began with that photo basically taking this picture with the turkish president. ahead of the turkish election back in may was that naive. what you say simon i mean because you know it was used for example by by the party of the turkish president as essentially a political endorsement well as i mentioned i think that if you're going to have your picture taken with a with a senior politician gere in an election campaign then there has to be a political impact to that of the president says he's just a footballer the only talked about was football but it seems there is you know there's also been pointing out in these tweets that low to mid tell us the sort of

star footballer from the one nine hundred ninety s. for the german national team he had his picture taken just a couple weeks ago with vladimir putin during the world cup in russia and he says oh you know if the german media haven't criticized go to mattel yes for that it's not entirely true actually even the bit sites which loads of materials happens to be a colon nist for said you know it was a bit dodgy being photographed with a no socratic figure like that so i think football is nowadays they know that they are certainly at the top level of the game they know their kind of badge kerry isn't flag kerry is for their nation and for the game as a whole and they have to be a bit careful when they enter the public arena chris i'd like to ask you a little bit more about the t.f.t. itself because we have to mention you know all has not been the only critical voice of the organization where does it go from here and what example is it setting right now for you know young multicultural players of the future which might have

concerns because those will himself i mean he's been a figure he's been a symbol of the success of integration in the country right in terms of the criticism the d.f.t. has received the byron chairman quadroon it called them a bunch of amateurs you world cup champion for germany philip echoed the same sentiment say that they need some more professionalism in dealing with the newer generation of players now in regards to. where the d.s.p. goes from here is they have an uphill battle i mean you know just taking the example. of a player grown up in guess and kids should a blue collar neighborhood a city here in germany you know well integrated in the community aside from being muslim of course it just says anyone who looks up to him might follow in his footsteps and feel disrespected by germany in the same way he said he's feels disrespected now you know do this backlash he's received to simon just briefly before we go in just because i'd like to be able throw here another allegation of

says that he faced racism and disrespect from the media following that photo with the turkish president also saying that there's a double standard for his sponsors was that fair well i mean it's an allegation i think people are taking it very seriously you know as chris has said he's he's done a lot of important work he's been a standard bearer for the integration programs of the german football or storage his and so on so he's got a right to speak out if he feels he's been treated badly but on the other side you know there are other people saying well he's he's got his opinion as the foreign minister pointed out rather on diplomatically he's a millionaire he lives in london maybe his case doesn't really speak to the whole situation in german society political correspondents i mean young and from our sports desk press harrington breaking down this debate telling us how it is shaking out here in germany we thank you so much to both of you. when i get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world the european union

is to review its migrant distribution policy after italy threatened to close its border but the e.u. a naval mission that rescues migrants from the mediterranean off the coast of libya will continue until a new agreement is reached italy says that it would uphold the existing policy only if the current rules were overhauled. greek officials have declared a state of emergency as forest fires draw closer to the capital athens they urged residents to quote just leave and abandon their homes motorways have been closed as plumes of smoke swept the capital wildfires are common in greece but the dry weather has made conditions wonders. and britain's prince harry has met activists from was otho and box want to ahead of his speech at the international aids conference in amsterdam it is the world's largest gathering on hiv and aids bringing together over fifteen thousand scientists activists and policymakers. tensions between the united states and iran are rising again with u.s.

president donald trump tweeting iranian president hassan rouhani that he will face dire consequences for threatening america iran state owned news agency has dismissed the u.s. president's tweet describing it as a passive reaction to remarks president rouhani made. 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.o. also had harsh words for tehran. these so-called moderates within the regime are

still violent islamic revolutionary with an anti america and the west agenda you only have to pick 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 tyria racist sense 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 all wars with iran . and joining us now here in the studio is political analyst by a specialist on iranian affairs welcome. is this a mere war of words or is there more to it when i think we are seeing this escalation of rhetoric since ever since donald trump took office so it's going on

for some time and it increases the danger of unintended conflict so up until now it's only words but it can lead to real confrontation what do you make of the iranian leadership response i mean do you see an appetite for further escalating the situation i think the appetite that we can see is that they need to really around the flag moment in iran right now a country with a lot of different crises and external threats are the best thing you need for internal cohesion so i guess in that regard there is an appetite for it but not more than that on the u.s. side of course the u.s. has announced its most withdrawal from the iran nuclear deal and i'd just like to talk with you about the impact that that has been having on iran itself how big is the impact since that announcement i think a lot of hopes were dashed a lot of hopes were dashed that with this agreement which took years of the plumber see new a new phase of constructive engagement with western countries and with the u.s. can be reached that could help the economy of the country to recover but that

certainly hasn't come into fruition and that is a source of frustration for many when the as for nationals where sanctions were lifted back into the sixteen we saw a bit of a recovery within iran's economy itself but not as much as many had hoped what would you say the economic situation is right now there are a lot of different challenges starting from unemployment to low purchasing power of the average citizen that has partly to do with the sanctions that still are imposed on iran it has to do with a lot of domestic problems in terms of economics and economic homework that has not been done and certainly with the return of sanctions which is what the u.s. has announced it will this situation with the will exacerbate. what do you make of the u.s. response what he make of this twitter diplomacy that we have seen well on the one hand we shouldn't be surprised because that also is something that donald trump the bully of international politics has introduced at the same time we should never get used to it in the way that we are not outraged by it then i would actually hope

that some european voices would really push back on this kind of rhetoric adopted by western official who want to thank you very much a political analyst i've been to about to buy a specialist on iranian affairs a pleasure and now we're going to head over to helena humphrey who is standing by and a proposal which is unlikely to go down well at the white house sara thank you very much indeed g twenty finance ministers and central bank has have called for global rules to tax the digital economy the idea was floated at a meeting of the world's twenty largest economies in the argentinian capital of wine as i it is on sunday and it's not likely to go down well with u.s. tech giants or the government. it's an idea the e.u. started toying with earlier this year digital companies should pay their fair share of taxes during last weekend's g twenty meeting e.u. finance leaders made sure the proposal was on the docket. like every other company

tech giants like google are required to pay taxes on their profits however many used creative accounting to avoid paying their full share that's why the e.u. wants to start taxing the revenues instead of the profits that large digital companies earn in european countries. the new measure would force digital companies with significant presence in europe to pay a three percent tax on the e.u. revenues brussels hopes the tax will raise five billion euros a year. tech giants already pay disproportionately low taxes and the money they earn isn't accounted for in president trump's favorite obsession the u.s. trade deficit. he claims the e.u. has a one hundred fifty one billion dollar trade surplus with the united states but its calculations only look at the exchange of goods taking into account all monetary flows including services and revenues of multinational corporations the e.u.

chalks up a deficit of fourteen billion dollars although e.u. officials say the digital tax would create more fairness their u.s. counterparts have already signaled that they would interpret it as an attack on america. well as for him a financial correspondent names who are to a new york for more on this now again what's the sense that do americans feel like europe is stepping on their toes when it comes to this proposal. i would so saw yes and that has not just started with u.s. president to donald trump but also of the obama administration actually complain that the regulatory correct down against them silicon valley is politically motivated what i'm also hearing here quite often is said well ok we live in a digital word world so how do you take that but when it comes to the big digital companies there aren't that many global european players so when we talk about texas and those corporations we mostly talk about us american corporations that's

at least the sense there i see over here in the u.s. and on wall street and our u.s. tech companies paying their fair share in the u.s. . well u.s. tech companies aren't notorious for not paying too many texas even before u.s. president donald trump started his tax reform earlier this year a lot of the u.s. tech companies paid far less corporate taxes then the overall demanded thirty five percent and quite often they would pay less than twenty percent one of the main reasons for that is also when it comes to insure lecture lee a property rights a lot of the tech companies actually list those. rights somewhere in cheap takes countries and therefore they can avoid higher takes that there were

there were also supposed to pay here in the united states so do american tech companies pay taxes here in the u.s. sure they're do but quite often they pay far less taxes than we've seen it in a lot of other areas by the way the same especially when it comes to those intellectual property rights it's it's true for the pharmaceutical industry they're also notorious for paying law texas but so yes u.s. technology companies pay their share but less than other industries putting it into context for us our financial correspondent yes goes eighteen and york thank you now they're all suspicions the chinese vaccine produces knowingly exposed hundreds of thousands of children to possibly unsafe that scene's chinese police have launched a probe into detention cheng shen biotech company over claims made sold dangerous and collations to health facilities across the country jan change shares which had

been suspended in the morning were down ten percent have slumped forty seven percent since mid july state trouble thora he said i have conducted unannounced inspections on other chinese manufacturers as well some of the vaccines in question were given routinely to chinese babies as young as three months so far it appears that no patients. over sarah now taking a look at the far reaching consequences of bricks that sarah has one that you might not really think about at first helen i'm because british prime minister theresa may she says that she is confident that her brags that plan will be good for both the u.k. and the e.u. but she is prepared for a no deal brags that she is making another attempt to win over her cabinet as she has called her ministers together for a special round of talks now economic growth in post brags that trades are expected to top the agenda but the u.k.'s divorce from the european union will also have a profound impact on thousands of people living outside of europe we're heading now

to the small caribbean island and gorilla it is one of fourteen british overseas territories residents there didn't have any say in the bags or vote some of the islands now see the results as a chance to push for independence from london now as part of our road to bragg's it series our correspondents visited and willa to gauge the mood. as ship docking in britain six thousand five hundred kilometers away from the british mainland we're in one gorilla one of britain's six overseas territories in the caribbean people here have to import nearly everything even their drinking water and this sport is a life of language. is the only because this is the only kabul border so. if for whatever reason this port closes in on. angola it's just like oh so. most of the goods come in via the e.u.

or more precisely from a port just fifteen minutes away on the french island off some of. the neighboring islands have close ties but now brics it is threatening their relationship. we find it to be insulting because we're being affected directly. bought i mean i saw water for years. and you know and. you know that doesn't present situation by the press in the negative so local radio host a.j. hammer is angry that i did not have a say over breakfast that since residents could not vote liberate it affects us he and some fifteen thousand other islanders will lose their passports should london come up short in its bid to secure a good breaks it deals with and will us residents worry that they will be among the biggest losers and will ensure that hadn't a chance to participate in the backseat and that no other people should decide and

get on straight but then britain has been. increasing homemaker managing what i think is it fair to us. that means we have no say because if you take the economy of angle and you take the budget amendment has to be approved by england so we are just puppets in the end the whole thing yet another way it's britain is. s. involved since hurricane devastated last september many homes still in ruins the state's coffers are empty and the planned reconstruction is funded by the e.u. it is also agreed last largest provider of development aid with much of the money earmarked you keisha but after breaks it is unclear what the london will step in to help. kingdom i would say ninety percent of the people that i talk to whinge so i have a clue that there's a political angle so you know i really think we have a i don't think would be

a big on the agenda of the british government. as one of the issues that they speak about and we don't look for the frustration our exit has reached the point of the worst someone willing answer calling for independence from britain d.j. hammer is for it. you'll be able to fend for yourselves because the british government is doing well and the stars know i'm not sure i'm not sure we're getting on you know a free a shit. most and williams would have voted to stay in the e.u. the island's depends on close ties with its e.u. neighbors in the area mean just why many here would rather be a part of the european union than of britain the way. cool. an alj a pan heat wave has claimed almost two dozen people with thousands more hospitalized as authorities record the country's highest ever temperature forty one point one 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 our biggest challenge is how to counter the heat all. that they do that they give us and this is. the heat is also disrupting transport links here a minor train accident thought to be due to walk to 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. well look at its malls 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. out of my dear god i know. there's more blazing heat to come high temperatures across the country a full cost for the coming week. quick reminder now the top stories that we have been following for you here at the death of you the german football association has hit back and an accusation of racism by starving fielder measured those of his quit the national team after facing a barrage of criticism for meeting the turkish president in may the association has

denied that it is racist sang but it does a lot of work to promote integration. and don't forget you can always get it if you news on the go just download our app from google player from the apple store and it will give you all access to the latest news from around the world as well as push out ations for any breaking news we can also use the app to send us photos and videos that you feel are news. and with fact you are now up to date here on t.v. of my neighbor sarah kelly thank you so much for joining us we have to see you again soon have a great day. practice

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iran truly want peace. the countries of homes of their towns isolate. iran from congress's regional superpower was walking on g.w. . the german national football federation and the press under fire after star midfielder mez it as a lick uses them of racism and disrespect and then quits the team he's been facing a barrage of criticism for meeting the turkish president and his subsequent performance at the world cup i'm sorry kelly in berlin this is the day.