this is g w news live from berlin america's top diplomat seeks to drum up european support for washington's hard line on iran blackcomb pale cancels talks in moscow and makes an unannounced visit to brussels e.u. foreign ministers are meeting there to try and salvage the nuclear deal with iran 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 were brigadier to could boost his war on drugs. and swedish prosecutors say they will reopen await investigation against wiki leaks founder julian assange which will also seek his extradition from britain and that could delay efforts by the u.s. to bring a staunch to america to face trial over wiki leaks huge release of secret documents . i'm sumi so must conduct good to have you with us u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh has arrived in brussels where he's expected to discuss in iran with his european partners the top u.s. diplomat scrapped plans for a trip to moscow and made a surprise visit to the belgian capital as e.u. foreign ministers gather for a meeting there today the e.u. is determined to keep. the iran nuclear deal alive after washington withdrew from

that 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 the oil and banking sectors from sanctions. let's bring in our correspondent teri schultz she's following the latest in brussels hi terry so my compare was there in brussels the holding meetings what is expected to come out of this. we're really not sure samee because the meetings were thrown on at the last minute it wasn't even possible for secretary pump to see the british german and french foreign ministers all together and with e.u. foreign policy chief federica mcgreevey so he's meeting them separately and we haven't heard a whole lot yet german foreign minister said that he had spoken with pompei and expressed concerns about an escalation in the region and made clear yet once again that the e.u. very much wants to keep the nuclear deal alive at the same time with the u.s.

saying it has intelligence of the possibility that iran could be planning attacks against u.s. interests they have sent more and more military resources to the region and that's something that u.k. foreign secretary jeremy hunt said is very concerning because you never know what might set this war of words into something much more dangerous and terry this visit is all the more important because tensions in the persian gulf are soaring right now a saudi arabia has condemned an alleged sabotage attack against tankers there as a dangerous threat to to navigation and to international security of the united arab emirates is saying that for commercial vessels were hit by unspecified sabotage attacks near the port city of tire off its eastern coast and the saudi energy minister says 2 of the kingdom's oil tankers were among the targets now those incidents come as the u.s. warned that iran or its proxies could be targeting maritime traffic in the region iran meanwhile is calling for a probe into who is responsible for this incident. so terry looking at that how

worried are the europeans about what's happened. they are very concerned they believe that the nuclear issue should be kept separate from the u.s. complaints about other aspects of iranian behavior they they would they would very much like to discuss with tehran about ballistic missiles about support for these proxy militias but at the same time they don't want to throw away the agreement that they've had and which iran has has fulfilled to stop its nuclear enrichment and right now the e.u. is in the most difficult position possible it's getting hit by the u.s. with threats of sanctions if it's companies do business in iran it's being threatened by iran that it will restart your rhenium enrichment if these companies do not step up business so it truly it's difficult to see how the e.u. is going to negotiate its way out of this we are very worried about the risk of a conflict by accident with an escalation is unintended really on either side that

ends in some kind of conflict most of all we need to make sure that we don't and i was wrong. to read you the right station because if iran becomes a neutral its neighbors and it won't become you kept house this is already the most unstable region in the world so terry that was the british foreign secretary jeremy hunt there making very clear that the nuclear deal remains important to the e.u. to keep the region stable so what is the e.u. strategy here are to salvage disagreements. there's really only one way forward for the e.u. and that was its plans regardless of the ultimatum given by iran last week that the e.u. is very much trying to get put in place what it calls a special purpose vehicle which would allow it to trade to make financial transactions with iran without coming under u.s. sanctions so that would allow business to be stepped up other than oil exports

which the u.s. is sanctioning unilaterally and so the e.u. is very much hoping they can get this on track and show a real significant improvement in the iranian economy which would keep the regime inside the confines of the nuclear agreement but that remains to be seen and again tehran gave gave the e.u. only 60 days from starting last week for them to carry out this threat of restarting so it's going to be a tense 2 months and all of that on the table today in brussels teri schultz reporting there for us thank you terry let's catch up on some other stories making headlines around the world after the u.s. president high tariffs on $200000000000.00 worth of chinese imports beijing has announced it will respond with tariffs on $60000000000.00 worth of u.s. goods on twitter donald trump previously defended his policy writing we are right where we want to be with china trump uses beijing of reneging on commitments in trade talks. in syria thousands of families are fleeing after airstrikes across

rebel enclaves and it lived and hama provinces syrian government forces began advancing on the region late last month human rights observers say more than $300.00 people have been killed in the office. lithuania's presidential election is headed for a runoff vote after the 1st round economist and political newcomer gitanes now who see a doubt will face off against former conservative finance minister ingredient. in a runoff on may 26th. 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. polls have closed in the philippines where millions have been voting in the midterm elections allies of president go to terror to are expected to do well which should strengthen his grip on power half the seats in the country's senate up for grabs

which means a good result could help to tear to change the country's constitution he's also promised to reintroduce the death penalty for drug related crimes as part of his wider war on drugs. know his name may not even be on the ballot paper but there's no doubt these midterm elections are all about him this is a referendum on president. and his controversial rule. millions of filipinos followed their leader and turned out to vote many for the candidates who have his backing. i want genuine change of people who will really help our president. ministration but i also voted for a few from the opposition so there would be checks and balances. when president eternity came in. the crime was cut to 70 percent depression.

but not everyone is happy with a man who proudly launched a brutal crackdown on illegal drugs. get the last. hitler massacred 3000000 jews. we have $3000000.00 drug addicts he would be a pleasure to slaughter them. thousands of being killed in do 10 days war on drugs including this man's nephew kyin della son tell us he was shot by police and found here. but you don't believe in the way we should choose a candidate who respects human lives or about someone who appreciates human rights and is ready to fight for the poor like us about only a guy and i mean we're seeing that the people who are killed are only the core. belief. detent today has also denounced human rights and put journalists and press

freedoms on his list of enemies but botha has been some international condemnation he successfully courted other populous leaders like us president donald trump. even serenading him. do tatay now expects to seal his own domestic political power through these elections for a new senate isn't local officials whatever the opposition most believe it's already a done deal. still to come on news the families paying the price for sudan's political transformation we need $1.00 family who lost a son in the uprising against omar al bashir. but 1st swedish prosecutors say they'll reopen a 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 took refuge at the ecuadorian embassy in london 7 years ago to avoid extradition the pope was dropped in 2017 after the statute of limitations expired a request to renew the case was filed last month after songe was arrested for jumping bail he 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 now what they've said up to now is that they would then again but they said that they haven't yet decided whether that means that they will i'm thinking formally or press charges and seek 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 say because of james give us more background on what this rape case is allegations are about. so judy innocence was on a visit to sweden in 2010 in connection with the wiki leaks emails and during that visit he. met 2 women one of whom accused him of raping her another one who accused him of sexually assaulting. now at the time the prosecutors in sweden sorts to interview julian assange 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 spying charges of what use you could be spying charges. since then the whole everything has been on hold 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 the charges but the accusation of rape and most of the most serious offense is still alive 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. there's extra legal experts in the u.k. have different views about this. and it will be up to the courts 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 favor also the fact that it's a crime against individuals there is 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 up the difference there are accusations against him in the side which if any of those warrants extradition alright journalist james savage speaking to us from sweden thank you very much to sudan now where the country's military rulers and protest leaders are holding talks about the handover of power to a civilian administration the process has been all but deadlocked since an uprising that ousted longtime president omar al bashir where ports say around 60 people were

killed and that on the rest debbie is just her idol karim visited one family for home sudan's political transformation has come at a huge personal cost. sheriff who fights back tears when she cooks white beans with rice that was her son patrick his favorite dish. abacha died in clashes during sudan's uprising sheriff misses him terribly. and i should say i'm up with that i don't think i can take this i can only prepare it for others. it's really hard for me. all i can say is make god be with us. this is the last family photo together abacha was sheriff is only son his sister is a still in shock as well as his father who works as

a legal advisor in saudi arabia every day sheriff a spends hours gazing at the photograph. but stated no works for them but i miss him so much his jokes the way he looked after his sisters my whole life revolved around him and from one moment to the next everything changed he's gone i never got the good the bad i got the but i was that. this video shows how doctors and bad because friends try to save his life. in fact he was a doctor himself treating wounded demonstrators in the very quarter of cartoon. abacha had left the clinic asking security forces to clear the way to let injured people through. eyewitnesses say that's when he was shot in the back on attempts to keep him alive failed he died of his injuries a short time later. this is the daughter back because

room his mother hasn't entered since his son's death marches on hammer how yet they even had i will have nothing will change until the guilty are held accountable we have to see this through for everyone who's lost a loved one well nothing those in power and must be brought to justice as he added in daniel into his room yes then i'll go in was sheriff adjoins the other demonstrators to shout shame on you in their demands for justice. was. as a show of support for because family a sealed a coffee tea artist has sprayed a photo of him on the wall outside his house. the only thing that moves it's not here yet i love you florida that's what i always called him your father means friend. yes my best friend that's what my son was to me the

army got me my way they couldn't sleep. now thousands of people turned out for climate change protests over the weekend in london brussels and paris the demonstrations have been inspired by the extinction rebellion movement the organization shut down much of central london last month with its protests extension rebellion is using 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 our no compromising in london hundreds of mothers and their children to cart in 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 advice 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 protest 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 they don't seem to act so a 2nd motivation for us is to raise awareness among the population organizers

stress that saving the planet goes beyond a focus on the environment. to solve the climate issue we'll have to rethink the global organisation 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 the policies which combine both. with concern over global warming arising chances are that such protests will become a regular feature in europe's capitals. today marks the 75th anniversary of a little known chapter a nazi germany's history of to stop will lead 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. but 77 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 live in my nephew 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 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 didn't know why the 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 where they were 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 this is the surviving documentation shows very clearly that to stop a offices saw themselves as some kind of racial war use it 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 the fact it's

interesting that makes me furious that people have learned nothing from history on the contrary history is repeating itself a completely 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 conserv is a cautionary tale for future generations. it was a dramatic weekend in european football and a limo talking from v.w. sports is here to tell us all about it highly 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 famous 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 precess 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 41 and of course they also had the privilege of celebrating with their hometown band always you know who are also big supporters of manchester city but you know what a shout out to live a poor despite winning 2 nil against force 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 in the past still have the champions sneak to play for but if it went for city this title would have belonged to liverpool and cup of course is still really really proud of this boys let's take a listen $97.00 points is incredible and only because city is that it's not enough in each other country it would have been easy. so there's no problem with that that's the competition we are in so that competition looks good years ago 20 years. of 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 that yes surprisingly it is i mean all other top european leagues have been decided except for the business league and that doesn't happen very often so we have by in munich on $75.00 points dots just 2 more than dog months neither site will have it easy at all because there's so much to play for just look how tight and how close all those european spots are by an unique crease frankfurt by an unique need to win in order to secure the title frankfurt of course are in place number 6 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 black daughter and of course have to win hopefully by in munich to lose in order to win the title but they're up against black 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 you've opened 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 dream you know took a blow on sunday when they doest against mind to nail 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 him over a limb of a talkie from 4 thanks for bringing us up to date. and this news just coming in the hollywood legend doris day has died at the age of 97 the singer and actress were

now for her wholesome image and low voice passed away early on monday surrounded by close friends according to her foundation. all right coming up on d w why are india's public schools not making the grade we'll look at the role education is playing in the ongoing election that's coming right up with and d.-w. news asia.

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