this is deja vu news live from berlin tensions rise in the persian gulf saudi arabia claims sabah tours have damaged 2 of its oil tankers in the region this is the u.s. war in saran could be targeting maritime traffic they're also coming up. activists take to the streets around europe to demand action on climate change but the un's top official warns that measures to slow global warming are falling short. and india votes in that country's marathon election party credited with transforming

public education in the capital delhi hopes it can sway voters. i'm dr thomas a very warm welcome to the show saudi arabia has condemned an alleged sabotage attack against tankers in the gulf region as a dangerous threat to navigation and international security the united arab emirates says that for commercial vessels were hit by quote sabotage attacks near the port city of food gyra that's off its eastern coastline. the saudi arabian energy minister says 2 of the kingdom's oil tankers were among the targets now these alleged incidents come as rising tensions between iran and the u.s. iran has called for a probe into who is responsible. for more on this i'm joined now by i did have you political correspondent rupert feet evolved

a good morning rupert you know these reports of sabotage comes as the u.s. deploys a growing number of military assets to the region and as relations with tehran deteriorates how concerned is europe about the developments right now very concerned europe is concerned that this powder keg region on this is what this region is the 2. major powers that saudi arabia and iran who have been struggling for 2 to be which one is going to be the most dominant power in the region for years now and this already has resulted in one terrible war and yemen that this could at this time with fire this is what europe is saying this is what is happening right now in the gulf at this point was fire could spark another war in the region of war the europeans fear would have begun from the implications to europe to any other region in the world ok well there's a lot of speculation right now about the sabotage which comes as u.s. secretary of state mike peo makes

a surprise visit to brussels and this foreign ministers meet there to try to salvage the iran nuclear deal let's take a look at that. the e.u.'s top diplomat meeting her counterparts in brussels in an attempt to salvage the iran nuclear deal it has been and continues to be for us a key element of nowhere if ration company finish not to go belly up in the region so we'll continue to support it as much as we can with all our instruments and all our political will of business very well known i think both in washington and in. under the 2050 nuclear deal iran agreed to let the international atomic energy agency monitor its nuclear facilities and enrich uranium only for civilian purposes in return economic sanctions on the country were lifted. the international atomic energy agency says iran has been meeting its side of the bargain but the u.s. withdrew from the deal last year and reinstated sanctions now iran is threatening

to enrich its uranium closer to weapons grade levels. but if these countries return to the table within 60 days and we reach agreement on oil sales and banking then we will uphold our side of the nuclear deal him. with everything else on the table including upcoming european parliamentary elections that leaves little room for the block to maneuver. ulcers all they're referred to in the you want to salvage the iran nuclear deal but against the background of the developments for seeing this morning what are the chances they could achieve that we already have heard and the report that there's very little room for maneuvering and this room has gotten smaller even now now that we see that the tensions in the persian gulf are of rising on the sea now that the u.s. foreign secretary my computer was coming to britain brussels today to talk to the

e.u. signatory powers which are germany france and the united kingdom but we don't really know what he has to offer he could have at this talks last week already but then he chose to consul his visit to the laden and his 1st visit and 1st talks with. rather to go to to the middle east so we don't really know what he's going to offer the european union people we think he's not going to offer anything is just aren't going to say we are said we are on our leave the iran needs to do ball otherwise we won't go back into the supreme and everything we've seen so far is that the united states don't want to have this agreement at all an emo and iran says well if the u.s. is not moving we're not moving either so this is a really dangerous the situation for the you right now ok to very much and the e.u. can't move. the nuclear deal very much what about more broadly with mike pompei oh in brussels today what's the state of the discussions between the united states and

the as i've just pointed out it is a very bad state it isn't a very balanced aid the europeans feel that they are out of the do they they are not really considered to be a level partner anymore in washington although at least this is what they feel it is right now and the europeans that have the ear of the u.s. president of the europeans which are let's say well. it's not from it's not germany it's not the united kingdom that have the ear of the of the u.s. president but it is hungary's because the obama rise in washington is going to be in washington this week and today it's other states from from from eastern europe that got closer to the to the u.s. president than the signatory powers of the are a nuclear deal that's the reason why especially germany feels we don't really have any anymore in washington we can say whatever we want but they don't listen to us riverview of all thanks very much for bring us up to date on this river let's take

a look now at some of the other stories making the news at this hour u.s. president trump has defended his terror c.f. imposing punitive duties on some $200000000000.00 worth of chinese imports on twitter he wrote we are right where we want to be with china the president accuses beijing of rene going on commitments in trade talks. swedish prosecutors are expected to decide today whether to reinvestigate rape charges against wiki leaks founder julian a song whose is deny the allegations in this case which was dropped and 2017 requests to renew the probe was filed last month the same day songs was arrested in london. lithuania's presidential election is headed for a runoff vote after the 1st round the economist and political novice richard thomas . will face off against the former conservative finance minister in brega.

that runoff is scheduled for may the 26th. well this weekend saw thousands of people turning out for climate change protests of london brussels and paris the demonstrations followed those launched by the so-called extinction rebellion movement which shut down much of central central london last month it's advocating civil disobedience to force governments into declaring a climate emergency. think blood gushing down the stairs of a permission landmark a graphic warning about the dangers of climate change these demonstrators know that to raise awareness you must 1st get attention climate protests are gaining momentum in europe after the extinction rebellion movement launched a campaign of civil disobedience in the u.k. the movement has now spilled across the channel if it is a need to carry out such actions as they do in england where london was brought to a standstill for some 10 days we must follow their lead but. it's our children that are you know compromising in london hundreds of mothers and their

children took heart and protests among the demonstrators was rosman kissy deborah whose daughter ella had died from the effects of air pollution. on here basically to raise awareness that let's say she needs to be going out that out and if you deal with that pollution you deal with climate change a vice of it needs to be something that is on everybody's lips we are not there yet but every single day there are more and more people becoming aware of the. brussels de facto capital of the european union was also the scene of climate change protests some 15000 people took to the streets ahead of e.u. parliamentary elections 1st of all we want to show the politicians that we have to move forward on those issues that don't seem to act so a 2nd motivation for us is to raise awareness among the population organizers stressed that saving the planet goes beyond the focus on the environment. to solve

the climate issue we'll have to rethink the global organization of our society it's clear that now it is there's a tendency to oppose people who protest for the climate and those who protest to increase their purchasing power we think it's possible that policies which combine both. with concern over global warming arising chances are that such protests will become a regular feature in europe sky. well the u.n. secretary general turning the terraces urging politicians to make good on their promises to combat climate change in his zeal and he kicked off a new push for progress here's what he had to say after meeting with the country's prime minister and we are facing a climate emergency climate change is running faster than what we had the last 40 years have been the hottest just that we are seeing record levels both the rise of temperature across the globe in relation to the rising level of the

oceans and of course inspirations of greenhouse gases in atmosphere and the paradox is that as things are getting worst on the grounds political will seems to be fading it's to india now where voters there have been casting their ballots in the world's biggest parliamentary elections with some 900000000 people eligible to vote the election takes place over a number of weeks across different regions sunday saw the 6th and penultimate voting phase including in the capital delhi the party dami currently holds power in that city and they hope their efforts to improve public education would convince voters to continue backing them our correspondence on your fall in the car as more . and this is how prima francis begins his day getting a grandson prince ready for school. she's raised in ever since his mother a school dropout moved to week. 3 month old so didn't get the chance to go to

school. but she wants to make sure prince does. they each year old studies at a prestigious private school in derby. it costs more than a $1200.00 euros a year a huge financial burden for prima works as a. husband is a shelf you should stick it out loans to cover the school fees. and she's determined to make it work it is a day where they are the toilet and this will have a school there's a good environment for prince he learns good values there the teachers are good the toilets are clean prince learns to read and write in english we want him to work in an office someday and have a better life he shouldn't end up doing what we do for a living. we must aspirations at a familiar pm in india many families like hers see private schools as the path to success and social mobility. but getting into these schools isn't easy. they

dominated by children from wealthy families. private schools like bees are highly coveted across india though they charge exorbitant fees the alternative government funded schools offering of coffee but they suffer from teacher absences for infrastructure and a lack of facilities the ruling party in delhi is trying to bridge that gap. are the logic of a common man's party is holding a rally instead of. education is a central campaign officials. of the party says it's transformed public schools in the capital since it came to power in $2013.00 and a succeeded in creating a more level playing field. the government's work in education seems to paid off at this public school admissions of for. the delhi government says it

classrooms and is constructing another 12 policy. its trade policy as more teachers and started special classes for children falling behind many of them 1st generation learners. lessons begin with happiness classes meditation exercises to beat stress and start the day on a positive note. for money society or delis education minister money is a big part of the solution. spending in education now accounts for 26 percent of delhi's annual budget. but he admits the changing attitudes to a public schooling is an uphill task. as to the symbolism of the problem many people come to me and the one my feeling good that word and want to do some good private school like many of the balance of believe that if we seem to want to learn in school we don't know what would be the future 1st of all we have

a mix of qualities there is one quote it is there vacant is that mental back at primo's home that's already beginning to happen. hug randall to mine i think also moved in with a few months ago. that we pretty much just heard about the improved public schools in the city she's now considering sending money to one of them. to keep. this a civil all voters in the philippines have been casting their ballots in mid-term elections there many see the vote as a referendum on president rudra go to tara and his controversial war on drugs the most crucial race is or half the seats in the $24.00 member senate tared is expected to fill with political allies the upper chamber is considered a check so far on his political dominance a senate majority would allow him to restore capital punishment and change the nation's constitution. ok for more let's bring in richard a darian he's the author

of the rise of do terrorists and a political scientist in the know i thank so much for joining us and how much. how important are these elections if you tell us that for detect. yeah i would actually argue that this is the most important election in a generation at least in the philippines i mean the philippines is an american style democracy there are definitely a referendum on the incumbent president and unlike in the united states presidents do not have an option for reelection but only have a single term for 6 years so this is in many ways question of whether the filipino people are going to reaffirm the 2006 elections again similar to what happened in brixton and united states was it. or are the filipinos going to put a brake on president increasing. and that's why this election is important the 2nd reason why this election is very important is because it will determine the composition of the senate which has acted as

a quasar on the president's war. including his proposal for the death penalty reduction of criminal liability each to only 9 years old and of course. for constitutional change which will require supermajority in the senate all those proposals were struck down by the previous senate the question is whether he gets enough support in the incoming senate and lastly of course this election is also important because it is also where we're going to see who are going to be the likely. president of the various. presidents once they could face possible jail or possible accountability for things that the president is also looking at choosing his next assessor depending on performance of certain people in this election ok so there's some very clear choices. for voters now. took office 3 years ago when he took office he promised to shake up filipino politics

his war on drugs has of course been controversy let's take a look at that. in his inaugural address roderigo due care to a vow to wage war against drug dealers and users a wave of extra judicial killings followed with thousands of executions in the years since it was blunt when he discussed the policy. of. hitler massacred 3000000 jews. we have $3000000.00 drug addicts it would be a pleasure to slaughter them. that brutal talk spurred international condemnation but seem to india him to other rule breaking populist politicians. have agreed to make you concede. that 1.2 tears even serenaded us president donald trump. but even as he embraced the us president to tear to announced a realignment towards china and russia. allergic to criticism to territory has

denounced and even defunded human rights organizations who have slammed his policies he's put journalists and press freedom groups on his enemies list. but despite the popular appeal of his law and order rhetoric it's bread and butter issues that maybe do tear to his greatest liability in these elections what is that society. we are working with. but. a lot. of these. broke these disobeyed companies they still do tear to his grip on power seem secure and with a one term limit in place on his presidency he's widely seen as grooming his daughter sarah to take the reins after the next presidential vote in 2022 to ensure his legs. in the latest polls suggest that continues to enjoy the backing

a very large segments of the electorate. richard what's behind this popularity and well it's really a confluence of many factors we don't have time to go into details but 2 things stand out the 1st thing is according to the pew survey recently only 15 percent of filipinos showed categorical commitment to democracy that means atheist i for some of the filipinos are either conditional democrats or they're very comfortable with authority on tyrion type of leaders so to take this very much into the guys we've just taken over the philippines and a 2nd reason is what. philosopher for me to be called call to action you know many people in the philippines do not agree with his methods they may not agree with the results of his action but they like the fact that he's at least doing something and that's one of the reasons why he's very very popular and may likely remain to well into the end of his presidency. richard thanks very much for that richard darian an expert on terror and

a novelist who's written about it thanks very much for being with us. those sorts of sports now and it was a dramatic weekend in the world of european football emo talking from our sports this year talk about that good morning alina a let's let's start in england manchester city winning an amazing darkhorse amazing indeed i mean manchester city retaining 5th title something that hasn't been done since 2009 and the last team to do so also came from mentors the city that was manchester united but then so of course all over the moon right now in manchester this after the 18th you back after winning 41 in brighton and of course what better way to celebrate than to seeing to your own hometown band races and i'm sure they still singing but you know what also a shout out to live a poor because despite you know winning 2 nil against wharves no miracle here it

was a very close call city of course winning the title on 98 points that's just one more than liverpool but you've known but you know you've had a great season when even pep guardiola the 1st think he does is mention you in his post match interview let's take a listen. mike dukakis is more more difficult so the 1st time less is always always perfect but this isn't good we had 30 great little put it still going to deliver it was well put is a great evil season but. we did it we did. ok very good for your leg there you go yeah let's take a look at the bundesliga that will leave the frankfurt we're hoping to get back in the champions league that didn't quite work out for the frankfurt of course everything to gain but now possibly everything to lose i mean they're fairy tale season could end up in the night i get it they are extremely exhausted especially after that penalty shootout loss to chelsea last week in the europa league but

yesterday losing against mines i think that just illustrates how exhausted this team is let's take a look at the highlights. frank foot and mine's players took to the pitch amid a backdrop of pirates techniques on track fans are known for putting on a show but on the final home game of the season and with points needed to preach the top 4 they took things up a notch down on the pitch things were less fiery in a draft 1st half mines forward joined felipe takes a point close 6 with this point blank volley. kevin traps for insight was for nothing however with play pulled back for off site. thankfully the 2nd half was different minds came out hungry for goals and were rewarded thanks to some tenacious work from the takes are and the coolest of finishes from phantom usia. destroyed partners linking up she probably to give minds and likely.

hand doubled his tally soon after this time putting in the work himself to swivel and find a home in the 57 minutes. just the nigerians 3rd and 4th goals of this campaign. frankfurt's front line has won praise all season but with the clock ticking there was little sign of the old magic on say rabbit she's body language saying it will lead. the minds fans were singing now and as the final whistle blew front foot players slumps to the ground in defeat. a loss which means champions league qualification is now out of their hands. so we know what about the top of the bonus league we have dortmund behind us on the wall right now some people are saying today that we're about to have one of the most exciting days in german football history is that overstating it's not

considering like the dominance and how much you buy and have always in the past ran away off in double digits with the title so you have to understand that. on sit on $75.00 point starts just 2 more than one but it won't get easy for either one of them and that's because by and will face praying for it so that it will be up against his own team and here you have 2 teams with so much on the line by any unit of cause have to win in order to secure the title and then you have bring proof as we just saw that they want to end this he's on a high they want european football it's going to be a very similar scenario when doth men take on got bought because of course we'll have to hope that by on news and that they win and oh but they are up against and 2 wants to see champions league action for next season so exciting times ahead i say to win and you can't miss this final end of the because they. believe it's a very much a lemo talk if it was forced this. let's get you

a reminder now of our top stories at this hour saudi arabia says 2 of its oil tankers have been sabotaged off the coast of the united arab emirates this news comes amidst warnings from the u.s. that iran could be targeting maritime traffic in the region. and protesters have taken to the streets of european capitals including central london paris and brussels to demand action against climate change but the u.n. secretary general has warned that the political will to do so is fading. up next we have business with ben ben it looks like the tariffs on chinese goods are rattling a lot of nerves as morning definitely everyone's waiting to see how china is going to retaliate it could hike tariffs on a heap of u.s. goods including american lopes that's very interesting because it's already pinching the industry and canadian fisherman a totally taking advantage of the situation and they're getting a lot of new chinese customers that. other aspects of the story thanks for now ben

will be back after the break for now though for me brian thomas and the entire news team thanks for joining us and stay with.

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