this is deja vu news live from berlin tensions are mounting in the persian gulf saudi arabia and the united arab emirates claim their oil tankers are sabotaged this as the u.s. warns that iran could be targeting maritime traffic. also coming up filipino voters head to the polls crucial senate seats are up for grabs in the country's midterms a strong result for president bush the go to terror to could boost his war on drugs . plus or commemorating a little known episode of germany's nazi times today marks the 75th anniversary of

the can stop elaborate on how merck's chinese community the scars i have yet to feel. i'm sumi so misconducts good to have you with us saudi arabia has condemned and a legit sabotage attack against tankers in the gulf region as a dangerous threat to navigation and international security that the united arab emirates says that 4 commercial vessels were hit by sabotage attacks near the port city of fujairah off its eastern coast the saudi energy minister says 2 of the kingdom's oil tankers were among the targets the alleged incidents calm as the u.s. warns that iran or its proxies could be targeting maritime traffic in the region now iran has called for a probe into who's responsible. let's get more on the story with marcus

kahn he's a senior fellow at the german institute for international and security affairs here in berlin marcus thanks for joining us hi we have heard now from the u.s. and also from a saudi arabia the united arab emirates arab emirates these claims of sabotage what is meant by that to be honest we don't know exactly the authorities in saudi arabia talk about a severe attack severe damage more on no oil has spilled into the borders of the persian persian gulf no people have been injured but what exactly happened and who's to blame we don't know exactly and i think it's a no in coincidence but the origins of saudi arabia are carefully avoiding any blaming of our own so we don't really know what has happened at this time but we are hearing both sides pointing the finger at each other i mean how what are we going to find out more information about what actually happened in these waters we have to wait because maybe couple of hours a couple of days until this sort of of for it is revealed what has really happened

but they have to be to be where as soon as the reveal the details you possibly have to blame iran and it will he creates tensions and so far as far as i can see the saudi authorities are a little bit reluctant unlike the united states to increase tensions in the region you mentioned the united states and there is a military dimension to this the u.s. has deployed an aircraft carrier bombers an assault ship to the region already previous to this incident do you see that as a provocation an escalation of the tensions that you mentioned are rising to a certain degree i think the deployment of the care group was already scheduled for a couple of weeks and or even months so it's no surprise i think we should take seriously the announcement of my computer of last week have that the united states have some intelligence that the around is preparing britain takes on symmetric attacks maybe not. against united states forces and such but maybe

a little knowing what the hizbullah in syria with the revolutionary guards and in iraq or any militia you know where is this intelligence coming from that we're seeing the u.s. warning of dangers to commercial vessels traveling the waters in this region we don't know i think it's u.s. intelligence but we do not have the sources how significant do you think all of this is marcus' if we take a look at the big big picture here we're seeing this escalating rhetoric are there concerns about this coming to an actual conflict i think so and in it's interesting from and if so far the u.s. administration from its been very careful you want to tangle mend in the middle east exactly the opposite was part of the agenda withdrawing benign stance from the borders of the middle east withdrawing from syria withdrawing from iraq and now for the 1st time we see literary games went on talking and political language. all right mark is kind of a senior fellow at the german institute for international and security affairs

thank you very much for joining us thank you well as those tensions rise iran is topping the agenda in brussels where e.u. foreign ministers are meeting today on the block is determined to keep the iran nuclear deal alive faster washington withdrew from the pact and we imposed sanctions on tehran the u.s. is urging the e.u. to walk away from the deal u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o is reportedly making a surprise stopover in brussels to discuss iran with the ministers. and our correspondent teri schultz is in brussels covering the story for us hi terry good to see you so my comp aoe is set for talks in brussels today what can we expect. well it's not so sure yet sumi that he set for talks he's definitely set to arrive here within the next hour or so but he was warned in advance by you side that they had a very busy schedule today and they didn't know when they'd be able to make time to

speak with them that said i believe they will make time if he's if he's come all the way here and put off some other meetings to talk about iran which as you've just been discussing has become even more of attention spot both transatlantic lee and in the region itself so we would expect that secretary pompei or wants to speak with federico used foreign policy chief and the mediator of the iran nuclear deal as well as with representatives of britain france and germany the other signatories to the deal military as we mentioned earlier the pressure is on for the remaining signatories of the still to convince iran to stick to this agreement let's take a closer look at 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 nonproliferation company finished article. in the region so we continue to support it as much as we can with our instruments of the law political

will of this is very well known i think both in washington and in. under the 2050 nuclear deal around 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 more him. with everything else on the table including upcoming european parliamentary elections that leaves little room for the block to maneuver. yet terry we hear it there the european union is in

a pretty difficult position here the u.s. is stepping up pressure on the one side iran as we heard there as well issuing this all to made where does this leave the e.u. in its efforts to salvage the steel. as you mentioned it got even harder with iran saying that the e.u. had only 2 months to significantly boost iran's economy as promised under the iran nuclear deal or the regime would start moving back towards nuclear enrichment which is of course what the u.s. said it would do that's what one of the reasons that the u.s. pulled out of the iran deal it sent to iran was not a trustworthy partner and if in fact this happened. the arguments made by mike pompei and the administration would look more would look more true but brussels is very much maintaining that it is going to stick to the deal it says that yes there are other problems in the region and it wants to address them but that throwing out the nuclear part of the agreement with it with iran is simply no way to handle the

other pressures but today the foreign ministers are going to be discussing what more they can do to boost the economy in spite of the threat of u.s. sanctions hanging over european companies which are pulling out unfortunately for the e.u. in of in a very high number so a lot of discussions going on very tense diplomatic negotiations and it remains to be seen what mark might pompei o will be bringing to the table today if indeed he does get to have a meeting with the foreign policy chief all right our correspondent terry scholz following the very latest for us there in brussels thank you very much. now at some other stories making headlines around the world swedish prosecutors have said they will reopen a rape investigation against wiki leaks founder julian assange he had taken refuge in the ecuadorian embassy in london to avoid extradition over the case a request to pursue the rape probe was filed last month after his arrest for jumping bail denied the allegations. yes president on

a child has defended his tariff policies after imposing duties on $200000000000.00 worth of chinese imports on twitter of you wrote we are right where we want to be with china trump accuses beijing of her negative on commitments in trade talks. sri lanka has temporarily blocked access to some social media networks following anti muslim violence over the weekend muslims have been targeted in the aftermath of the easter sunday bombings carried out by islamist militants more than 250 people were killed in those attacks. and india voters have been casting their ballots in the world's biggest parliamentary election nearly 900000000 people are eligible to vote and the election takes place over several weeks across different regions on sunday the 2nd to last voting phase took place including in the capital delhi the party i am adami currently holds power in the city they hope their efforts to improve public education convinced voters our correspondent sonia pollack our reports.

and this is hopefully my francis begins her day getting a grandson when it's ready for school. she's raised him ever since his mother a school dropout moved away to work pretty much also didn't get the chance to go to school. but she wants to make sure prince does that each year old studies at a prestigious private school in davie. it costs more than the pozen $200.00 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 that is i think. in this hybrid 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 some day and have a better life he shouldn't end up doing what we do for a living. that. prevents aspirations of familial pm in india. many families like hers see private schools as the paths to success and social mobility but getting into these schools isn't easy. they dominated by children from wealthy families. private schools like these are highly coveted across india though they charge exorbitant fees the alternative government funded schools offering of cough but they suffer from teacher absences for infrastructure and a lack of facilities the ruling party in delhi is trying to bridge that gap. they are the lucky a common man spartan is holding a rally instead. education is a central campaign issue. of the party says it's transformed public schools in the

capital since it came to power in 2013 and a succeeded in creating a more live in plain sight. the government's work in education seems to have paid off at this public school admissions afore. the delhi government says it has new classrooms and is constructing another 12 policy. its train pozen 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 towards public

schooling is an up and task. as to the symbolism of the problem many people the one my farewell good word to some would produce like many other bands of value that if we send out to government schools we don't know what would be the future 1st of all we have a mix of qualities that once qualities then begin to. back at primo's home that's already beginning to happen. her granddaughter also moved in with her a few months ago. that we pretty much as heard about the improved public schools in the city she's now considering sending money to one of them. voters in the philippines have been casting their ballots and midterm elections the vote is considered a referendum on president largely go to tear to and his controversial policies including his war on drugs the most crucial races for half the seats in the 24

member senate which to turn to is expected to fill with political allies the upper chamber is considered a check on the church's political dominance a senate majority could allow him to restore the death penalty and change the constitution. let's bring in richard had darrien he's the author of a book on the philippine leader called rise of detector he's also a political scientist in manila which i thank you for joining us so just how important are these elections forward detected. well again i mean the philippines. after that of america there are elections in a way a referendum on the presidency i mean he ran in 2000 on a populist agenda presenting it. out as a counter establishment candidates to make sure. crime and drugs from the streets of the philippines 3 years in the question are they going to reaffirm.

that he has not done enough or has been just and. are going to reject it. and so far it seems based on the surveys this is going to be resolved through for president to tear it. in this election. there are $18000.00 elected up for grabs that what really everyone is watching for is what's going to happen. 12 seats are up for grabs again based on the latest survey it's. get at least 8 out of 12 available seats but it's also possible that they get out of the. independents and then the opposition might get. to 12 away that will be the most lopsided election in. and that me just not going to the majority. that he needs in order to push for change. for generations to come any we've just majority. death penalty. created

with each down to 9 years. by the previous. very few bastions of independence in the philippines. really is a lot at stake as you mentioned he took office 3 years ago. and his war on drugs been very controversial let's take a closer look now. 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 sauza 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 seemed to india him to other rule breaking populist politicians. we had agreed to make. sure. that 1.2 territory even serenaded us president donald trump. but even as he embraced the us president to take it 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. and it's not hi there we just look at the walking but the shirt but. the yugoslav the one. that he's read from the smile this

old one is going to still do tear to his grip on power seems 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 legacy. so richard we heard there it seems like laundry go into territories grip on power is secure at this point the polls have closed in these elections how free and fair have they. well the good news is that there have not been major cases of widespread violence i mean including the fact that we have had potentially tens of thousands of people killed during the 3 this drug war these are actually judicial killings but 1st some reason there have been very few incidents of violence i've the same thing of course authorities in the philippines the commission election has raced on certain over massey vote buying so this is a big problem and of course some technical problems to the day of voting machines and not to mention one major electron watchdog which has been around since 1903

also did not partner with the commission election because of concerns over credibility of the partnership so they're going to be some shadow of doubt about the results of this election especially if the opposition gets no seats all right journalist and author richard had barriers kicking to us thank you so much for your insights. today marks the 75th anniversary of a little known chapter in nazi germany's history against aapl led raid on hamburg chinese community the raid on may 13th 1904 led to a number of arrests and eventually the deaths of more than a dozen chinese residents after the war the german government never compensated the victims or their descendants but some are trying to ensure that their story is not forgotten. that $77.00 mariota solti is one of the oldest bar owners and some to polly notorious red light district. few customers realize that her hong

kong bar is a piece of german chinese history in the $1920.00 s. hundreds of chinese sailors employed in the german merchant navy settled in hamburg they opened up shops and restaurants establishing germany's 1st and only chinatown in the city's lively entertainment district the bar opened by marriott his father was also a restaurant if i leave him i met you we had a zest for life we found a home here he had german friends and if he knew someone was down and out he'd let them die and free of charge. but the chinese communities peaceful coexistence ended with the rise of the nazis who branded unions between chinese men and german women as race defilement. the persecution intensified in may 1904 with the gestapo raid known as the chinese action historian lars amanda has documented the brutality used by the police and the gestapo during the operation. because i'm going though i've been a total 129 men were arrested and beaten as they were taken to this police station

from here they were transferred to the gestapo prison that foods booth with i was held for months. 17 chinese prisoners died at his father survived but he never received compensation after the war the german restitution office classified the chinese action as a routine police operation lars amanda calls that a mistake this is the surviving documentation shows very clearly that gestapo offices show themselves as some kind of racial warriors who get to extend the nazi's policies of racial purity to hamburg's resident chinese population. maria to has come to terms with germany's refusal to compensate her father today it's the resurgence of the far right that she's worried about. it makes me furious that people have learned nothing from history on the contrary history is repeating itself and the only generation should be making sure that the younger generation

knows what really happened so it never happens again. to speak openly about her family's past so that the story of her father and how lost chinatown conserve is a cautionary tale for future generations. it was a dramatic weekend in european football and a lima her talking from d.w. sports is here to tell us all about of haile well let's start in england with the premier league manchester city clinching the premier league tell us about their stated i mean look at those face look at all those happy faces you know they retain the title and therefore they're the 1st team to do so since 2009 and the last side who did that also came from the same city and that was manchester united in 2009 and this has been one of the tightest premier league races in ages and you know fans of course in manchester completely ecstatic completely over the moon after manchester city a new back home after beating brighton for one and of course they also had the

privilege of celebrating with their hometown band always you know well also big supporters of manchester city but you know what a shout out to live a poor despite winning 2 nil against forbes it just wasn't enough i mean city end up with 98 points just one more then and then live a poor of course liverpool on the plus side still have the champion sneak to play for but if it went for a city this title would have belonged to liverpool and cup of course is still really really proud of his boys let's take a listen $97.00 points is incredible and only because city is that it's not enough each other country it would have been easy. so there's no problem with that that's the competition we are in so the competition looks good years ago 20 years ago 10 years ago that's completely different. it's definitely something to be proud of you saying we're a what about the bundesliga that's the last major european competition to still be decided but yeah surprisingly it is i mean all other top european leaks have been

decided except for the in this league and that doesn't happen very often so we have by in munich on 75 points dots just 2 more than bought mund neither site will have it easy at all because there's so much to play for just look how tight and how close all the. european spots are by an unique race frankfurt by an unique need to win in order to secure the title frankford of course are in place numbers stakes and they want a european spot so they also need to win that there's so much to play for and it's a very similar scenario when you look at dortmund against don't mind of course have to win hopefully by in munich to lose in order to win the title but they're up against glovebox who want to solidify that champions league spot who don't want to budge from 4th place so this weekend it's going to be a blockbuster it is must see t.v. a lot of moving. what about frankfurt you mentioned that they are desperate to win

against bahrain and the loss of the weekend to nil against mines what's going on there it is it's almost like a fairy tale season might really end up in a nightmare and you know if you're frankfurt of course you don't want to look back you don't want to regret what you could have had and that is either champions league or football obviously you can tell just by the footage that they were very exhausted especially after that came for a penalty shoot out loss to chelsea in the europa league and the european dreams you know took a blow on sunday when made last against minds to neville so for frankfurt they need to dig deep on the final day but like you said it's not going to be easy against by and we may already only were talking from 4 thanks for bringing us up to date. all right one item from tennis now and novak djokovic has claimed his 33rd masters title after sweeping stefano sister passed out the middle madrid open a joke of each had a blistering start and raced to an early lead his opponent rarely threatened but then stuck tight in the 2nd set the serbian was able to keep his cool to seal

a 6364 when he now equals rival rough and the dogged record of masters title in the french open begins in just 2 weeks' time. coming up next our documentary the forgotten children looking at europe's refugee crisis you're watching.

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