next thing recipes for success the strategy that made a difference. baking bread on the d w. this is d w news live from burlesque america's top diplomat arrives in brussels to drum up support for washington's hard line on iraq my tongue pale cancels talks in moscow and makes an unannounced visit to the belgian capitol foreign ministers are meeting there to try and salvage the nuclear deal with iraq. also sure to be discussed accusations from saudi arabia and the united arab emirates that their oil

tankers have been sabotaged the u.s. says it could be iran targeting shipping in the region. filipino voters head to the polls crucial senate seats are up for grabs in the country's midterms a strong result for president marjorie go to territory could boost his war on drugs . and swedish prosecutors say they will reopen a way for investigation against wiki leaks founder julian assange which will also seek his extradition from britain that could delay efforts by the u.s. to bring the songs to america to face trial over wiki leaks huge release of secret documents. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o has arrived in brussels where he's expected to discuss iran with the european partners. the top u.s.

diplomat scrapped his plans for a trip to moscow and made a surprise visit to the belgian capital as you foreign ministers gathered for a meeting there today that the e.u. is determined to keep iran nuclear deal on life after washington withdrew from the pact and reimposed sanctions on tehran the u.s. is urging the e.u. to walk away from the deal iran meanwhile is urging the e.u. to keep its promises to protect its oil and banking sectors from sanctions. let's bring in our correspondent teri schultz she's following the latest for us in brussels hi terry so mike pump aoe has arrived there to hold meetings what is expected to come out of this unannounced visit. that's right sue me secretary pump a 0 has evidently been relegated to just holding bilateral meetings individually with the foreign ministers of britain france and germany the european signatories to the deal because they simply didn't have enough time to cobble together a joint meeting with just getting notified overnight of his change in plans so

they're missing like rather an enthusiastic welcome to brussels and in fact the e.u. is in a very difficult spot because of washington pulling out of the iran dealing continuing to campaign against it but now the tensions are rising in the persian gulf u.k. foreign secretary jeremy hunt said that people are very very worried about the situation we are very worried about the risk of a conflict by accident with an escalation is unintended really on either side that and it's some kind of conflict most of all we need to make sure that we don't and. by to review the rise ation because if iran becomes a neutral its neighbors and it won't become nuclear powers this is already the most unstable region in the world. so terry the point of this meeting for foreign ministers today was to talk about the iran deal and how to salvage it so what is

the e.u. strategy here. well foreign secretary hunt summed it up on the one hand this new escalation in the gulf war there are reports that oil tankers are being sabotaged and that there is a sort of underlying blame at least by the united states that it was iran or its proxies that could very much escalate the situation on the ground the u.s. has announced a new military buildup in the region and so that adds a whole new layer of of worry for the europeans who simply are trying in the next 60 days as tehran has given them to find ways to boost the iranian economy as was agreed under the iranian nuclear deal with the regime saying if that doesn't happen they will be willing to restart their enrichment program which of course will again escalate the situation even further with adding nuclear weapons potentially to the middle east so there simply is no easy way for the e.u.

to navigate its way around it's got its major ally the united states on one hand threatening sanctions against e.u. companies if they do business with iran you've got iran saying well if you don't want to start enriching again you need to do more business with us it's going to be some very interesting weeks of diplomacy and very very difficult talks. reporting there for us from brussels thank you terry. well as we heard there that meeting comes as tensions between iran and the u.s. but also gulf nations are rising fast saudi arabia has condemned an alleged sabotage attack against tankers in the gulf region as a dangerous threat to navigation and international security now 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 mr minister says 2 of the kingdom's oil tankers were among the targets the alleged incidents come as the u.s.

warns that iran or its proxies could be targeting maritime traffic in the region iran has called for a probe into who is 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 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. how far it is in saudi arabia talk about a severe attack severe damage more on oil has spilled into the ball to some of the persian or persian gulf you know 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 that bill you already saw of saudi arabia 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 they are sort of earth for it is revealed what has really happened but they have to be able to be where as soon as the reveal 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. is a ploy to an aircraft carrier bombers an assault ship to the region already previous to this incident do you see that as a provocation that escalation of the tensions that you mentioned are rising to a certain degree of pink the deployment of the kara 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 plans we have that the united states have

some intelligence that the around is preparing the british tanks or some other contacts maybe not. against the united states forces as such but may be you know knowing what the hizbullah in syria what the river guards. are 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 a 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 as collating rhetoric are there concerns about this coming to an actual conflict i think so on and and in it's interesting from and this is all politics so far the u.s. administration from has been very careful you want to tangle meant in the middle east exactly the opposite was part of the agenda withdrawing benighted states from the borders of the middle east with from from syria withdrawing from iraq and now

for the 1st time we see littering and on top of the political thank you. all right marcus kind of senior fellow at the german institute for international and security affairs thank you very much for joining us thank you. now to some other stories making headlines around the world u.s. president donald trump has defended his tariff policies after imposing duties on $200000000000.00 worth of chinese imports on twitter he wrote we are right where we want to be with china trump accuses beijing over negative on commitments in trade talks and 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. voters in the philippines have been casting their ballots in midterm elections the vote is considered a referendum on president. territory and his controversial policies including his

war on drugs the most crucial races for half the seats in the $24.00 member senate which 2 total is expected to fill with his allies the upper chamber is considered a check on to tears his 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 are thank you for joining us so just how important are these elections forward. well again i mean the philippines. after that if america there. are in a way a referendum on the very this presidency i mean you run in 2000 the populist agenda of presenting. out as a counter establishment candidate you make sure. the crime in drugs from the philippines through your skin the question. they're going to reaffirm. that

he has not done enough or has been just and. are going to reject it going to affirm it and so far it seems based on the surveys this is going to be a result of the big 3 for president to tear it truly. in these elections there are 18000 elected offices for grabs that what really everyone is watching for is what's going to happen. again based on the latest survey it's probably. get at least 8 out of 12. but it's also possible that they get mad out of the. independents and then the opposition might get. out of the 12 way that will be the most lopsided election instability and that may just not only the majority but the super majority that he needs in order to push for constitutional change.

for generations to come and we've just majority. death penalty. created with each adult in one year. by the previous which is going on there are very few independents in the philippines. there really is a lot at stake here 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 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. we can agree to make you concede that if you take. out 1.2 tears even serenaded us president donald trump. but even as he embraced the us president to take 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 his greatest liability in these elections what is that society. unite and it's not there we just sit there watching what the shirt and. the yugoslav on top of these red rock these

disobedient parties actually 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. 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 pieces of widespread violence i mean including the fact that we have have traditionally tens of thousands of people killed during the 3rd this drug war these are actually additional killings but 1st some reason there have been very few incidents of violence i did say though of course a story this in the philippines the commission election has raised insert over massive vote by supporters of the problem and of course some technical problems

tweak their voting machines and not to mention one major electoral watchdog which has been around she's $983.00 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 for a journalist and author richard had diarrhea are speaking to us thank you so much for your insights now voters in india have also 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 says' took place including in the capital delhi the party of adamic currently holds power in the city they hope their efforts to improve public but education convinced voters did any sign of how the car reports. this is hopefully my francis begins her day getting

a grandson prince 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. they each year old studies at a prestigious private school in debbie. it costs more than a $1200.00 euros a year a huge financial burden the prima works as a. husband is a short few she's taken out loans to cover her school fees. and she's determined to make it work. it is as i say may i thought of a time in this when i 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 some day and have a better life he shouldn't end up doing what we do for

a living. we most aspirations at a familiar theme 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 coffee but they suffer from peter absences for infrastructure and a lack of facilities the ruling party in delhi is trying to bridge that gap with the arm on the blog comments martin is holding a rally yesterday. education is a central competition. in the party since its transformed public schools in the capital since it came to power in 2013 and a succeeded in creating

a more level playing field. the government's work in education seems to have paid off at this public school admissions a for. the delhi government says it has new classrooms and is constructing another 12 policy. its trade policies more teachers and started special classes but 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 so deal delis education minister money is a big part of the solution. spending with education now accounts for 26 percent of daily annual budget. but he admits to changing attitudes to a public school is an uphill task. as to the symbolism of the problem many people

from the one my fairly good there were some who are private school like many other parents are valued that if we send our kids to going to school we don't know what will be their future 1st of all we have a mix of qualities that once quality is there we can do is that once. back at primo's home that's already beginning to happen. her granddaughter mine i also moved in with her a few months ago. as heard about the improved public schools in the city she's now considering sending money to one of them. it did in. the. swedish prosecutors say they will reopen the rape case against wiki leaks founder julian assange and they will seek his extradition from the u.k. the office said there was still probable cause to pursue a preliminary investigation a staunch took refuge at the ecuadorian embassy in london 7 years ago to avoid extradition the probe was dropped in 2017 after the statute of limitations expired

a request to renew the case was filed last month after sandy was arrested for jumping bail has denied the allegations let's get more on the story with james savage journalist and founder of the news site the local james thank you for joining us this rape case has now been reopened what happens next. well what happens next is that the prosecutors in sweden will decide whether they want to press charges of rape against you in a soft now what they've said up to now is that they would reopen the negotiation but they said they they haven't yet decided whether that means that they will i'm thinking formally of pressed charges in seeking his extradition under european arrest warrant to sweden so looking at the case again they'll be seeking to interview julian assange if they can get his consent to do so and then they will take the case for from that james give us some more background on what this rape

case the allegations are about. so judy innocence was on a visit to sweden in 2010 in connection with the wiki leaks e-mails and during that visit he. met 2 women one of whom accused him of raping her another woman who accused him of sexually assaulting. now at the time the prosecutors in sweden sorted interviewed us and but by that time he had gone to london and eventually you want him to meet anybody since the ecuadorian embassy and then claim that asylum that to escape these charges saying that they were a means of getting him to the united. states to face prosecution for took on on on on spying charges of what his unit which would be spying charges. since then the whole everything has been on hold and the the the accusation of the charges of.

the you know the the accusations already of sexual assault expired under a statute of limitations in 2015 it's too late now under swedish law for the prosecutors to pursue that charge but the accusation of rape and most of the most serious offense is still life and prosecutions that i'm seeking to. james to touch on this the u.s. as we know also wants to extradite julian assange from the u.k. over a his alleged role in the release of secret documents in 2010 so which of these requests will take precedence well that's the big question now so the various. extra legal experts in the u.k. have different views about this. and it will be up to close in the united kingdom to decide which which of these requests they consider to be the most serious the fact that sweden and britain are still both countries and there is a new u.s.

arrest warrant out for julian assange might counting sweden's feta also the fact that it's a crime against individuals there's a violent crime a council estate on the other hand the the charges of spying in the united states the espionage charges are serious charges as well as they go because in the u.k. he will have to weigh all the different they differ accusations against him and decide which if any of those warrants extradition journalist james savage speaking to us now from sweden thank you very much. now today marks the 75th anniversary of a little known chapter in nazi germany's history against stoppel led a 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 pembroke's 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 as father was also a restaurant if i leave him on edge we had a zest for life i felt at home here he had german friends and if he knew someone was down and out he'd let them die and free of charge. was that 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 944 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 to know why in 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. and 17 chinese prisoners died as 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 as this is the surviving documentation shows very clearly that gestapo offices saw themselves as some kind of racial warriors who get to extend the nazis 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 that the older generation should be making sure that the younger generation knows what really happened so it never happens again. mario to speak openly about her family's past so that the story of her father and how lost chinatown can serve as a cautionary tale for future generations. sports now and in tennis novak djokovic has claimed his 33rd masters title after sweeping stefano sister boss of the madrid open djokovic had a blistering start and raced to an early lead his opponent really threatened but thinks got tight in the 2nd set the serbian was able to keep his cool though to seal a 6364 when she now equals rival russian the ball's record of masters titles the french open starts in just 2 weeks' time. and in south korea

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